Around The World, Speaking
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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By the end of this lesson, students will develop their oral fluency through useful use of language.
Subsidiary Aims
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Ss Practice listening to activate their schemata and to acquire some language chunks that could be used in speaking.
Procedure (36-46 minutes)
* T asks Ss what they know about Australia. * In pairs, Ss discuss the question in pairs to find out who knows more. * T make sure that Ss know the pronunciation of the main cities in order no to get confused while listening.
* T gives Ss the map of Australia and the vocabulary in box. * In pairs, Ss listen and find out in which places does Elaine mention the items in the box. * T provides O/C
* T hands "useful language" phrases in strips to Ss * Ss to categorize them according to function: recommending,not recommending, responding, describing. * T provides answer key
* Ss choose the place they like to talk about * Ss make notes about what they are going to say * T will provide Ss with any vocabulary or language items they need
* In pairs, Ss share their favorite destination and try to convince their partners with it. * Ss will vote for the most interesting destination.
* T provides error correction for content/language mistakes that Ss made while speaking.