Speaking session on funny family stories
Intermediate - B1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a Conversation and discussion in the context of Family
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a Discussion in the context of Family
Procedure (36-45 minutes)
T will smile and enters the class T will greet ss and asks about their feelings T will try to show ss sone pictures of himself to engaged them into the topic T will ask ss to think about their family members and decide which one do they love more and why? T will get ss mingle around and ask each other's ideas about family members
T will attach some new idioms out of class, and will ask ss to have run-dictation activity, pick a pen, run out of class and memorize as many idioms as they can, then write them on their notebooks. Then T will ask ss to share their notebooks together and share idioms they've learnt. And T will ask them to come to the board to write 3 of them on the board.
Controlled: T will give ss some small pieces of papers including some questions, then they have 1 minute to think about that question, after that they have to mingle around and talk to as many as ss they can. Then T will ask them about different answers they heard and CL will share ideas. Semi-Controlled: T will hang the rope, give each s a picture and a stapler, they have to sit on the ground in front of each other, hang pictures with staplers, the other partner should not see the paper, then that person should have story narration, narrating the picture's story for his/her partner, then the partner should guess the picture and it's theme and situation. Freer: T will ask ss to make 2 rings, inner and outer, playing music, and stop it, then they have to talk about one of their family members for the person standing in front of them. After that T will play music again and two rings will move again and this will be done again. As a home work, T will ask ss to bring a picture of their family members, describing him/her, then bring that description to the class. Other ss should guess who is this person