A1+ (Elementary) level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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• To provide Ss with practice in listenning for gist, specific information and detail in the context of work-life balance
Subsidiary Aims
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• To provide Ss with practice in speaking for fluency
Procedure (45 minutes)
T- show three pictures showing different types of people after school. Ask them to choose which one best describes themselves and why and if they have a good school-life balance. Ss discuss the questions with their pairs.
T-introduce them 5 new word collocations and discuss with their pair if they know their meanings. Ss are given 5 pictures and 5 word collocations and they try to match the pictures with the words in groups of 3. (3 min) T-projects the correct answers on the board and ask CCqs to clarify their meanings. T-model some of the collocation and use back cha n drilling technique and drill the word collocations and show the stress. In this stage if there is enough time, T- gives HO1 to discuss the statement according to themselves with ther partners ( to get them to be more familiarize with the collocations).
T-show the picture of Dr Susan Hall and ask Ss what her job is. T- ask SS to look at the picture and the word collocations they have studied and try to guess in groups of 3 what she is going to talk about. Then T-play the audio and when it finishes, ask Ss to check if their predictions were correct and gives HO 2 and ask them to choose the best option.
T-give HO3 fill in the gaps questions are on it. Ss with their pairs read the question first and try to guess what can be written there. T-plays the audio twice and when it finishes, Ss check their answers with their friends first. While they are checking T-post the answers on the walls and get the Ss to stand up and check their answers and when they have their seats , T- asks for reason/ justification for the answer. If Ss still don't understand, show them the transcript and get them to find the answer.
T-give the questionnare and Ss read the questions. T- shows an example to help the Ss and do the first one for SS T-ask Ss to work in groups of 3 and wirte wh- questions. After checking them, T-ask Ss to stand up and find their partner and ask those yes/no and Wh- questions to them and write their answers on the correct coloumn on the paper. Give them 3 minutes fot this. After they finish, they have their seats and with a different partner they discuss the information on the questionnare and score the friend that they have interviewed. * his/her school-life balance is very good * his/her school-life balance is good * his/her school-life balance is not good. T-elicits the SS whose school*life balance is not very good. T-ask Ss to work in groups of 3 and write advice for those poeple and they share their ideas on the board. If time. T- have a feedback/error correction session