Tp 2
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To give students practice in speaking for fluency through the context of culture
Subsidiary Aims
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To give students the opportunity to practice subject and object questions
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
Ask Ss to work individually and match the words in Part A and Part B in Ex.1. Ask Ss to discuss and check their answers with his/her partner. Elicit the answers from the students. Write the answers on the board.
In pairs, ask Ss to discuss and find out the common word in Group A in Ex.1. Elicit the answers from the Ss. In pairs ask Ss to place the words in Group A in Ex.1 into the correct type and discuss why it should be in Type A or Type B. Monitor to check the Ss are on task and note errors and gaps in their language for the language feedback stage. Elicit the answers from Ss.
Tell Ss that there is the idea of two types of culture: Culture with a capital C and culture of a small c. Ask Ss to write two questions about their culture: One question from Type A and one from Type B. Tell them to write at least one subject/object question. Monitor to check the Ss are on task and note errors and gaps in their language for the language feedback stage. In pairs, ask Ss to compare their questions and correct them if there are any mistakes. Tell them to ask and answer their questions each other and encourage them to ask further questions. E.g. Who wrote Hamlet? - Shakespeare wrote it. What else did he write? - Romeo and Juliet. Monitor to check the Ss are on task and note errors and gaps in their language for the language feedback stage.
Ask Ss to work in groups of four. Tell them to ask and answer their questions with new Ss in their groups. Monitor to check the Ss are on task and note errors and gaps in their language for the language feedback stage. Ask Ss to discuss to choose the most interesting two questions in their groups. Write two questions from each group on the board. Ask Ss to mingle and ask and answer the questions on the board. Walk around the Ss and monitor to check they are on task and note errors and gaps in their language for the language feedback stage.
Correct common errors students produced and give useful language that students needed during speaking. Encourage Ss for self-correction and peer correction. Or guide them to the answer. Depending on error types, use one of the following techniques: Use finger highlighting. Draw blanks on the board. Write what the student said on the board Give students options to choose. Use terminology as a prompt Use the phonemic chart Use terminology as a prompt Draw a time line