Speaking and listening
B2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in pairs and groups discussion in the context of scientific facts and myths
Subsidiary Aims
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To listen for specific information in the context of scientific facts and myths
Procedure (34-54 minutes)
-T greets ss -T projects two sentences which are common false statements and ask Ss if they're true or not. -T tries to hear from everybody in order to engage them.
-T distributes HO and projects the first task's question With a partner discuss the statements below. (ICQs) Are you going to work alone? -T monitors and ready to give help when needed -T gets some feedback but doesn't tell if Ss are right or wrong
-T asks Ss to listen Listen to a scientist on a radio program discussing each statement. Were you right? -When Ss finish their listening, T gets some feedback -T then teaches some words taken from the listening track -T projects the answer key -Next, T projects the next question With a partner, see if you can remember any of the explanations the scientist gave. -T monitors and ready for help
-T projects the next question with a partner Interview each other using the given questions. (ICQs) Are you both going to interview or just one? Are you using other question than the ones in the paper? -T monitors and ready for help and notes some errors if there are any -When Ss are done , T gets some feedback of some questions
-T writes some mistakes he noted on the WB -T elicits the correct answers -T asks some CCQs to test Ss' knowledge
-T asks Ss to pick one paper, invent one myth and write it down -When Ss write their sentence T asks them to fold it and then picks them up and puts them in a cup. -T mingles the papers up and asks each S to pick one paper. -Then T teacher gives instructions Stand up and start reading out the sentence in your paper to each to find who wrote it. -When Ss start asking each other, T notes some errors while monitoring -T then gets some feedback
-T writes some mistakes he noted on the WB -T elicits the correct answers -T asks some CCQs to test Ss' knowledge