Reading for gist and specific information
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Practise reading for gist and specific information in the context of food around the world.
Subsidiary Aims
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Practise controlled speaking.
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
Show ss a picture of a famous Tunisian meal '' couscous'', and elicit the adjective popular through CCQs: - Does everyone in Tunisia know couscous? Yes - Do we often cook it? Yes - Do European countries have couscous as a traditional meal? No - Do most of Tourists try couscous when they visit Tunisia? Yes - Why? because it s famous Then show students a picture of Pizza, and ask '' which country is famous for Pizza?'' Italy
-Distribute cards with names of countries to ss, and have some food pictures hanged on the board. Ask ss ''what food can you see?'' . different food from different countries. -Demonstrate the activity to ss; have a name of one of countries and ask ''what food do you think people in Japan eat? Sushi - Give students 30s to think about which food goes with which country. - Each s come to the board and hang the name of the country beside the food. - Focus on some vocabulary that will be introduced later in the text: -Noodles/ Chopsticks : a picture of little girl eating noodles with chopsticks. - Herrings and sardines: a picture of herrings and sardines - Sausages: a picture of sausages ( refer to a similar food in Tunisia : Merguez) - Middle East: Have all middle eastern countries names together and ask some CCQs - Are these countries far from each other? No - Are they on the west side? No - How do people refer to these countries? The Middle east - hungry: a situation: I left my house without breakfast and now it's almost 2pm and I feel .................
- Write three heading questions related to the text on the board. Distribute the text to ss and give them 1 minute to read it quickly, and write the correct heading question above all 3 paragraphs. then, ask them to check with a peer. - Divide the class into two group. give each group 4 different pictures, and ask them to go through the text again and find a line that matches the pictures that they have, and highlight it. -Distribute answer keys.
- Give ss some questions, on a piece of paper, to answer from the text. - Give ss 5mins to answer then check with their peers. In case ss finished early, T introduces another activity that has the same aim which is reading for specific information - T gives sentences with missing words from the text to fill in: a) In South China, people eat……......using………......instead of spoons. b) In central Europe, people like to eat…………and……………… c) In North America people eat with …………….…and……………. d) Bananas come from……………or………......... e) ……………….come from Chile or Spain. - Check in pairs
- Have some questions projected on the board. let ss ask you these questions. -From which city you are? what is your typical breakfast ? - What does your family have for breakfast? - Is lunch or dinner the main meal of the day? - What is a typical meal? Let 2 ss try in front of the whole class, then ask them to have this discussion in pairs and change partners. ask them to move around the class. -T feedback and error correction.