Reading: Places in a town
Elemantary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide scan and gist reading practice using a text about Brits at home and abroad in the context of places in a town.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice of vocabulary related to places in a town in the context of your life.
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of places in a town.
Procedure (45 minutes)
The teachers opens interactive street view map from internet and shows 3 different places (Dubai, a city in UAE - Aurignac, a village in France - Southwold, a town in the UK) in different reigons. Then the teacher asks students to discuss with their partner and guess "what are those places?" and "what's in those places?".
The teacher provides vocabulary matching activity to clarify unknown words and prepare students for the reading text.
The teachers focuses students' attention on the photos in the article and asks them to discuss with their partner if they show a village, town or city. Then the teacher gives them 1 minute to read the article quickly to check their guesses.
The teacher asks students to read the text one more time in detail to answer the questions in Ex 3 individually and then check their answers with partners.
The teacher provides a worksheet in which students need to scan the text again to answer True/False questions.
First, the teacher asks students to look at the text again and circle two things that are same where they live and circle two things that are different. Then, the teachers asks students to work in groups and talk about their own cities and describe life there and compare the similarities and differences with the model places in the text.