Reading/A brief history of time zones
pre-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide detailed and gist reading practice using a text about The history of time zones in the context of Time
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a talking about plans and dates in the context of Time
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To provide review, practice and clarification of the use of prepositions in the context of Time
Procedure (42-49 minutes)
Students will be asked a few questions about how they manage their time to put them in the context of Time and activate their background knowledge, and will be asked to discuss it in pairs
students will be given an exercise/Test to check how much they know how to use prepositions in the context of time, followed by feedback students will be given another HO with the answer key and to check the rules on the topic if needed students then will be given another HO to practice and produce what they've learnt/reviewed followed by a very brief FB
students will be asked about time differences to elicit the word timezone then they will discuss in pair 3 questions 1-how many time zones are there in your country? 2-do you know a country where it is night time now? in order to prepare the students for the Topic they're about to read about. followed by a quick feedback
students will be given the reading text and given 2 minutes to read and do the exercise followed by peer check and whole class feedback
Student will be asked to answer a series of T/F questions they will be given time to read the text, do the exercise and then check with a partner followed by detailed feedback
Students will be given a series of questions and asked to mingle with the rest of the class and discuss these questions in this stage they will be monitored followed by delayed error correction