Reading and Speaking
Upper intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist, scan, detailed and deduction of given article
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency of speaking through speaking activity
Procedure (26-45 minutes)
- Ss will be given HOs which has got couple of questions Ex-9b,a - Ss discuss the questions in pairs or in small groups - They might write what the group mate said to not to forget, then later on will mention it - Ss produce the language and model the sentences - ICQs: are you going to ask whole class? are you going to share your group mates idea with class? - Teacher monitor the class to make sure they're all in line with topic - Feedback: Ss will share with class the answers of given question and modeling sentences
- Ss will be shown a visual which is picture of "Sixto Rodriguez". - Teacher distribute HOs for Ex- 9b,b - There are some questions in given HOs and students answer them - Let then do it individually so that they'll have more ideas to share - Some prediction will be accidentally true while they are modeling and producing the language - Feedback: Ss share their ideas with class to make sure they are ready for the next stage
- Ss will have opportunity to be familiar with keywords that are used in the text - MFP: Teacher gives either definition or synonym of keywords and students will produce the language. when a keyword is elicited from students, the other parts of MFP which are form and pronunciation will be consequently elicited. in case of necessity, an example will be also needed to be elicited from students to make sure they are totally in the garden. - Ss produce the language - Feedback: students are being ready for the next stage by engaging them understand keywords
- Ss will be given HOs which is an authentic article Ex-9b,c - ICQ: clear instruction is needed - Ss are assigned a semi controlled practice to read the first and last few lines of each paragraph. - Ss will do it individually - Get them to check their answers in pair - Monitoring should be run at this stage - Feedback: ask students to share their ideas with class
- Ss will read the text entirely and carefully in 3 to 4 minutes - Ss will be assigned a controlled practice Ex-9b,d to evaluate Ss comprehension from the text - Teacher ditributes HOs - ICQs: Are you going to read the whole text? How many minutes have you got? - Ask Ss to do it individually - Get them in pairs to check answers - Feedback: teacher elicit answers from students and write on the board to let them know what the right answers are
- Teacher distributes HOs of Ex-9b,e - Ss will be given an opportunity to go through speaking activity - They model the language through doing speaking activity - Then students will be asked if there is any singer as Sixto Rodriguez in their country - Feedback: ask individually to share with class