Before the lesson starts, T engages the students with the context by asking concept questions; ''My grandfather is 92 years old and she is still very active, is this normal in Turkey? How long do most people live? 70 years old? 80 years old? Is it normal to live to 100? Why?'' "Do you think that's a low or a high number?" "Do you think Turkish people eat healthy or exercise enough?"

T shows pictures of different people and cultures on their lifestyle and eating habits. T elicits from Ss; "How old do you think this African person is? Do they look healthy?" "Do you think the eating habits of this American person is healthy?" "Do Japanese people live a long and healthy life? Why do you think so?" T then shortly introduces Takanashi from the reading text by displaying some pictures of him and his culture, in order to set the context of the Okinawan people. T may ask students; "How long do you think people live in this culture?"

Gist Task: T instructs Ss to read the text and match the appropriate heading for some of the paragraphs in the text. Ss are then asked to peer check in pairs or groups to check their answers. Each group is given a cut-out phrase of the heading to place it on the white board for the whole class to confirm and agree to their answers. T checks meaning, form and drilling of the answers; 'Active', 'Stress', 'Exercise' and 'Healthy diet'. This helps students to use these words/phrases in the post-reading activity.

Specific Information Task: T instructs Ss to answer the questions with specific information from the text. Ss are then asked to peer check their answers in pairs or groups. Feedback is done by nominating a student from each group to justify and read out their answers.

T instructs Ss to work on a multiple choice questions task. This task needs more time for students to understand the meaning of the text, therefore monitoring is important to ensure students are not confused and are on task. T asks students to peer check and discuss their answers. Feedback is set by asking some students in groups for answers.

T asks students to speak about their own culture. T may project the questions on the white board/provide some examples. Speaking Task: "Do people in Turkey live like the Okinawans? What's different? What's the same?" Ss will be working in pairs. During this activity, T can monitor Ss to assist or correct errors. Feedback is set by asking students in pairs to read out their small write-up text. Monitoring is ensured to take notes on their errors for delayed error correction.