Abilities (can and can't), The Simpson
beginner level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice using a video clip about The Simpsons in the context of Abilities.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist listening practice in the context of abilities.
Procedure (33-45 minutes)
Teacher gives the students a worksheet. They have to try to guess what the teacher can and can't. After guessing, the students compare their answers with their partners. Finally, they ask the questions to the teacher and see how accurate they were.
The teachers gives the students a Handout. The students are supposed to look at the photo and listen to an interview. They have to answer a question according to the conversation. Then, the students listen again and put a tick for the things the person in the interview can do and a cross for the things she can't do. Then the students compare their answers with their partners.
Teacher gives the students another Handout. They have to make a list of things they can do. Then they work in pairs and ask questions to find things they can both do. Finally, they have to tell the class the things they can both do
The teacher divides the class into groups of 4. Each group will get one character from the simpsons. They have to try to guess what they can. Then, the groups talks to the other groups to share their ideas and ask questions about the other characters.
The teacher divides the class into groups of 3. The students watch some video clips about the simpsons. The teacher pauses in some scenes. In groups, the studentes have to talk about the scenes they are seeing. They have to build up the sentences with can or can't.
All the students stand up. They tell each other who their favourite celebrity is. And ask each other what he/she can do.