TP 2, Practice in speaking for fluency and making generalisations
Upper intermediate, B2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To give Ss practice in speaking for fluency and making generalisations and exceptions.
Subsidiary Aims
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To raise Ss awareness of and give practice in functional words and phrases for generalising - "in general", "by and large",etc- and making exceptions - "not counting", "apart from" etc. To give Ss practice in listening for specific information and detail.
Procedure (31-45 minutes)
Greet Ss. Tell them that they are going to work in pairs and tell them to sit back to back. Each of them will be given a picture and they don't show it to their partner. They need to describe the picture. Monitor while pairs are describing. As they finish ask what the difference was between the pictures. Write a sentence "Modern life is ........ than in the past." ask them to fill in the gap with their own ideas.
Tell Ss they will listen to three people. Listen to ex 1 and check if those people have the same ideas as them. Check in pairs. Take some FB.
Focus Ss on listening ex 2. Discuss in pairs if they remember any of the answers. Then listen again. Ss stick the right answers to the answer key on the board.
Write on the board "general" "generalise" and "generalisation" and elicit the meaning of these words. Focus on ex 1 LF. Work in pairs and underline the words used for generalising. Take FB
Group them according to the words that they pick up.( generally, typically, mostly) Focus Ss on ex 2. Monitor the groups. Take FB. Drill sentences ( In general, modern life is more stressful) ( it typically took longer to get to places) ( by and large, things have just become a lot easier)
Focus Ss on ex 3 LF. As they know what generalisation is they can figure out which words are exceptions. While working in group monitor and help if there any difficulties. Take some FB
Ss will perform a talk show. 3 learners will be hosts, Give them time to think how they will start and carry on the show. The rest of the Ss discuss ex A in small groups. Monitor and encourage them to use the words for generalising. While each group is performing, the other groups will play the "audience" that agree or disagree with their ideas and by the end of the performance the "audience" will tell how well "talk show guests" used generalisation phrases.