TP 3 - Listening and Shopping
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide detailed listening practice using a text about shopaholics in the context of shopping.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide the speaking skill of building an argument.
Procedure (28-41 minutes)
Most words are pretty self explanatory but there are a few which I will need to teach to the students. Window-Shopper: Elicit: Draw a window on the board with some items in the middle and also a door. Ask students what to draw. Shoplifters: Elicit: Act out stealing something from a student. Ask them what you’re doing and they’ll say “stealing”. Shoplifting is stealing from a shop. High Street Shopping: Elicit: Is a high street a rich street or a poor street? Rich. Shopaholic: Elicit: What is an alcoholic? Someone addicted to alcohol. Write out alco+holic and _____+holic What would we call a person who shops too much?
Instructions: Listen to the video to get the general idea. This will warm you up to the later listening activities. ICQ: What will you be listening for? General Idea. Feedback: Does Katy think she’s a shopaholic? No. Do you guys think Katy has a problem? Why?
Instructions: Listen to the recording again, closely, and look at Listening Exercise 1. Circle the questions below which the interviewer is NOT asking. ICQ: Will you be looking for questions that are being asked? No. And how will you be listening? Closely. Feedback: Check their answers with w/c. — Instructions: We’ll listen to it one more time and this time take notes on what the interviewee is saying. This will be important for the final activity, a speaking activity. ICQ: Will you write detailed sentences? No, just short notes.
Instructions: Work in pairs and role-play. Student A will be Katy and Student B will be one of Katy’s friends. Student B will give advice to Student A about how to fix her shopping addiction. ICQ’s: You will work with? Pairs. Student A is? Katy Student B is? Katy’s friend Student B will be? Giving advice. Feedback: What was some of the advice you gave? Who gave the best advice?