TP5 Speaking.
Pre-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of talking about firsts.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist listening practice using a text about firsts in the context of a man talking about the first time he met his wife.
Procedure (36-20 minutes)
- T displays Jam board with a question related to the topic: Do you have a good memory? - T elicits participation from different ss and makes follow-up questions.
- T asks ss the question: Which of these things do you still remember? Your first day at work, the first time you drove a car, your first pet, your first English lesson, the first time you met someone important in your life. - SS think their answer and the T nominates some students to talk. - T writes ss ideas on the board.
1. Listening. 2 mins Instructions: Listen to Josh and answer the question. ICQs: Are you listening for detail or just to get a general idea? (a general idea) - Ss listen and answer individually. - T displays answers. 2. Meaning. 3 mins. Instructions: Click next. Here we have some sentences about Josh's story. In pairs, match the beginning and the end, so they can make sense. - T demos task. - Ss answer in BoR - T displays answers. 3. Pronunciation. 2mins - T models pronunciation of the language, in sentences. Focusing on linking sounds. - T elicits choral repetition. 4. Form. 3 mins Instructions: identify the verb tenses of the words in green, and which kind of words are the ones in blue and yellow. - Ss identify Instructions: Order the connectors of sequence. - Ss order the connectors of sequence. -T conducts OCFB. 5. Appropriacy. 1 min - T asks ss if the language can be used in both, formal and informal situations.
- T displays the list of firsts from the content preparation stage, Instructions: Choose one important 'first' that you can remember. Answer the questions and write short notes. 2 mins Then work in pairs and tell your stories to each other. You will change partners every 5 minutes. - T demos task. ICQs: How many firsts are you going to choose? (one) What do you have to write? (short notes) What will happen every 5 mins? (we will change partners)
- T conduct OCFB, by asking some ss to say which was the saddest, funniest and strangest story. - T writes ss ideas on the board. - T conducts DEC, by writing some samples of the ss production, asking learners to identify the correct and incorrect sentences and correct the latter ones.