Teaching Practice 5
Upper-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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At the end of the lesson, learners practiced functional language: Personal Information in the context of real life situations
Subsidiary Aims
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• To practice listening for detail about personal information and real life events. • To provide functional language practice for fluency while students use TL chunks for speaking about personal experiences.
Procedure (33-43 minutes)
T to class: I need your help. I have plans to visit Mexico after Coronavirus. Can you give me a few suggestions on where to visit? What to do? -T elicits a few ideas from learners. Write learners ideas on white board
Meaning: CCQs Is this for life events or future plans? Life events Can these events be in the past or present? Both This target language is used in conversations about personal information either in the past or present. The TL chunks help to express details about events, people, location and time/date of certain event. Instruction: -Learners will receive a link to complete as a guided task for meaning. -*BEFORE SUBMITTING, Learners will share and discuss their answers with a partner in the chat. -T share answer key for grading. June 7th is important because I married my sweetheart. That’s when I watched my first Broadway play. The last time I saw a movie was before the coronavirus. I put Cali Colombia because that’s where I danced Salsa. Mrs. Evans is a woman who lived across the street from my parents. CCQs Can I use these chunks in everyday conversations or only formal conversations? Is it ok to use them with my sister? How about my boss at work? The appropriacy for this TL is neutral. I can be used with friends, family and colleagues. Form: CCQs: Is the noun a person or object? Person Is this about a location or a person? Location I this even in the present? No I put + event/date + because + subject Event/date + is important to me because + subject Noun + is a woman/a boy who + verb Noun + is the place where + subject That’s when I + verb (past/present) The last time I + verb (past) + was + time (past) Pronunciation: CCQ: Where is the stress in the underline phrases? Do you hear linking? June 7th is important to me because I married my sweetheart. That’s when I saw my first Broadway play. The last time I watched a movie was last December. After completing the task, I will conduct both choral and individual drills.
-Instructions: -Learners will listen to a script for details. -Learners will then be asked to draw five circles and to write personal information in each circle in preparation for the freer speaking task. -T will DEMO task -T conducts OCFB
-Instructions: At this moment, learners will have completed completing their personal information bubbles with various life events. -Learners will be placed in breakout rooms in pair to practice speaking for fluency while using the TL for chunks. -T demo -T rotates from room to room assuring students understand the task and answer any questions. Learners will switch partners minimum 3 times or as time allows. -Learners return to main room. -T conduct OCFB
- T conducts OCFB - T conducts Delayed Error Correction