News
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of news words in the context of headline languagen
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide specific information listening practice using a text about the radio news in the context of headline language
Procedure (32-47 minutes)
I will ask students "What does free time mean?, What do you do in your free time?, Do you read the newspaper ?, Do you read the headlines? , Why do we have headlines in the newspaper?"
Students will look at the picture of page 64,number1,part c and guess the headline of it.GW CCQ: Are the headlines long or short sentences? why? I will give HOs and ask SS to match the pictures to the headlines in pairs. ICQ: Are you going to write a headline for each picture? Are you going to match? Are you going to work in a group? FB: I will write answer key on WB
In groups of 3 or 4, which I will name them e.g. blue, pink, red. Students will match definitions to words and write the answers on WB. FB: I will give answer key I will stick the words on WB and drill all
SS will listen to the listening of the course book page 64 number3 and match the headline to the radio news. ICQ: Are you going to take a note? Are you going to match? FB: answer key on WB
In group of 3 or 4, SS will choose a headline and write a radio news story. They will broadcast their news to the other group