happiness, listening lwsson plan
intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen for gest and details to practice speaking for fluency in the context of what makes them happy.
Subsidiary Aims
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to provide students with a set of useful vocabulary to help them practice speaking for fluency in the context of what makes them happy
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
1- IN a minute I'll start talking to them why I am happy today. 2- Ask Ss to discuss in pairs if they're happy and why? 3- listen to some of their answers.
1- project some picture of family, work and countries 2- Elicit some new vocabulary (gardening, exhibition gallery, flatmate, lie-in) 3- highlight mpf on the board, then model and drill 4- use CCQs to check meaning understanding
1- Set the listening task and and tell the students they're listening to 3 people: Sara, Greg, and Jenny, who are talking about what make them happy. Listen to find out 2 things for each one of them 2- Give CCQs: - what are they talking about? - how many things you'll write for each one of them? 3- distribute Handouts#1 and play the audio 4- monitor and pause if required till they finish the task 5- ask students to check in pairs 6- nominate for feedback
1- set listening task 2: ask Ss to listen once again for specific information 2- project questions and ask ss to answer these 9 questions about Sara, Greg and Jenny 3- ask these CCQs to check understanding: - are you listening for details? Yes. - how many questions? 9 4- distribute handouts#2 4- play audio track, then pause to demonstrate the 1st Q with ss 5- replay the audio and monitor 6- ask students to check in pairs 7- nominate for feedback 7-
1- Project a smiling picture of you and tell ss what are the things which make you happy. 2- ask Ss to work individually to write a list of 3 items which make them happy 3- ask them to discuss in pairs their answer 4- ask each pair to agree on one thing that makes them happy 5- get content feedback