Vocabulary lesson
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of social media words in the context of human interactions
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation, intonation in the context of family, parent, teenager
Procedure (35-46 minutes)
Ask Ss if they use Facebook and why.
Pre-teach gossip, compliment, moan, boast, argue, warn, chat, apologise
Get Ss to match the words in ex.8.a. Check in pairs.
Play the recording 8c and get Ss to copy the intonation
Get Ss work alone to underline the phrases in p.150/1a. Show example
Get Ss match the underlined phrases with the phrases in p150/1b.
Get Ss to think about their teenage years and to take notes. Monitor and support.
Get Ss to think about today and the topics in 9b and to make notes. Get them to compare their experiences.
Get Ss to discuss their ideas in groups and nominate from groups to share ideas.