TP#3
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide scan and detailed reading practice using a text about karaoke and iPod in the context of business idea.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of business idea.
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To provide clarification of invention related vocabulary in the context of business idea.
Procedure (41-51 minutes)
Show them a picture of people doing karaoke and an iPod. Elicit answers to clarify the meaning and elicit the word 'inventor'. Have them connect the words to set the context.
Pre-teach the vocabulary by focusing on the MFP; karaoke, iPod, patent, invention, inventor, praise, venture Ss look at Ex.1 and guess the characteristics of the inventors.
Students read the text assigned to them to check their predictions; Group A: The Text on p.22 Group B: The Text on p.119 They compare their answers in pairs.
Ss read again summarize the texts they read. (p.22-119: 3a) They pair up with the members of the other group and summarize their text to each other. They also discuss how these men are similar or different. Elicit ideas and draw a Venn diagram on the board to note down their answers.
Students complete Ex. 4 and 5 individually and then check their answers in pairs. Check understanding by asking questions about the topic and the vocabulary learned.