vocabulary for telling time
beginner level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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vocabulary for telling time
Subsidiary Aims
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speaking and listening
Procedure (52-70 minutes)
Ask students to count 1-10. student A says 11, B says 12, C says 13 etc up to 40. ss count 40-50 as WC. Voluntary student counts 51-60
Draw a big circle in the middle of the board add numbers 1-12 to make a clock. indicate 7:00 on the clock. write; ans 'its seven o'clock' , students must guess the question. eg, qn;.............................. ans; its seven o'clock. Ss speak in pairs about the following times.( 6:00, 9:30, 3:20, 5:15, 10:45, 7:15)
Collect feedback of the previous task from students, Emphasize points where students are confused about by giving more examples. clarify between a.m and p.m, morning, afternoon or evening. show the difference between about and nearly with examples clocks on the board. do CCQ as WC, with the following times; 1. 5:20 ask,' is it nearly 5:30'? 2. 8:40 ask,' is it about 9:00? repeat with more examples as necessary I may write the time on the board and invite individual students to indicate it on the clock.
students do ex 2a, check with partner then WC repair students and they do ex 2b.( what's the time??) Its 2 o'clock. project ex 3 on board. ask students were the people are, elicit answers. tell ss they are going to listen and audio about these people and they will tell me the time. students listen again and and do do ex 3c
students watch a video about paula and his friend first, ss must find out who is speaking. watch again and tell what time the people arrange to meet.
Ask students at the front to row to get up and move forward. Give them the papers with clocks showing the time. ask students at the back to get up as well, give them different papers with the time. students in A should ask those in B " what's the time" until they find corresponding partner.