Functional language
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To introduce and provide practice of functional language in the context of deciding what to do.
Subsidiary Aims
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To enable students to use the target language in a productive skill: speaking.
Procedure (35-45 minutes)
- T. shows pictures of different options and asks questions to set context. (What do you see?/Where would you like to go?/What would you like to do?) - Ss. answer as awhole class. (Individual work.)
- T. explains students that they will hear (open class) a conversation (father-mother-son) about plans for the weekend. Students will have a link to a Google Form with the places mentioned in the conversation and they have to put the places in order as they are mentioned in the conversation.(Individual work-2 min). - T. demo, shares link to Google form and plays the track. - T. now explains that they will hear the same track for a second time to answer 4 True-False questions using the same link. (IW-2 min) - Students now compare answers BORs (2 minutes) - Back to main session, students share their answers as an open class. T. feedback as needed.
- T. explains that in pairs, Ss will read 4 sentences in Google Forms containing the target language and they will categorize the expressions based on their use. - T. demo and shares link. (PW-BORs_2 min) - Back to main session, Ss share their answers as a whole class. - T. ask meaning concept questions and gives feedback as needed. -T. explains students they will work on the next section of the same link. They will read 3 according to the structure will complete the rules (form). (PW-BORs-3 min) - Same link. - Back to main session, Ss share their answers as an open class and T. gives feedback as needed. - T. shows a Windows PPT to work on pronunciation elicting the correct stress from students and drilling as needed. Some linking sounds will also be elicited from students. Feedback as needed (3 minutes).
- T. explains to students that they will work individually to complete a dialogue using the target language. (IW-3 min). - T. demo, shares link. - Ss. are sent to BORs to share their answers. (PW-BORs-2 min). - Back to main sessions. Ss. Share their answers as an open class. T. gives feedback as needed.
- T. explains students that they will work in pairs to decide where to go following instructions given on a Google slide. - T. demo and shares link. -
- While Ss. discuss their answers, T. writes down sentences with errors related to the target language. - T. shres screen. - T. asks S. if they can identify the problems in the sentences and elicit answers from the class self-correction, peer-correction, teacher-correction).