passive reporting structures
Upperintermediate, B2 level
Description
Main Aims
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To provide
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To provide clarification and practice of passive reporting structures in the context of reporting sb's opinion or idea without naming the source
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of stories they make in pairs
Procedure (26-43 minutes)
T shows a picture of a bounty hunter on slide and asks a few questions from the Ss to guess the person's job.
T shows a few pictures included vocabularies on slides and elicits the words from the Ss to prepare them for the listening task. T gives a HO to the Ss and plays an audio file regarding Domino's life ( a bounty hunter) which is supposed to help the T to write down the model examples on the WB. Ss check the answers in pairs and then T gives the answer keys.
T writes down four examples (passive reporting structures) on the WB about Domino. (It is believed that she took a course in acting. domino was said to be a very difficult child. she was reported to be feeling unhappy. she was said to have worked with the ford agency.) and elicits the structures from the Ss's.
after T elicits the structures from the Ss, asks and CCQs the Ss for the meaning of the Qs. then T writes the forms of the passive reporting structures above the model examples and goes for the pronunciation of the model examples ( connected speech, stressed words,...)
T gives an exercise to the Ss to do in pairs. ( straight forward, upper intermediate, p.119). T does the first exercise on the WB. After Ss do the rest of exercises and share their answers together,T peer checks and gives the answer keys to the Ss.
T asks the Ss to do exercise 2( straight forward, upper intermediate, p.119) in pairs. T does the first exercise as an example on the WB. Ss do the next exercises in pairs. T peer checks and gives the Ss the answer keys.
T asks the Ss to creat a story about a famous person by using passive reporting structures in their pairs and share their ideas together. after that T changes the partners and asks the new pairs to share their story with each other. T peer checks.