Zoë Heyn-Jones Zoë Heyn-Jones

The Anglo - Business Higher 2 - Thursday 28 January 2021 - 6-8pm - Lesson 4
Advanced level

Materials

Main Aims

  • To enable students to review and practice the use pronouns in the context of texts relating to teleconferencing.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To enable students to practice speaking for fluency in the context of pair and group work related to pronouns.

Procedure

Welcome (5-10 minutes) • To welcome students to class and to troubleshoot any problems.

T welcomes Ss to class. T asks how Ss are, if they have any questions or concerns about the course materials, platforms, etc. T and Ss chat informally as all Ss arrive to Teams platform.

Review (5-10 minutes) • To review what we covered in last class and to begin setting the context for today's lesson

T gets Ss attention. T nominates S: “what did we work on in Tuesday’s class?” - We looked at the guidelines for teleconferencing - We listened to some excerpts of a teleconference and discussed if the participants were following the guidelines - We practised planning and role playing a teleconference T nominates S: “did we have any work suggested for self-study?” - yes, looking at review the use of pronouns https://www.grammar-quizzes.com/pronounsum.html T: “Did anyone have a chance to have a look it?” T: “Great, then you’ll be especially ready for today’s class!” T leads Ss in pronunciation drill of words from last class [Pronunciation: concise; digressing; consensus; field]

Lead-in (4-6 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T gets Ss attention. T: Let's watch a short clip of a video: "Gender Identity and Pronouns - What Will You Teach The World?" https://youtu.be/J3Fh60GEB5E 01:06 - 03:43 T: This video talks about the use of personal pronouns in English? How does this differ in Spanish?

Exposure (12-14 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 3 (p. 34 #1) T nominates Ss to read instructions. T shows slides 4-7 with audio script 4.2, and instructs Ss that they can also find this in their SBs on p.148. T nominates Ss to do one example together. T instructs Ss that they will be working in groups for 8 minutes to complete the exercise. T assigns groups. ICQ: are we working in groups? [yes] ICQ: how much time do we have to complete the exercise? [8 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their answers in OCF.

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 8 with sentences from p. 34 #2 T nominates Ss to find the examples in the given sentences.

Clarification (10-12 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T gets Ss attention. T: Now we're going to work together as a group to look at the important grammar points regarding referencing using pronouns. T leads Ss through slides 9-17 (adapted from grammar reference on p.128) nominating Ss to guess the blank, then revealing it, to make clarification more interactive.

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

T gets Ss attention. T asks Ss to work with a partner for 5 minutes to complete p. 34 #3 (slide 19) T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session. T nominates Ss to share their answers in OCF.

Semi-Controlled Practice 1 (10-12 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

T gets Ss attention. T asks Ss to work with a partner for 5 minutes to complete p. 34 #4 (slide 20) T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session. T nominates Ss to share their answers in OCF.

Semi-Controlled Practice 2 (10-12 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

T gets Ss attention. T asks Ss to work with a partner for 5 minutes to complete Practice file - Language at work #1 p.109 (slide 21) T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session. T nominates Ss to share their answers in OCF.

Freer Practice (15-20 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

T gets Ss attention. T asks Ss to work with a partner for 10 minutes to complete p. 34 #5 (slide 22) T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have? [10 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session. T nominates Ss to share their answers in OCF.

Feedback and Delayed Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback and delayed error correction.

T gives feedback, addressing any good language and interesting/important errors noticed during monitoring. T elicits form Ss to reformulate errors. If time permits, T leads Ss in pronunciation drills.

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