Journey, Speaking
Intermediate, B2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in an anecdote of journeys.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice of useful phrases for telling stories in the context of journeys they have been on.
Procedure (49-59 minutes)
_To generate interest in topic, T starts by showing the ss PPT for a trip she's been at with her her freinds. _ Elicit Who is this? Who is this with me ? Who are these people? Which country do you think this is? What is the weather like?
_ include a photo for Sinai desert in the PPT _ Explain that they will listen to Suzi talking about her visit to "this place" _ Give them HOs and ask them to go through the questions and answers. _ Explain any blocking vocabulary, ( Monetary, go diving, en route) _ Play the recording and ask the ss to listen and cross out the wrong information in the answers. (TB) _ Ask ss to compare their answers .( PW) _ Ask the ss to correct the info then play the recording again for them to check their answers. _ Project the answer key and give feedback. (WC)
_Tell the ss, now it's your turn _ Ex2 p73: Ask the ss: Tell us about your journey, _ Answer the Qs in Ex1 about yourself, about your journey _You are welcome to write short notes of what would you like to say if you like
_ Put the ss in pairs Give everyone a number from 1 to 16 Then let everyone pick a number from a small box they then go find their partner and tell them about their journey _ Encourage the ss to to ask follow up questions to get further information _ Ask some pairs to report back to class about what they found out about their partners' journeys.
_ T writes sentences ss mentioned on the board _ see if the ss can figure out which are correct and which are incorrect