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Present Perfect for life experiences
Pre-Intermediate, A2 level

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of present perfect for experience in the context of amusement parks around the world

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide detailed reading practice using a text about amusement parks around the world

Procedure

Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • to generate interest and set the lesson context

Project a picture of a roller coaster and elicit from the Ss the name of a place where they can see one.Ask them if they have ever been to any or if there is any in their country. Elicit answers from different students randomly.

Predicting (3-5 minutes) • to help students to guess what the text is going to be about

Divide SS into two or three groups (depending on the size).Give SS sets of questions and ask them guess what might be a potential answer to each question. Give them a limited time. Elicit the answers from each team and put them on the board in different columns.

Exposure (4-6 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text

Give Ss the reading handout and have them read and find the correct answers of the questions. They compare their answers in the same team. As they finish elicit correct answers and check which team had most of the answers correct in prediction.

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw Ss' attention to the target language

Elicit from Ss how many Disney theme parks the Disney corporation has built. Ss say what they remember from the text. Encourage them to tell the full sentence looking back to the text. Put the question: Have you ever been to a Disney Theme park? on the board and elicit answers from different individuals.

Clarification (5-7 minutes) • to clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of TL

Ask some CCQs:Do these sentences tell us about past, present or future? (past) Do they tell us about the past? (yes) Do they tell us about a specific time? (No) Do they ask about an experience in your life? (yes) Are you in a theme park now? (no) Are you planning to go there sometimes in the future? (Maybe) Ask Ss where the verb is and elicit whether it's V1, V2, or V3. You can give some possible hints. Do pronunciation drilling of the sentences.

Controlled practice (5-7 minutes) • to concept check and prepare SS for more meaningful practice

Have SS complete two texts with the past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in brackets. They work individually and then compare their answers in pairs before having a whole class feedback. Monitor carefully referring back to the examples on the board.

Semi-Controlled practice (8-10 minutes) • to concept check further and give SS' a bit more freedom with the use of TL

Give Ss a handout of a leisure questionnaire. You can demonstrate a sample dialogue with one of the Ss. Have them in pairs interview each other using follow up questions. Monitor and help if necessary. You can give an immediate correction for the ones making it or make note of common errors to be discussed in a delayed error correction stage.

Feedback (1-2 minutes) • to do a delyed error correction and to work on Ss' mistakes

Put some wrong sentences noted at the semi-controlled stage on the board and elicit corrections from Ss.

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