Teaching Practise 1
Upper-Intemediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To give Ss practise in listening for gist, specific information and detail in the context of genealogy.
Subsidiary Aims
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To review and give Ss practise in present tenses - simple, perfect and continuous. Also speaking in pairs and with the whole class
Procedure (47-60 minutes)
Draw tree with roots on the board - What is it? Roots also used when talking about roots of family, where you come from. Discuss what they know about their family trees and history in pairs FB
Ss read paragraph and discuss if they agree/disagree in pairs. FB Ex 2: Ask: How do you think you can find out about your family tree? GT Listen to track Answer questions in pairs FB Whole class
Pre teach words: Painful, Archives, Relating, Records Ex3: Think of two ways to research your family history with your partner. Pair work. Listen - check - FB Grammar Ex1: Look at example - Identify the tenses - S-Pairs- FB 1-2min Match uses of sentences Ex2 - Pairs
Ss match the missing words in the sentences. pair work FB
Questions: Have you ever researched your family tree? Do you all live in the same country? Was you named after a member in your family? Do you know any stories about your family surname? FB