Irina Irina

Materials

Abc Lead-in
Abc Audio for the listening activity
Abc The script
Abc Useful language
Abc Speaking activity

Main Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of changes to a town or city

Subsidiary Aims

  • By the end of the lesson students will have: had fluency practice in describing cities and towns.
  • developed their listening skills

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (5 minutes) • To generate interest in the topic

Students look at the photos and discuss the questions: 1. Which city do you think it is? 2. How many years do you think separate the two photos? 3. What are the most important differences?

Exposure (10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through listening

Students listen to the audio and then take notes on what the speaker says about: - what changes have taken place; - what's happening now.

Useful Language (10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

Students look at the list of language for speaking and provide their own examples.

Productive Task(s) (15 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

Students talk about changes in their own towns or cities in pairs.

Feedback and Error Correction (5 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Teacher types students' errors on whiteboard for positive feedback and correction of errors in the post activity speaking stage.

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