contrasting linking words
B2 level
Materials
Main Aims
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For students to use contrasting conjunctions (although, even though, despite and in spite of)in the context of daily conversations.
Subsidiary Aims
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For students to practice speaking for fluency using contrasting conjunctions.
Procedure (35-51 minutes)
- T show a picture and asks Ss to guess the story. - Ss guess and T guides them to give correct answers.
- T puts Ss into two teams, and they are going to engage in a game of bamboozle in the context of contrasting conjunctions. - Ss decide in their team what is the correct answer. - T gives the scores and praises if they give the right answers.
T shows a picture, clarifies the form, teaches it through a story, and draws the Ss attention to the target language. - T first gives the meaning of the four conjunctions and ask Ss if they see any similarities between the meanings. (yes) clarifies the differences and how we use them. - T writes the form. - Ss give their own examples to each form. - highlights the pronunciation.
- T sets up a task for students to connect two clauses in a sentence with a conjunction in the brackets. - Ss will have 4 minutes to finish them individually. - Ss will check their answers in PWs together. - T shows the AK and gives FB.
- T gives 2 minutes to the students to make a story using linking words they have learnt and note it down. - T puts Ss in pairs to tell their stories to each other and asks students to write or memorise their partner's story. - T monitors the breakout rooms and writes down Ss mistakes. - Ss report back of what have learnt from each other's stories.
- T writes down some of the mistakes on the board and discusses them with the students. - T praises the Ss who used the target language correctly.