Say and tell
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Vocabulary: To provide clarifications of say and tell in the context of Amazing stories
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy and fluency using (say and tell) in the context of Amazing stories.
Procedure (35-45 minutes)
T pretends to be an immigrant who just moved to the UK (who has a trouble understanding the difference between (say and tell): For a minute, am not going to be your teacher. Am going to be an immigrant who has little knowledge of English. I would like for you to stop me and correct me everytime I make a mistake. ( Hello. So (say me) how are you? Can you (tell) that again please? I would like for you to (say me) what I am "telling" wrong? (Say) me what am (telling) wrong? Ss might be able to understand that the main mistakes are related to (say and tell) Incase they did not understand CCQ's can be provided. CCQ 1 : Am I using (say and tell) incorrectly? CCQ 2: Are (say and tell different in the English language? CCQ 3: What are the different uses of say and tell? Discuss in groups and provide example. ICQ: What are we going to discuss? Are we going to think about examples to share after the discussion?
Individually, fill in the gaps (questions) with either (say or tell) in task 1. (3 min) After ss finish the task, T will ask ss to ask eachother the questions in the task that they already finished filling and answer them. (in pairs) (Demo) (2 min).
T elicits the difference between tell and say: The verbs (say and tell) have similar meanings. They both mean "to communicate with someone". However, we usually use them differently. The simple way to think of say and tell is: You say something/ or say something to someone. You tell someone something. Examples: 1. She said everything to the police/ She told the police everything. We can’t *say somebody something*. Instead, we can say something to somebody, for example: He said goodnight to me. Tell is often followed by a direct personal object which means that we can’t (tell something). However, we can only tell somebody something. However there are expressions that does not apply to the rules for example: (To tell jokes, to tell the truth, to say prayers, the tell the difference etc..) T should elicit the rules of using (say and tell) then the expressions that does not apply to rules carefully on the screen using (arrows, color coding, and many examples).
T sticks 2 sheets with the word (say) and (tell) on different boards, provides ss with markers, clean sheets, and glue pads and asks them to write the phrases with (say and tell) on the sheets and stick them under the right category (either tell or say). After the task T should asks if everyone agrees.
T provides ss with paper strips that have gaps in them to fill then to do whatever written on the paper strip for example: " You can .............your classmate a scary story". However, ss must state what they are going to do. For example, the s should say: "Am going to tell you a scary story" then chooses to speak about whatever story they choose. In order for this be be executed in an adequate way, the T must demo.
During the lesson the T should take notes of ss erros and correct them by the end of the lesson