Living with Someone, Likes and Dislikes
Beginner level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To give practice in Speaking fluency in the context of Living with Someone. To talk about likes and dislikes through varied activities.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide information on Vocabulary items of the topic and to practice collocations related to household chores. To practice listening through a video which is about a family sharing household chores.
Procedure (42-56 minutes)
-Have projector ready to project the context. -Have handouts ready to deliver. -Show Ss a picture of a house and set the context. eg. You are moving a new house with one of your friends. What is important for you to live with someone else? -Ask Ss to discuss and take notes in groups/pairs. -Take some general FB.
-Show Ss a picture of two people. Tell them they are not living together anymore because they can't share household chores. eg. She doesn't like doing the wash-up so she is not helping to her friend. -Ask Ss what they think about household chores. eg. Do you like think household chores important? Do you like cleaning the house? etc. -Take some general FB.
-Give HOs and group the Ss. -Ask them to match the the collocations about household chores with the pictures. -Ask them to check each other's work. -Show each word and picture through PPT and practice their pronunciations together with the meanings. -Give Ss two sets of cards. They will have a happy face and a sad face. -Ask them to raise their cards accordingly while I'm showing chores. eg. If they like doing the wash-up they will raise happy face. -Ask students about others. eg. Look at her card. Does she like doing the wash-up?
-Prepare materials for Role Play activity. -Tell Ss they will have a chart in which there are a chore list and columns for like/dislike to put a tick. They will ask as many people as they can in a given time about which chores they like or dislike because they need to find someone to live with. -Ask them to check their notes and decide with whom they can share responsibilities and live in peace. -Give each student their charts. -Model and give an example to make the purpose of the task clear. -Monitor and take notes while Ss are talking to each other. -Take general FB.
If time allows, -Show a video about a family doing/sharing household chores. -Ask Ss to watch it and while watching take notes about chores and who is doing it in the family. -Ask Ss to check each other's papers. -Take some general FB.
-Write Ss' sentences to the board after monitoring in the Speaking Stage. -Ask Ss to have a look at the sentences/words on the board. -Ask them to check if they are correct or not and why in pairs. Self correction -If they can't find the mistake, correct them. -Give general FB.