Marieke Marieke

Weekend city break lesson TP5a (Marieke Steuben)
Beginner level

Description

In this lesson, students are exposed to vocabulary related to cities by reading a travel brochure for two cities, Barcelona and Prague. First, vocabulary will be elicited, checked and drilled through using pictures and a matching exercise. Then students will speak with each other about their own city using the vocabulary. They read the brochure, matching headings with sections and finally matching a list of items with the correct city.

Materials

Bosphorus bridge free 2 Bosphorus Bridge photo
Abc Reading questions handout
Photogallery Atatürk Airport photo
Abc Reading handout
Abc Straightforward Unit 7A p 60-61
Abc Powerpoint presentation based on Straightforward lesson
Abc Sign matching handout

Main Aims

  • Students will practice reading (for gist and for detail) in the context of holiday brochures for a short city break.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide review and practice of vocabulary relating to places in a city.
  • To provide practice speaking for accuracy in the context of describing places in their own city.

Procedure

Lead in (5-8 minutes) • To introduce context of places in a city and get students talking about familiar places

1. Show a map of Istanbul (Slide 1) Show pictures of places in Istanbul such as a bridge, castle, hotel, museum, airport, etc. Ask: Where is this? Have you been there? 2. Elicit English words for some places to lead in to vocabulary

Introduce vocabulary (8-10 minutes) • To elicit and check vocabulary regarding places in a city

1. Show Slide 2 - signs from ex. 1. Ask for the English word. What is this? Repeat and drill those that they know. 2. Show HO - matching words to signs. Do the first one as an example with WC. Ask them to complete HO by themselves. 3. Show Slide 3 - signs with space to write next to them. Give pens to early finishers and ask them to write on WB. 4. Check answers as WC and drill words again.

Using vocabulary (6-9 minutes) • Give sts practice using vocabulary while speaking

1. Do an example sentence before instructions. "The Bosphorus Bridge is very famous." 2. Ask sts to work in pairs. Make sentences about your city. Use these words. You can speak or write.

Reading for gist (5-7 minutes) • To practice reading for gist by matching headings

1. Show slide 4 - top of reading only. Where are these cities? What do you know about them? Have you been there? 2. Show HO of reading. Show slips with headings and Slide 5 - text highlighting blanks. Give HO. Do an example. "Where to stay" - ask WC to tell me where to put this one. Now in pairs, do the rest. 3. Give slips to pairs and ask them to come to WB to place them in the right place.

Reading for detail (8-10 minutes) • Practice reading for more detail and doing matching questions

1. Show HO with questions (reading #3). Example on WB: 1. There are beaches - B or P? 2. Groups A, B, and C move around the room. Move chairs into circles. 3. One HO to each group. You complete the rest. 4. Check answers with WC. 1.B 2.P 3.B 4.B 5.P 6.P 7.P

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