functional language
Intermediate level
Materials
Main Aims
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To practice the functional language of booking a flight in the context of a conversation with an agent.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide To provide listening in the context of booking a flight through an agent.
Procedure (17-33 minutes)
*Write Two questions on the White board " Have you ever travelled abroad before?" "Which country would you most like to visit? why?" * Ask them to discuss these two questions in Pairs just in 1 minute * Make an open discussion and ask them " what did your friend tell you?". *Show the students a picture of "Rachael ". * Tell them that she wants to book a flight to visit her friends in "Buenos Aires" * Ask them individually to think of 4 questions she will ask the travel agent . *Demonstrate one question ...Ex :( How much will it cost?). * Give them one minute to think. * check it in one group .
* Chest Ho1 of Rachael notes and ask them to listen and complete her notes ,and inform them that they will not listen the same information in the same order as her notes. * Ask ICQs ..(will you hear the information is ordered as her notes)?. * Pass the Ho1 and give them one minute to read it individually . * open the audio . * check their answers in pairs (will make exchange between them). * post the key answer on the WhatsApp group. * Ask them to open their cell phones to check their answers . *Chest Ho2 and ask them to complete the chart about the details that the travel agent took. * Open the audio . * check their answers in pairs. * pass the key answer to them .
* Chest HO3 to the students and ask them to match the two halves of the sentences individually for one minute. * check their answers in pairs. * Hand them the key answer to check
*Ask one student to read the 1st highlighted sentence loudly *Ask CCQs about some expressions * Wh questions * show 3 pictures of women to differentiate between Miss ,Ms and Mrs. * drill the highlighted sentences * write them on the board.
* set two chairs * Ask everyone to pick up one piece of paper . The red piece is for Rachael and the yellow piece is for the travel agent. * Ask them to think in pairs of the conversation they will have . * Give them instruction to use the expressions that have been in the conversation between Rachael and the travel agent. * Ask the first pair to sit on the chair , one act as the travel agent and the other as a traveler. * The second pair will do the same. * giving feedback.