Arhidaly Arhidaly

TP6 - Functional Language
Pre-Intermediate level

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of language used for making complaints and requests.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist listening practice using a text about complains and requests
  • To provide clarification of language used for complains and requests

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

- T displays a slide with two pictures and elicits from ss What do you think is happening here? *They are complaining about the noise in the next room Where are they?* - When we complain about something in, let's say a restaurant or a hotel, how do you try to do it? Do you get angry and talk rude? Or do you try to be polite?

Exposure (5-7 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

- T displays a slide with 2 questions: -What was the conversation about? - What was the problem? - Ss listen to an audio to answer these two questions. - Ss share their answers with the class.

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

- T plays the audio again for ss to identify phrases where the guest is complaining and requesting something. - If ss are not able to do so, T displays the transcript of the audio. - T writes ss answers on the slide.

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

- T briefly elicits from learners what is complaining/requesting. - T shares a Google form where ss have to read some sentences and determine whether they are complaints or requests. - After they finish, T displays a slide with the sentences classified (answer key to the Google form) - T then reads aloud the samples and elicits from ss how's the intonation of the questions and points out the pronunciation of would and could. - T drills pronunciation as whole class then nominates 2-3 ss.

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

- T shares a link of Google forms where learners have to complete some sentences with the presented phrases. - When finished, T displays a slide with the answers.

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Now, imagine you are on vacations, and your'e staying at a nice hotel, but then you find something is wrong in your room ... - Ss must role play in pairs a conversation between a receptionist and a guest, where the guest complains about something and makes requests. - T provides a list of ideas that learners could complain about. - T shares a screenshoot of an example that learners can use as reference. - Ss work in breakout rooms while T monitors and takes notes of mistakes and good language examples for DEC. - When they finished, T changes pairs so ss have a chance to work with other peers.

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