TP7 - Speaking Skills
Upper-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Speaking fluency, asking, and answering questions
Subsidiary Aims
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Language to describe and ask about a memorable event
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
Preview the lesson by having students talk in pairs in the breakout rooms and talk about the most memorable event they ever went to. Students should use the sentence stems "The most memorable event I went to was..." and "It was fascinating/exciting because..." Ex. The most memorable event I went to was the FIFA World Cup in 2018. It was exciting because France won for the second time in their history. OCFB will be provided after the breakout room sessions for students to share their sentences with the entire class.
Here, students will listen to an audio recording of 2 students talking and sharing memories or memorable events. While listening, students will fill out a Google Form to answer: What was the event?, Where and when did it take place?, Which other people are mentioned?, and What was the atmosphere like? Two slides will be looked at afterwards to answer these questions from each of the two stories.
In Useful Language, students will match four questions that ask about an event to four answers that describe an event. Then, group and individual repetition of questions and answers for describing events will be done, especially focusing on intonation so that students can sound sympathetic appropriately, depending on the context and situation.
For the productive task, students will interview each other and ask important questions to describe a memorable event. Then, it will be summarised and explained to the class.
Feedback on spoken language will be given here, especially on errors heard and seen throughout the lesson that should be corrected.