TP5 Telling The Time
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To introduce students to functional language in the context of telling the time and give students sem-controlled speaking practice
Subsidiary Aims
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To give students practise in listening for specific information and semi-controlled speaking for accuracy
Procedure (42-48 minutes)
Write different times on the board Ss work in pairs to ask each other 'what do you do at .... most days?' answer the questions and ask them back to partner.
Ss work in pairs to say the times on the clocks. Monitor for help needed Feedback- Nominate students to say each time
Ss listen to the text and complete the clocks Ss check their answers against the audioscript in pairs. Feedback- Nominate students to give answers. Practice speaking the text but change the times. Monitor for error corrections
Draw a picture of a clock on the board. Write the numbers on. Put cutouts on the side of the board with all the times individually. Ss match the times to the correct positions on the clockface as a whole class. Monitor to check ability, quiet students participation and error checking Ss sit down Feedback- anybody disagree with what has been put? model and drill any pronunciation errors. Model and drill sentences It's eight o'clock etc
Ss get into A and B pairs. Model and drill questions for accuracy Look at the questions and prepare answers. Ss ask for help if needed. Ss ask questions in their pairs. Monitor for error corrections and any help needed. Feedback- Ss summarise what they found outabout their partner and feedback to whole class. Ss work in different pairs. What do you do at these times? Ask and answer. Monitor for error corrections and any help needed. Feedback- Elicit answers from a couple of students for a couple of times. Go though error corrections if any. (If time Ss get into pairs, pick a time card and tell their partner what they do at that time. Swap over. Monitor for understanding and help needed. Feedback- students tell the whole class, when nominated, what their partner does at a given time.)