Speaking Lesson: Using Mobile Phones (TP5)
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To introduce and provide practice of speaking for fluency in the context of using the mobile phone.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice using vocabulary of TL, including voicemail, texts, dial/press, end call/hang-up, in the context of phone calls between friends, family, work (informal and formal). And to provide fluency and confidence outside the classroom.
Procedure (40-45 minutes)
Provide visual material on slides displaying people speaking on the phone and using mobiles to call/text in a relatable manner so as to engage student interest in the topic. (slides 1-2).
T explains the topic TL to Ss and provides them with questions such as, "who do you call the most during a typical day?" "besides making calls, how do you use your mobile?" and "who do you call the most?" in order to elicit verbal responses regarding content. (slide 3).
T provides TL vocabulary and sentence phrases on slides along with MFP: -Calling people/friends/co-workers back -End a call/Hang up -State who you are by phone -Ask to speak to someone directly -Write a text -Leave a voicemail -Use your mobile for directions -Use your mobile to listen to music -T conveys and elicits meaning from the Ss. -T provides 3 CCQs on meaning. -T elicits form, then provides form; T prompts CCQs on form. -T covers pronunciation: elicits stress on TL vocabulary/sentence phrases/questions, and drills chorally/individually. Then, T provides list of TL stress and intonation. -T ask Ss if they have any Qs regarding the TL pronunciation (slides 4-5).
1st Speaking Practice; Role play in group BORs. T provides one personal example. Then, once students have seen the following slide, T asks the Ss if they have any Qs on the Qs and the assigned task. Then paired off in BORs to work on the following examples: Practice an example of calling a friend/ answering a friend's call (informal). Practice an example of calling a coworker/answering a coworker's call (formal). Practice an example of calling a family member/answering a family member's call. Practice an example of calling a business for information/practice giving information to a customer. T returns Ss to class and Ss read examples aloud. (approx. 5 minutes) 2nd Speaking Practice- T gives three examples on how you use your phone (in complete sentences) each day and during the week (individually). T reads one personal example. Ss read 1-2 examples to the class (time-permitting). T will ask Ss if they have any Qs regarding task, before beginning exercise. (approx. 5 mins) 3rd Speaking Practice in BORs T asks if they have any Qs regarding the task or Qs about the Qs from the following exercises. T will provide one personal example, first. Discuss 2-3 ways having a mobile phone is helpful during the day. Compare. Discuss 2-3 ways having a mobile phone negatively affects your day. Compare. (approx. 5 mins) Return to class. (slides 6-9)
OCFB: Discuss responses from previous tasks. FB on TL and content used by Ss. Ask Ss if they have any Qs on topic, text, material, or content. Delayed error correction (slides 10-11).