Functional Language Lesson
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of language used for communicating on the phone.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice for reading for gist in the context of phone facts about Canada and the US.
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To provide practice for listening for gist in the context of phone conversations.
Procedure (43-54 minutes)
• Write the sentences to be used on the white board • Put Ss into A and B groups • Give an example • Ss roleplay phone conversations using the sentences on the board
• Provide accuracy for "making/getting a phone call" through miming • Ss Listen to 3 phone dialogues and mark the correct choices on the worksheet & do peercheck.(Ex. 1&2) • Monitor and help if needed. • Give quick FB.
• Ss correct mistakes on the sentences (Functional L. Ex1) & Peercheck • Hand out the answer key for Ss to check. • Play the recording Cd1, 72 • Ss read and complete the sentences w/ the correct sentence. (Ex. 3) • Ss do peercheck & listen to the audio to check again
• Give Ss the example dialogues ask Ss to roleplay phone conversations, and aid from the worksheets if they like. • Monitor & look for errors & check their pronunciation.
• Ss read the text & discuss what phone information they can say about their country. Ss list their ideas.