Tom Godfrey Tom Godfrey

Everyday Functional Language / At the Customs
Beginners level

Description

Introduce lexis of places: railway. cafe, shop etc Listening and practice of everyday functional language: Can I.... Followed by a role play - at the customs practising `Have you got any....? How much / many.....

Materials

8rrqc42ar2mpkk7cqrw7 at the customs At the customs.pptx
Pmunaicitwaehqbve43q 17 17.mp3

Main Aims

  • To introduce and practise `have got` + how much / many....

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of Can I... for requests and functional language in the context of At a railway, cafe., clothes shop and the airport etc
  • To provide clarification and practice of How much / many .... and Have you got...._ in the context of At the airport.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (10-12 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Visuals of Iveta and places. Elicit: Where's 's she? She's at a railway station. What does she want? She wants to catch a train. In pairs - sts match places and activities. F/B to w/b. Drill places / activities. PW - Where do you ........? At a .........

Useful Language (10-12 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

Show visual of ticket office. Where is she? At the ticket office. What does she want? A ticket. Elicit this dialogue: A: Can I have a ticket to Oxford please? T.O: Single or return? A: Return please. TO: Sure. A: How much is that? TO: 22.50 please? A: Can I pay by credit card? TO: No problem. Put your card in the machine. Drill and mark stress. Highlight pronunciation esp contractions, weak forms etc. Sts practice in pairs.

Listening for gist • To practise listening for gist and specific information

Give sts pictures of places. Sts listen and order them. Sts listen again and try to fill in the gaps. Peer check. Answer key.

Productive Task(s) (10-12 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

Sts in pairs read the dialogues. Set up places round the class. Sts role play (try to add language and encourage them to do it without reading).

Set Context (7-10 minutes) • PT Lexis

What`s in my bag? Guessing game: Have you got a..... / Have you got any...... water, Biscuits, dinosaur, pen, paper, book, photos etc

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

Set up context. PT airport, customs officer, Sts listen: what is in the bag? Check in pairs - whiskey, cigarettes, perfume. Groups: order dialogue Listen x2 abd check

Elicited dialogue (15-20 minutes) • To provide controlled practice

T/ elicits the dialogue onto w/b using prompts. Drill Sts in pairs - open class then closed pairs practise. Role Play.

Feedback and Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Maybe some pairs act out their dialogue. Correction stage - focus on meaning rather than form.

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