Grammar Lesson
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice and review of ability in present, past and future in the context of Challenges and Success
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review of of language for expressing ability in present and future.
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To provide practice of in peer-check groups in BORs in the context of Challenges and Success
Procedure (29-45 minutes)
- T shows short video about The Marshmallow Test (2 min) - Learners work in pairs in breakout rooms and answer the following question: What do you find difficult to resist? For example: Buying Clothes, spending too much time online or with the cell phone, eating junk food. (1.5) - T asks a volunteer to answer the question and conducts OCFB. (1.5 mins)
- T gives a link to the Google form where students read about The Marshmallow Test, Ss listen and complete the blanks in the reading. (2 mins) - Ss compare their answers in groups in breakout rooms. (2 min) - T conducts OCFB (1 min)
- T covers MFPA of the grammatical items below - T explains the meaning of the lexical items below - T conducts OCFB (5 min) - Teacher elicits pronunciation from students - T conducts OCFB
- Instructions: Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the words (Use a google form for this activity) - ICQs: Are we going to complete or listen? - T demos - Individually, learners read the statements and match them with the phrases given. (2 min) - Check answers in pairs (2 min) - T conducts OCFB (1 min)
- Instructions: We are going to share experiences about: something you can do now that you couldn´t do a few years ago. Something you hope you will be able to do in the future. - T scaffolds the task by eliciting some useful language that can be used to complete the task. - Learners work in groups and discuss. - Learners switch pairs as many times as possible as time allows.
- T conducts OCFB following up on the production stage. - T writes on the jam board samples of learners’ production and sets a task in pairs for learners to identify the correct and incorrect sentences and correct the latter ones. - T conducts OCFB