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Power & Money (Reading and Pronunciation)
Upper Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will read some quotes from famous public speakers. First, they will listen to a short audio from Steve Jobs including his famous quotes. Then, the most important elements of a good public speech will be presented to them. Next, they will match the halves of 8 famous quotations. After that, they will check their answers by listening to the audio. They will be practicing saying the quotes they like the most. Then each students will be given a name of a famous speaker from the list. They will memorize it, walk in the class, and try to say the quote to their friends by paying attention to intonation. Finally, there will be a group work so that the students will share their information about their own favorite public speaker and their famous quotation if they know any.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide gist reading practice using a text about halves of famous quotations in the context of famous public speakers

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide specific information listening practice using a text about quotatins in the context of famous public speaker

Procedure

warmer (2-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage the students

- At the beginning of the class, ask the students if they know any famous public speaker. Ask them to name some. -Show "steve Jobs" photo and ask students if they know him. -They will most probably know him and tell you who he is -Tell them they are going to listen to a short audio (1 min) from him. Tell them a piece of advice is included in the audio. they must listen and tell you what it is. -After they have listened, they will check in pairs and then they will tell you the answer.

Lead - in (3-4 minutes) • to personalize the topic

-Ask students if they know any other public speakers -ask them to talk in pairs -feedback: T will elicit one or two responses

Pre-Listening/Reading • To prepare students for the text (audio)

-T will show a photo of world famous speakers including the ones they will read later in the text -Ss will discuss in pairs if they know any one them -feedback: T will elicit a few names / information (if they know)

Pre-Listening/Reading • To prepare students for the text (audio)

-T will show a photo of world famous speakers including the ones they will read later in the text -Ss will discuss in pairs if they know any one them -feedback: T will elicit a few names / information (if they know)

Pre-Listening/Reading • To prepare students for the text (audio)

-T will show a photo of world famous speakers including the ones they will read later in the text -Ss will discuss in pairs if they know any one them -feedback: T will elicit a few names / information (if they know)

Pre-teaching Vocabulary • to prepare students for the text

-Elicit these vocabularies for the students (priority/slum/cynicism/timeless creed/ sinner/spirit) by asking questions and explanation -write the word after they have guessed it -drill if necessary

Reading for gist (5-6 minutes) • to provide students with less challenging gist

-tell the students you are going to give them a set of cards including some famous quotes from the people whose photos are on the board. -ask them to match 1-8 with a-h -ask them to do it in pairs -give each pair a set and tell them they have 2 minuts -encourage them to do it fast to compete with the other groups -after they have done it they could stand up and compare their answers with the other groups -write the correct answers on the board for them to check (1.b 2.f 3.d 4.h 5.g 6.c 7.e 8.a) -make sure they have matched the paper for the next activity

Listening for details (4-5 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging details

-ask students which whose quotation did they like the most (do this after the listening) so that you lead them toward pronunciation -ask them why did they like it the most? or generally what makes a speech beautiful and appealing? -Ss will probably mention something about stress, and intonation patterns. -elicit these three elements and write them on the board: 1. the stressed words 2. the pause between each parts of the quote 3. the intonation -now ask them to listen to the audio parts (2.01 - 2.08) page 66 and pay attention to the details given above!

Focus on Language (pronunciation) (6-8 minutes) • to clarify the pronunciation (stress/intonation)

-take one of the quotations as an example and ask the students which words are stressed and what the intonation pattern is -lead them toward discovering the pattern -tell them that the content words get stress. " We also use higher intonation to excite the audience, slowing and lowering the tone to end a point in a speech.The lower intonation is a natural way to let everyone you are finishing." (http://study.com/academy/lesson/intonation-stress-in-public-speaking-definition-examples.html) -Ask each student to pick a famous person and read their quotation by paying attention to intonation. Ask them to exaggerate! -put them in groups of 4 and give them 2 minutes.

Freer Speaking (10-12 minutes) • to provide Ss with an opportunity to expand on what they have learned

-Tell students that they are going to think about their favorite public speaker and if they know their famous quotation. -tell them they can write their own quotations if they can not come up with any idea -then they will read their quotations for their group -Feedback: each group will choose the best quote and read it to the class.

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