Frea Haandrikman Frea Haandrikman

Frea TP6
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson, students practice their reading and listening skills in the context of the Tate Modern; a museum in London. The lessons starts with an exercise to read for gist. The second exercise lets students read for specific information. The students have a quick conversation about museums and modern art. The lesson continues with listening exercises. Firstly students listen for specific information, after which they listen for details.

Materials

Abc Track 1.54
Abc Track 1.55

Main Aims

  • To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about Tate Modern in the context of museums and art
  • To provide specific information and detailed listening practice using a text about Tate Modern in the context of facilities at museums

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of art and museums

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Show Powerpoint presentation with pictures of museums. Stop a bit longer at the first picture of the Tate Modern and have students guess what the building is.

Pre-Reading (1-2 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

After students have identified museums as the topic of the lesson, talk with the class about what a museum is.

While-Reading #1 (4-6 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Show handout. Instruct students to quickly read the text. Put emphasis on the fact that they're not reading for detail. Set a short time limit to make sure students read for gist. The students will already know that the Tate is a museum from the lead-in.

While-Reading #2 (6-8 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Form pairs. Ask 2 students to read the questions of exercise 2 out loud. Instruct students to read specifically to answer these questions. The students discuss their answers with each other.

Post-Reading: Speaking (6-8 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Quickly discuss the questions under exercise 3 with the class, so the students have a model. Instruct students to ask/answer these questions in pairs.

Pre-Listening (4-6 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Explain the exercise. Do one example with the class. Instruct students to do the exercise in pairs, and tell them they need to write their answers since they have to use them later on.

While-Listening #1 (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information listening tasks

Students listen to check their answers from the previous exercise. Write the answers on the board, and mark stress on "information", "women's toilets", "baby changing room" and "cafe". Drill a few times.

While-Listening #2 (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information listening tasks

Explain the exercise. While I play the recording, stop after the first symbol and tick it, so the students fully understand the exercise. Play the remainder of the recording without stopping. Check answers in pairs.

While-Listening #3 (7-9 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference listening tasks

Instruct students to read sentences under exercise 4. Explain the exercise: students have to match the sentence to the rooms of the previous exercises. Play the recording twice if needed. Students peer check, before discussing the answers as a class.

Extra activity (3-5 minutes) • To provide students with speaking practice in expressing opinions

Show an artwork that's on display at the Tate on the board. Ask students what they see. Ask students if the like it or not, and why.

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