Zoë Heyn-Jones Zoë Heyn-Jones

The Anglo - Business Preliminary 4 - Wednesday 17 February 2021 - 7:30-9:30am
Pre-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will continue working with inviting and offering in several speaking tasks. They will then work through the "Talking Point" section on "Hospitality or bribery?"

Materials

Main Aims

  • To enable students to practice speaking for fluency in the contexts of inviting/offering and the question of hospitality vs. bribery.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To enable students to extend their lexical range in the contexts of inviting/offering and the question of hospitality vs. bribery.

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 (10-20 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 Monday’s class?” - We looked at asking about food on a menu (listened to some audio and did a role play exercise using a Mexican menu) - We talked about inviting and offering (to guests, colleagues, etc.) - We worked on some pronunciation T: did we have anything assigned for homework? [yes, - Online Practice: Working with words Unit 11 ex 1 and 2 - Online Practice: Language at work Unit 11 ex 1 and 2] T takes up homework with Ss, eliciting for answers.

Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T gets Ss attention. T asks Ss to watch “The Art of the Business Lunch” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7SCb_AQSCA T asks Ss if they have any other tips for business lunches.

Useful Language (8-10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

T gets Ss attention. T shares links to Jamboards in chat: Group 1: https://jamboard.google.com/d/13plzh2rpUlr45B8g03YY3C4IKvh8D_kceT2Lq7fh374/edit?usp=sharing Group 2: https://jamboard.google.com/d/19q39BNrMSmSSNoBcxV7hqOF1z1SYEJbk57dmzX5nhSI/edit?usp=sharing T asks Ss to work in pairs/groups to match phrases with their types for 5 minutes. ICQ: Are we working individually? [no, in pairs/groups] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to work together? [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 goes over answers in OCF.

Productive Task 1 (14-16 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 2 (p.76 #5) and nominates S to read instructions. T asks Ss to work with a partner to complete the exercise for 8 minutes. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to work together? [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.

Productive Task 2 (14-16 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 3 (p.76 #6) and nominates S to read instructions. T asks Ss to work with a partner to complete the exercise for 8 minutes. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to work together? [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.

Productive Task 3 (12-14 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 4 (p.77) and nominates S to read instructions. T asks Ss to work with a partner to complete the exercise for 8 minutes. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to work together? [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.

Productive Task 4 (12-14 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 5 (p.77) and nominates S to read instructions. T asks Ss to work with a partner to complete the exercise for 8 minutes. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to work together? [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.

Feedback and Delayed Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

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.

Conclusion (3-5 minutes) • To sum up and close the lesson and to prepare for the following lesson.

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 complete Online Practice: Sample email Unit 11 for homework. T thanks Ss again for their time, and wishes them a good day.

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