TP5
Pre-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide speaking practice in the form of story telling and in the context of first time experiences
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency practice in the context of first time experiences
Procedure (45-45 minutes)
- T introduces topic of first time experiences via jamboard - Ss complete a poll asking how many of the first time examples they remember (direct poll link) http://etc.ch/bLCA - T sends link into the chat and ensures all Ss can open it ICQs: Has everyone opened the link? Can you see the question and options? Are you going to check all the experiences that you remember? - T shows results to illustrate Ss memories
- Ss listen to two people discussing a first time experience - Ss complete a task individually via google forms, selecting which 'first experience' each speaker is talking about (5 min) - T shares the task and checks to ensure Ss have received it. https://forms.gle/c9GZY3BivZLtHjqGA ICQs: Has everyone seen the link I shared in the chat? Has everyone opened the link from the chat? What are the 5 options? - OCFB to clarify any answers
- T provides useful language for the production task (google slides) (4 min) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w2o-oOVndtlrwH8AJ6k2IVxeHl4240FBctPvvekoDus/edit?usp=sharing CCQs: - Slide 2 #1 Would you use this at the beginning or ending of the story? Beginning #2 Are you talking about you or someone else? You/yourself - Slide 3 #1 Are you saying how you feel? Yes Are you saying why? Yes #2 What is happening first, second and third? - Ss complete a task individually via google forms to test language comprehension (4 min) - T shares the task and checks to ensure Ss have received it. https://forms.gle/9ErSh1zaF7racpT86 ICQs: Has everyone seen the link I shared in the chat? Has everyone opened the link from the chat? - T does the first question together as a class (example) - OCFB (2 min)
- T introduces speaking task and provides examples for them to talk about. T puts Task Document in chat and shares screen. (2 min) ICQs: What are you going to talk about? How many experiences are you going to talk about? What language are you going to use? How much time do you have to prepare? - T puts TL into chat, gives Ss time to prepare and rehearse their story (5 min) - T checkS instructions - Ss tell a ‘first time’ story using the TL [BO rooms] (7 min)
- OCFB: Ss share what they learned about their peer's experience with the class. - DEC: T praises good use of language, corrects any errors. Focus on fluency, content and ideas, not on grammar mistakes