Functional skills - Language for telling and responding to stories
Pre-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice for students to tell and respond to stories
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide students detailed listening task
Procedure (35-47 minutes)
Show first picture elicit what is going on (someone telling a story and others responding) Show second picture and ask what they think the story is about. Then In break out rooms discuss with group. Bring back to main room PCFB
Listen to recording Check ideas in break out rooms Then OCFB
Clarify MFP Target Item (Language for telling and responding to stories): So,anyway Meaning: A common way or returning to a storyline after deviating Means to Check understanding (eg CCQs, Timelines, synonyms, etc): Am I completely changing the subject? No Am I still carrying on with the story I was telling? Yes Problems with Meaning: Students may think the conversation is ending Form (Part of speech, or grammatical breakdown) : So = Conjunction, Anyway = adverb Problems with Form: Use comma Pron (IPA, Stress, linking, intonation) So, anyway səʊ ˈɛnɪweɪ Stress on any Problems with Pron: Students may not the stress on any Target Item (Language for telling and responding to stories): I was so embarrassed Meaning: A way of expressing how we felt Means to Check understanding (eg CCQs, Timelines, synonyms, etc): Who is embarrassed the person telling the story or the person listening? Person telling the story Are they still embarrassed now or in the past? Past Problems with Meaning: Explain this was in the past, not an emotion they are feeling at this moment. Form (Part of speech, or grammatical breakdown) : I = Pronoun Was = verb “to be” so = degree adverb embarrassed = adjective Problems with Form: Students may use the present tense of to be and say I am so embarrassed. Pron (IPA, Stress, linking, intonation): I was so embarrassed (linking between so and embarrassed) aɪ wɒz səʊ ɪmˈbærəst rɪˈdɪkjʊləs! Problems with Pron: Students may struggle with the pronunciation of embarrassed Target Item (Language for telling and responding to stories): I had a bad experience last year Meaning: A way of starting a story. Means to Check understanding (eg CCQs, Timelines, synonyms, etc): When did this story happen? Last year What type of experience was it? Bad Problems with Meaning: Experience could mean someone with a lot of knowledge. Form (Part of speech, or grammatical breakdown): I = pronoun had = verb to have A = article bad = adjective experience = noun last = adjective year = noun Problems with Form: Students may not know when to use had (singular) or have (plural) Pron (IPA, Stress, linking, intonation): aɪ həd ə bæd ɪksˈpɪərɪəns lɑːst jɪə 1 had is a weak form 2 linking had-a-bad 3 linking bad-experience Problems with Pron: Students may not realize that had is weak sound Target Item (Language for telling and responding to stories): You’re joking Meaning: Idiom - when you are surprised by something Means to Check understanding (eg CCQs, Timelines, synonyms, etc): Who says this? Person listening to story What type of reaction is it? One of shock or surprise Problems with Meaning: Students may think person is telling a joke Form (Part of speech, or grammatical breakdown): You’re – contraction of you are You – noun Are – verb to be Joking - verb Problems with Form: Students may struggle with contraction of you are Pron (IPA, Stress, linking, intonation): You’re joking G is silent jʊə ˈʤəʊkɪŋ Problems with Pron: Problem with pronunciation of contraction
Listen again and fill in sentences: (jamboard) I had a bad (experience) last year, when I was So (anyway), we were just beginning to land You’re (joking) I was (really) scared So, then (what) happened So, it was all ok (in the end) Check in breakout rooms then OCFB Then bring back into class room OCFB
Students tell each other stories about a time when they felt angry, embarrassed, excited or scared. Use one of the following sentences while telling the story and responding: I had a bad/good/funny experience last year, when I was So anyway, we were just beginning to land You’re joking I was really scared/angry/sad/embarrassed So, then what happened So, it was all ok in the end Send to break out rooms for 8 minutes Back to main room OCFB
Highlight language used well by students Have students help provide correction on target language used poorly by saying the poor language and asking what needs to be corrected