* In this lesson, the students will practice their reading skills using "The People Watchers" article in the "Speakout" textbook. The lesson will start with a brief lead-in by showing the title of the article and asking the students what they think the article will be about. I will ask the class what they think the article will be about but I will not confirm or correct their responses. This warm-up will give me an early indication of the students appreciation for the gist of the article.

* I will ask them to read the article briefly alone and not to worry if they do not understand all of the vocabulary as they are reading the article as we will work on the vocabulary later in the lesson. Whilst they are doing this, I will use the time to write the two questions, "What do you think people-watching means?" and "what professions need to be good at people-watching?", on the board. After the students have finished reading the article, I will ask them to answer these two questions. This will be followed by eliciting the answers in a brief group discussion session.

I will elicit the meaning of the vocabulary; dress up as something, jump a queue, fake, bargain, badge and psychologist by matching corresponding pictures with these words using the OHP. After the students have matched the words to the images, I will drill the words, if necessary, using checking meaning questions. Then I will ask them to read the article alone again but taking more time (5 minutes) to enable them to then answer the questions in Exercise 2A, which will be given to them in a hand out. After the students have finished reading the article, I will place them into pairs and they will then discuss and answer the questions in those pairs. I will elicit their answers with feedback to the whole class.

I will then provide the handout for Exercise 2B and read the headings with the class and elicit what the students can remember from the article without confirming their answers. The handout will contain the exercise questions on the top half of the page and the answers on the bottom half. The handout will be folded so that the answers are not visible and the students will be instructed not to reveal the answers until told to. The students will then read the article once more but this time carefully and in full detail (8 minutes). The students will then use the handout to answer the questions in Exercise 2B. They will perform this exercise individually and I will monitor and help with any vocabulary. Once the exercise has been completed the students will be asked to open up the handout to reveal the answers.

For the final stage, I will provide a controlled activity. The students will work in pairs to discuss the article from their notes. I will monitor and help where necessary. In feedback, I will nominate individual students to tell the class what they have learned from the article.