Telephone Bills
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and specific information listening practice using a text about telephone bills in the context of people complaining about their phones and phone bills
Subsidiary Aims
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Using functional components to provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of complaining bout phone bills and services
Procedure (33-45 minutes)
1. T asks: How many of you have a mobile phone? or want to get one? 2. Play some ringtones, display some logos, show some phone covers. 3. T asks: Have you ever bought a ringtone, a fascia or a logo for your phone? WHY?
Pre-teach the words: elicit, check, drill, write FASCIA (n), SALES FIGURES (n), RECKON (v), PREDECESSOR (n)
1. In pairs, choose 3 classmates. what kind of ringtones and fascia will you buy for them? (think of their personalities) 2. Pairs tell the class why they made those choices> 3. Do classmates approve of the choices?
1.Put enlarged pictures on w/b. 2. Elicit: who are they? coworkers who is un-happy? director what is happening? complaining 3. Listen & chk: who is unhappy? WHY? Listen again. 4. Chk W/ partner 5. WC chk
1. Chest activities copy: Who said these phrases? work in pairs. write the first letter of the speaker's name. 2. ICQs: r u going to listen or write? Write what r u going to write? the speaker's name r u working in pairs? yes 3. Monitor 4. Chk ur ans. U'II listen again. 1: 1C, 2DK, 3C, 4C _________2: 5D, 6D, 7DK__________3: 8D, 9S, 10S
1. In pairs: Tell ur partner about a complaints u or someone u know had about sing ur phone. 2. A number of ss tell the class their complaints.