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C2tdmthkanpoexqfa?size=16&default=html Giving your opinions - Clarification
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Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of language used for asking opinions, agreeing and disagreeing.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice for reading and listening skills.

Procedure

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

- T starts sharing her screen - T asks Ss if they have ever participated in or seen a debate. - T asks Ss what they are supposed to do in a debate. - Ss share their opinions.

Exposure (4-5 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

- T plays an audio of people discussing whether university should be free or not. - T asks Ss how many people agree that university should be free.

Highlighting (3-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

- T shows Ss a transcript of the conversation in the audio and asks Ss to find phrases that ask for a person's opinion or show agreement/disagreement. - Ss have 2 minutes to read and find these phrases. - Ss say which phrases they found. - T shows Ss the same transcript with all phrases highlighted.

Clarification (4-5 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

- T asks Ss to label these phases as questions, agreements, or disagreements. - T shares the google docs link. - Ss have 2 minutes to answer. - T shows the answer key.

Controlled Practice (4-5 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

- T asks Ss to use the phrases to complete a fill-in-the-gaps exercise. - T shares the google docs link. - Ss have 3 minutes to answer. - T shares the answer key.

Free Practice (20-25 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

- T shows Ss a list of sentences. - T asks Ss to choose 2 sentences. - T forms groups of 4 in breakout rooms. - T asks Ss to use the phrases to discuss with their group if they agree or disagree with the sentence they chose and why. - Ss have 20 minutes to discuss with their group. Ss should spend at least 2 minutes discussing each sentence in the group.

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