Describe problems in the home
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of leaking, burst, come off, stuck... in the context of describing problems in the home.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in discussing real life situations related to problems in the home.
Procedure (45-59 minutes)
-Post a picture of kurt's home and philip's home(from the previous lesson). *Ask students to identify some of the problems kurt and philip talked about.
- Give instructions about matching problems with pictures. -Distribute HO -Feeback
After the problem identification phase: -The expressions used in the previous task posted on the board for highlighting purpose. -Circle each expression related to describing problem at home (tap's leaking, pipe's burst...)
-Clarify the meaning and form of: *to leak *to burst *come off *flat *flooded -Drill pronunciation
-Give instructions: *The task includes 8 sentences related to home problems, *Students should use the expressions they learnet to fill in the blanks according to the situation. *Ask Students to work in pairs, *ICQs *Distribute HO, *FB.
-Post cartoon -Introduce "Katherine" and "Charles" -Read what katherine told charles : *"If you don't do something about that leaking tap soon i'm going to get someone do it." -Ask students * Which problems would they be able to solve by themselves or would they do like katherine and get help? *Ask students to work in pairs, *FB.
- Ask students to discuss these questions: *Have you ever had problems like these at home? What happened? *Students will mingle around. *FB and error correction.