Prepositions: from, near, in
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of Prepositions of place: from, near, in in the context of country, home
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of country, home
Procedure (32-45 minutes)
Introduce context by describing imaginary person called David: "This is David. David is from England. England is a country near the United Kingdom. David lives in Oxford. Oxford is a small city near London. It is about 100 kilometres from London. There is a big university in Oxford. David lives in a small house near the university. His house is 1 kilometre from the university." Visual aid on whiteboard: basic map of United Kingdom with London and Oxford pinpointed and the distance of 100 kilometres marked out between the two cities. Ask CCQs based on the introduction to test comprehension. Example: Where is David from? Does David live in London? etc.
One-page handout given to students with three similar exercises where students have to circle the correct preposition from a choice of two in order to complete the sentence. The first exercise will be the same as the introduction for review. All exercises will include examples of all three prepositions: from, near, in. Exercises will be completed individually and then checked in pairs. Exercise will be followed by brief feedback, testing comprehension of task. Any errors will be corrected on board and further explained if necessary.
One-page handout given to students with two similar exercises where students have to gap-fill the correct preposition in a dialogue. All exercises will include examples of all three prepositions: from, near, in. Exercises will be completed individually and then checked in pairs. Exercise will be followed by brief feedback, testing comprehension of task. Any errors will be corrected on board and further explained if necessary.
Students will be asked to form conversations with partners based on the prepositions learned in the lesson. Students may use example vocabulary from the speaking exercise at the bottom of the gap-fill handout. Student will be encouraged to also come up with additional vocabulary and concepts while using the prepositions. Students will be asked to change partners and repeat exercise in order to get sufficient fluency practice. Feedback will involve some students relaying something about their other classmates using the prepositions. Any errors will be corrected on the white board and explained.
If time allows, ask students to write something about themselves or a friend and family member using the prepositions learned in the lesson. Students can then crosscheck in pairs. Feedback may follow after the exercise if time allows.