6th Hour Activity
A-Pro level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide detailed and specific information with a listening practice using a video named 'Who invented the internet?' in the context of 'The Internet'
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency in the context of 'The Internet' (as w/c or groups)
Procedure (29-39 minutes)
Ask the questions of 'What did you do yesterday?', 'Did you spend time on the internet?', 'What did you do?. Start warm up questions. 'Have you ever wondered who actually invented the internet?', 'How often do you use the internet?', 'What do you mostly use the internet for?', 'Do you think that the internet is beneficial for mankind? Why or why not?'.Pre Teach Vocabulary; Network, Global ,Link ,Data ,World Wide, User, Connection, Share
Give HO1. Tell ss not to unfold the brochure. You may also teach the verb 'fold' or 'unfold' beforehand. Start 'Part 1'. SS read the text. Teacher creates a short speaking atmosphere and asks a few questions about the text.
Make ss unfold the first page of the brochure. Tell ss about the video and as groups, give them some time to look at the tasks. Task 1: SS answer the questions. Task 2: SS fill the blanks with the information in the video. Ask some CCQs about the tasks. Start the video. Let ss watch it all. When it finishes, arrange the groups to check their own answers (2-3 minutes). Start the video again. This time, sometimes teacher may stop the video where there is an important information. These pauses do not have to be about the questions. What it finishes, let ss check their answers again. Give the answer as w/c. You may show some parts of the video again for the answers. If ss make comments on the video, teacher lets them do it for a 4-5 minutes as a w/c discussion.
Before ss unfold 'Part 3', teachers asks; 'In which countries do you think that the internet is used most?' In this part, ss are supposed to make comments on the picture after they share their opinions. Tell ss that 'Part 4, 5 and 6' is just for fun. They can check them at home. Teacher may give a writing HW or project about these parts.