Travel (Megacities)
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and detailed listening practice using a text about megacities in the context of travel
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a Conversation in the context of mega-cities/travel
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To provide clarification of vocabulary in the context of travel (megacities) (impression, enthusiastic, auto rickshaw, possibility, vendor, exhibition)
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
- Share personal story: Show pictures of favorite city: Cardiff, UK Cardiff, is the capital of Wales with an estimated population of 350,000 I like Cardiff because it is quiet, it has many parks, I can walk everywhere Show pictures of megacity CCQ: what is the difference between Cardiff and these cities. (They are megacities i.e. bigger population)
ICQ: I will give you a list of words and definitions. Please match the words with the correct definition. Please complete the task in pairs Give them handouts WC feedback (answer key on board)
Listen to the audio and answer 1- What is a mega-city? 2- What is the biggest mega-city? Which is the smallest? 3- What happened in 2008? PW check WC FB (Answer key on projector)
ICQ: Listen to these people from three megacities. 1. What do they like about their city? 2. What do they say about…? o the people o the climate o transport o things to do CCQ: What are you going to wright? If they don't talk about transport or what they like that is OK (sometimes they don't). ICQ: I will give you a list of sentences and you have to guess which one is true and which one is false. Listen to the audio again and write T next to the true sentence and F next to he false sentence.
You have 2 minutes to write about - What is your favorite city? and Why you like it? you can talk about the -weather -people -food -transportation -buildings and history -money and business -other Mingle with 3 people and find out what is their favorite city and why they like it. I will ask you later what you found