A1+ (Elementary) level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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• To provide clarification and practice of language used for making suggestions in the context of trying a new restaurant.
Subsidiary Aims
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• To provide gist and specific information listening practice using a video in the context of making suggestions
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• To provide fluency speaking practice in the context of making suggestions and answering back
Procedure (45 minutes)
T-show a picture a girl making plan. Ask 2 questions about their plans and who makes the plan most of the time and get them to discuss in pairs fo 3 minute
T-show the picture of the people in the video. Elicit the names and relationships of those people. And ask whar are they doing there? Elicit the answer "making plan". Then ask them to guess "What do they plan to do? with their pairs. Direct the Ss to the first gist task by telling them to check if their predictions are correct. (Before this ask if they know the word "try" and teach it) Give HO1 and get them to answer. Ss check their answers with their pairs and give the answer. Get Ss to read the questions in the second task and quess the answers and get them to listen again. Ss check their answers in groups.
Ask question: How does Annie make suggestions/ tells about her idea in the video ? How does Martina and Dan answer back? Try to elicit the funtional language, write their answers if they come up with some ideas but it may be difficult for them, so Give HO2 to the Ss and ask them to match the first part of the sentence with the seond part in goups of 3. Ss come one by one and write their answers on the board.
T- post the target language on the walls and some headlines (Making suggestions, saying yes, saying no) just next to the board to elicit the meaning. Ask Ss to look at the examples and try to understand the meaning with their pairs. When they are ready ask one of the pairs to stand up and get one of the questions on the wall and post them under the correct heading. Check with whole class. Ask CCqs: Why don’t we try it? - Does she really ask question or talks about her idea? (talks about her idea) - Is the meaning negative or positive? Positive - Do I use it to make a plan? yes How about next Wednesday? - Do I suggest doing it another day? Yes - Is this my plan? Yes - Do I really ask question or make plan? Are you free next Friday? - Do I make a plan next Friday? Yes - Do I suggest or answer someone else? That’d be great - Do I say yes? Yes - Am I happy with the plan? yes That’s a good idea - Do I say yes? Yes - Am I happy with the plan? yes I’d love to. - Do I say yes? Yes - Am I happy with the plan? yes I’m sorry. I can’t. - Do I say yes? No - Am I happy with the plan? No Then T - to elicit form on the board and write the form on the top of the board. T- model the sentence and get Ss to drill them. Use back chain drilling. Ss drill chorally and individually. Focus on contractions: That'd, I'd Elicit the sentence stress.
T- give HO3. This another dialogue. t- get ss to work in groups of 3 and put the dialogue in order. T projects the correct order. T- get the Ss practice that dialogue. Divide class into two. Group A reads the sentences aloud for A, group B reads aloud the sentences for B twive. T- delete some of the words and get them practice again, delete some more words and get them to drill again.
Ss-work in pairs. Each pair will be given role play cards A or B. Tell SS not to show their cards to theri pairs. T-models the activity.with a strong SS. Tell them write out the phrases in full forms from the promps. and get SS to practice conversation in pairs.. When they finish, pairs change roles.
T give another A and B role play cards for pairs; ,ss need to talk and make suggestions and say yes or no for these suggestions.. The teacher-model the activity otherwise there will be too much TTT. T-monitor and help if need be. If time- Feedback and delayed error correction.