Describing Your Home , Grammar
pre-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide review, clarification and practice of present perfect simple and introduce the use of time expressions; for and since trough a reading text in the context of home description
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide speaking in the context of home description , to provide reading for specific information in the context of home description
Procedure (30-42 minutes)
The T starts the lesson by talking about him self, the place he has lived in , his work, how long he has been married using the target language.So , the T activates their schemata , and generates the ss interest.
The T asks the ss to talk about their life , work , the place they have lived in.The T personalizes the topic of the lesson , and encourages the ss to interact using their culture.The T extracts two sentences from the ss's answers , write them on the board .
The T explains the meaning of the present perfect , the form , and the use of the tense by applying these steps on the two sentences.The T elicits the meaning of the tense by asking CCQs ' has the action finished in the past? ', 'Has the action continued to the present?' '.The T uses the time line to explain the difference between since and for.Then , the T pronounce the contractions of He's , they've , and the week form of for .
The ss read a short text and underline the verbs of the present perfect tense , the T clarifies the difference between since and for.
The T gives the ss an exercise to complete the sentences to check their understanding of the target language.
The T asks each ss to interview his/her partner in a free practice exercise . The T monitors and observes them and takes notes to any mistakes .