Gökhan Gökhan

Tom's Diner
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will be practising their listening and pronunciation skills in the context of Susan Vega's Tom's Diner song

Materials

Abc Vocabulary Cut-Ups
Abc Freer Practice
Abc Pre-Teach Vocab
Abc Vocab Collage
Abc Lyrics
Abc Full Lyrics
Abc Tom's Diner ppt

Main Aims

  • To provide students listening and pronunciation activities through an engaging lesson in the context of a popular song

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide accuracy speaking practice in a mirroring activity

Procedure

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

T shows Ss the picture of BigChefs restaurant and asks "Where is it?" and "Why is it my favorite restaurant?". Ss guess, T gives clues if necessary.

Pre-Teach Vocab (10-12 minutes) • To provide students info about the vocabulary in the upcoming song

T shows Ss the Vocab Collage and asks students to stick the correct vocabulary cut-up to the correct picture. Ss do the task individually, T checks the answers, asks relevant CCQs, and drills the vocab.

While Listening #1 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information listening tasks

T distributes Ss the Lyrics cut-ups and asks Ss to order the lyrics as they hear them. T plays the song, Ss can pause the song, rewind it, forward it if it's necessary. T checks the order with the whole class and gives necessary feedback.

While Listening #2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

T distributes the Freer Practice questions and gives some time to Ss to read the questions. T plays the song one more time, Ss listen to the song and answer the questions. T checks the answers with the class and provides necessary feedback.

Post-Reading/Listening (10-15 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the song and practise on pronunciation

T sticks the lyrics out of the classroom, asks students to choose a writer in their group. Gives necessary instructions. Ss complete the task with an exciting song in the background.

Web site designed by: Nikue