Salma Alhamrouni Salma Alhamrouni

Errors and mistakes in language learning
Upper intermediate level level

Description

In this lesson, the students will be practicing listening for specific information in context of making and identifying mistakes in English language learning.The students will listen to eight people who are from different nationalities and they will match each speaker with his/her type of mistake. After they listen they will be asked to identify some typical errors and mistakes, after that and as a final stage they will be answering questions about their English language and what do they get it right and whar are the things that they still have a problem with.

Materials

Abc A matching handout
Abc A matching handout
Abc worksheet

Main Aims

  • To provide specific information listening practice using a text about errors in language learning in the context of people making different English mistakes.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a a group discussion in the context of Slips/ errors in language learning

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

1- I want you to think about your own experience with learning English What are the mistakes that you used to make?

Pre-Listening (2-5 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

I will ask the students about the mistakes that they make now, while they are still learning the language.

While-Listening #1 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with specific information listening task

I will start by introducing the pictures of the speakers and ask the students to match each speaker with their type of mistakes. By this exercise, the students will know the type of mistakes that people usually make. and listen to different people from different cultures with different English accents.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with more detailed listening task.

The students will be answering 6 questions about each speaker and who... 1.Mixes up words with similar meaning 2. Doesn't know pronounce the letter h in her own language? 3. mixes future forms? 4.pronounce acronyms incorrectly? 5.confuse his and her? 6.makes mistakes with prepositions?

Post-Listening (5-8 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond and expand their knowledge on what they've learned

The students will be asked to identify the type of these mistakes 1.Well, I 'op you'll be very 'appy in the new 'ous 2.Don't mention football.He's been very sensible about it since his team lost 3.Next week I will have a party at my house.Would you like to come? 4.My wife loves books. This is his favorite one

Post-Listening (5-7 minutes) • A group discussion to give the students the opportunity to speak and practice their fluency

The students will be asked some questions that are related to their process of learning English: 1. one kind of a mistake you want to stop making? 2.something you used to find it difficult, but now you think it's easy? 3-one piece of advice about speaking English correctly?

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