SPEAKING
PRE INTERMIDIATE level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To introduce and provide practice of speaking for fluency for talking about ambitions and achievements in the context of greatest achievements.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in short conversations in the context of ambitions
Procedure (32-44 minutes)
1. Have learners talk about these questions related to the topic of the lesson: - Is there anything you have done you are proud of? what? - Is there anything you would like to do, but probably won't? - Is there anything you want to do one day?
Students will listen to 5 people talking about their ambitions/ dreams, or about their biggest achievement. While listening to the audio, students figure out which pictures belong to which person. Then share Ss share their answers , and listen again to verify if they got their answers right.
Ss make a list of 4 or 5 ambitions/ dreams/ achievements that they have in their life. Ss think about what and how they would like to say about each thing, using some of the expressions below: - I've always wanted to... - It's always been my dream to... -I'd also like to... - My greatest achievement was when I ... - One thing I've done that I'm very proud of is... Then, Ss share their lists to the class
Ss tell each other their ambitions(if there is more than 1 student) then they find: - Who has the most interesting or unusual ambition. - If they have any similar ambitions.
DEC As students are talking, I take notes noticing potential mistakes, and type those sentences, So, students can identify points to improve and correct them.