The Anglo - Business Higher 2 - Tuesday 2 February 2021 - 6-8pm - Lesson 5
Advanced level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To enable students to practice speaking for fluency in the contexts of establishing rapport and task-based exercises about risk in international events.
Subsidiary Aims
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To enable students to practice listening for ist and detail in the context of audio files about establishing rapport in the workplace.
Procedure (90-120 minutes)
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.
T gets Ss attention. T nominates S: “what did we work on in Thursday’s class?” - We had a grammar lesson on referring with pronouns - We worked with the script from an audio file of a teleconference and worked on replacing nouns with pronouns - Referring backwards, adding emphasis, reference, personal pronouns (including gender-neutral ’they’) and new information/referring forwards T nominates S: “did we have any work suggested for self-study?” - no
T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 2 with the question: "What do we mean when we say ‘establishing rapport’?" T leads Ss in a discussion about rapport.
T gets Ss attention. T asks Ss to work in pairs for 5 minutes to match methods for establishing rapport with situations in their Jamboards. T sends Jamboard links in chat: Group 1: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1EShi5wqE_MzRA0D1TWdDvzsTBvT0NyKvaKOfcxaLwHg/edit?usp=sharing Group 2: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1ScPyI-lHyCvADYOx_EvyKVxxM_ynpgCyEpND6ir_hko/edit?usp=sharing Group 3: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1we9eoi9eDQRh76KygoE-0dAU9hDsPBXNHrluH-NyhwI/edit?usp=sharing T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to work on the jamboard? [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 and the class shares their answers in OCF.
T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 3 (p. 35 #2) and nominates S to read instructions. T plays audio file 4.4 twice while Ss take notes. T asks Ss to work in partners for 5 minutes to compare their answers. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [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 and the class shares their answers in OCF.
T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 4 (p. 35 #3) and nominates S to read instructions. T asks Ss to take 2 minutes to write notes. T then asks Ss to work in partners for 5 minutes to role play. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [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 and the class shares their ideas in OCF.
T gets Ss attention. T shows slides 5 & 6: "Talking Point" and nominates Ss to read the short articles. T leads Ss through a discussion of the Qs: "What went wrong in the two examples of planning the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games? What could have been done better?"
T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 7 (p.37 #2) and nominates S to read instructions. T then asks Ss to work in partners for 8 minutes to fill out the chart. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to fill out the chart? [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 ideas in OCF.
[OPTIONAL, IF TIME PERMITS] T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 8 (p.37 Task 1 & 2) and nominates S to read the instructions T asks Ss to work in group(s) for 10 minutes to complete the task before coming back together to present their ideas. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [yes] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to work? [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 and the class shares their ideas in OCF.
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.
T gets Ss attention and thanks them for their time. T asks Ss if they have any questions or concerns, specifically about accessing course materials, platforms, etc. T takes note of anything to address with supervisors/academic services. T asks Ss to look at Oxford Platform Unit 4 Test for next class. T thanks Ss again for their time, and wishes them a good day.