Materials
Main Aims
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To enable students to understand and practice of language used for asking questions in the context of travel
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide Ss fluency practicing their speaking skills in a conversation in the context of travel
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To provide Ss gist reading practice by using a text about Hong Kong in the context of travel
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To provide Ss gist listening practice using a text about booking a tour in the context of travel.
Procedure (34 minutes)
- Greet the class and meet new students. - Ask students the following questions: "Do you like travelling?" "Do you like Asian countries?" "Have you ever been to Hong Kong?" "Where is Hong Kong?" "Is it a city or a country?" "How many people live there? Can you guess?"
-Eliciting the vocabulary: island, harbour,port, view, Chinese Junk. CCQs: Island: Is Hong Kong is surrounded by the sea? (Use body language) No. Other countries? What about Great Britain(or Cyprus) ? Yes. So Great Britain is an island. Harbour: In harbour, do ships or cars stop? Ships stop. Is harbour part of a city? Yes. Port: Is a port bigger than a harbour? Yes. If a city has more than one harbours, does it become a port? Yes( If it is manmade) View: From Bosphorus Bridge, do you see a forest or Bosphorus? Bosphorus. From Bosphorus Bridge, what view do you see? Bosphorus view.
Give the instructions. ICQs: Are you working in groups or in pairs? Pairs. Are you reading or listening? Reading. Are you answering the questions after you read? Yes. - Then give the leaflets and woman-man picture and the questions. -After they finished tell them to change partners to check their answers. -WCFB
Give the instructions. Tell Ss they have 2 minutes. ICQs: Are you reading or listening?Listening Are you working alone or in pairs? Pairs. - Give Ss the questions - After they finish, give them AK.
ICQs: Are they sentences or questions? Questions Are you matching the words? No. Are they in correct order? No. Are you putting the words in correct order? Yes. -Place the sentences on different parts of the table and start the activity. Monitor from behind and try not to interfere but be available. Try to hear their discussions for pronunciation stage. CCQs
- Write the questions on the board. -Emphasize schwa sound in "does it" -Drill the language.
ICQs: Are you reading or writing? Writing Are you working alone or in pairs? Pairs. CCQs: What kind of tour is it? Night tour? Bus tour? Do you travel by tram? by train? by helicopter? In this stage, monitor as much as you can - focus on 2 3 students to determine the mistakes made by students. Use them later in Error Correction stage.
- While monitoring the Ss, write the mistakes they make when they use FL. - After the activity is finalized, get their attention on the board, to the incorrect sentences. - Ask: "What's wrong with them?" - Try to lead the Ss to the correct form of language.