New lesson plan: Different Ways of Comparing: Learning New phrases for Comparing and Improving Listening Skills

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Different Ways of Comparing: Learning New phrases for Comparing and Improving Listening Skills - Intermediate level

Different Ways of Comparing: Learning New phrases for Comparing and Improving Listening Skills
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will learn different ways of comparing in the context of the change of Shanghai in twenty years. The students will be introduced to new phrases of comparisons and degrees of comparatives. They will do some speaking practice using the lexis they have been taught. They will listen to a conversation about the change in Shanghai over the years and do specific listening task. Following listening, they will discuss some specific related questions and do a speaking activity about their city using the lexis.

Materials

Language Focus 2-Different Ways of Comparing

Visual Materials

Question Sheet for Speaking Activity

Some folded papers with the names of the capitals

Adhesive tape

Language Focus 2-Different Ways of Comparing

Visual Materials

Question Sheet for Speaking Activity

Some folded papers with the names of the capitals

Adhesive tape

Main Aims

To provide clarification and practice of comparatives in the context of comparison of Shanghai now and 20 years ago.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide specific information listening practice using a text about comparison of Shanghai now and 20 years ago in the context of city li

Procedure (38-57 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (8-10 minutes) • To set lesson context and motivate/interest students

- Ask the students to look at the pictures of old Istanbul and Istanbul now on the board. To elicit 'completely different' ask them 'Is Istanbul different now than in the past?' 'How much different is Istanbul now than in the past?' Try to elicit the word 'completely different from'. Ask CCQ such as is it a little different from the past or is it totally different from the past? Has it changed slightly? Has it changed totally?. Do drilling practice and write the phrase on the board. Get them to do back chaining practice: Istanbul is completely different now than it is in the past. Get them to work in pairs and discuss the differences. - Ask the students to look at the pictures of the twins. Ask them to make comparisons. Ask CCQ such as 'Do the babies look completely same?', 'Are there any differences between these twins?'. Get them to say 'very similar to'. Do drilling practice and write it on the board. -Ask the students to look at the pictures of windows on the board. To elicit 'exactly the same as' ask the students CCQ like 'Are there any difference between these windows?' 'Are they the same?' 'Are they totally the same?'. Do some drilling practice and write it on the board.

Pre-Listening Activity 1: Discussion about Shanghai in the past and now (7-10 minutes) • To provide students some general questions to make them focus on the gist

- Hand out some folded small papers with the names of capital cities and ask the students find the student who has the same capital city written on their papers. Get the students with the same capitals work in pairs. - Have the students look at exercise 1 and discuss the answers with their partners. Give them 2-3 minutes to do so. - Get the weaker students in particular to answer the questions.

Pre-Listening Activity 2: Guessing the Correct Answers (3-5 minutes) • To focus on specific details prior to listening

- Have the students work in pairs to do exercise 2. Give them about 2 minutes to complete the task. - Ask the pairs about their opinions and compare.

Listening Exercise: Shanghai Now and Then (5-7 minutes) • To provide the students listening practice for overall idea

- Tell the students they are going to listen to a conversation between Pam and her daughter about how Shanghai has changed. - Tell them to focus on their answers on exercise 2 and check their answers to exercise 1. - Following listening, ask them 'How many answers they got correct and how many of them they got wrong' and 'Which of them were wrong?'

Listening Practice: Shanghai Now and Then (3-5 minutes) • To provide students inference listening skill

- Ask the students to look at exercise 3.b. - Tell them they are going to listen to the text again and ask them to grasp whether the speakers are positive or negative about the changes. Tell them to take notes for the reasons. - Following the listening, ask them to discuss their answers with their partners.

Grammar Point (5-10 minutes) • To provide students the language forms of some comparative phrases

- Have the students look at the grammar section in their books. - Ask them to work in pairs and match the adjectives with prepositions. - Ask them to work in pairs for the 2nd exercise. and choose the correct answer. Ask the students reasons why. - Draw the same line in exercise 3 on the board. Ask them to work in pairs to put the phrases on the line. Ask students to come to the board and write the phrases on the best place on the line.

Post-Listening: Which things would you recommend to foreign tourists about your city? (7-10 minutes) • To provide students speaking skills using comparative phrases

- Write is similar to....but more...../.....completely different/ not as busy as/ different from/ similar to on the board - Hand out the sheets with the names of touristic places to see in Istanbul. - Ask them to choose one of the touristic places in each line and form sentences such as 'I would recommend Heybeli Island. Heybeli Island is similar to Big Island' but it is much quieter.