Fatemeh Farahmand Fatemeh Farahmand

speaking
intermediate level

Materials

Abc audio track
Abc open mind student's book level 3
Abc power point

Main Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of memory.

Subsidiary Aims

  • listening

Procedure

Lead-in (2-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

The teacher shows a picture to students and asks them questions about the picture in order to set the context and the students guess the topic.

Exposure ( listening to an audio file about the memories) (3-4 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

The teacher asks students to listen to the audio and tell what memory are they talking about.

Useful Language (3-4 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

The teacher highlights three phrases for expressing memories and asks the students to read them one by one. Then she asks students to listen again and find the expression that is used in the audio. She asks ICQs: Are you going to find all the expressions? no, just the one in audio.

Productive Task(s) (6-7 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

The teacher asks the students to think about one of their good memories for two minutes. She asks ICQs: How much time do you have? Are you going to work on it individually or in pairs? Then she asks them to work in pairs for four minutes and tell their partners about their memories. Then she asks ICQs: How much time do you have? Are you going to work on it individually or in pairs? Then students come back to the main meeting and talk about their partners' memory.

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