Virus alert; Reading and Vocabulary
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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practicing scanning skills in reading; Increasing Ss` vocabulary guessing skills in the context of Virus alert
Subsidiary Aims
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Reinforcing Ss` reading comprehension skills through listening and speaking in the context of Virus alert; Enhancing Ss` reading comprehension such as scanning in the context of Virus alert
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
Ss will be asked the following questions and then brainstorming all ideas on the board. 1. Do you usually use computers? 2. Have you had problems related to virus in your computer? 3. Where did this virus come from? 4. Where does the virus usually come from?
Ss will be divided into two groups and then they will read the questions before starting the task.
Each group will be given different texts. They will be asked to read their texts. Then they will compare their answers in their groups. T will reorganize the class so that a student from the first group. Ss will take turns to ask and answer the questions Ss will listen to the track to check the answers and then they will get engaged in drilling some words.
Ss will given a matching task. They need to guess the meaning of the words from the text. Then, They will be asked which facts they think the most surprising in the text?
Ss will be given a task which they have to match one phrase/word to each of the rules given in the task.