TP2
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a interview in the context of problems in offices
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide a detailed reading practice using a text about a complaint interview in the context of problems in offices
Procedure (35-45 minutes)
Ask the Ss what problems that can happen in offices. Ss discuss in small groups. Take some w/c FB and get the Ss to suggest some solutions to the problems.
Ask questions to elicit the examples of the TL from the lead-in activity which is about problems in offices and solutions. Highlight the pronunciation of have to.
Divide the Ss into the groups of 4. Tell the Ss to read their role-play cards and the office rules. Ask the reporters to write their own questions and the bosses and the staff to think about their answers. Monitor and help where necessary.
Re-group the Ss into pairs. Ask the Ss to interview their person. Give the Ss time for the interviews. Tell the reporters to swap their interviewees to write a balanced story. Give a demo to help, e.g.the boss said that you..what do you think about that to do? Give the Ss time for the interviews. Monitor while the Ss are talking and take notes for delayed FB. Get a couple of ideas about the problems. regroup the Ss into 4 and ask them to discuss and try to find out solutions to the problems. They can also rewrite the office rules.
Get some ideas about the solutions to the problems. Do some delayed FB. Write down the incorrect sentences/expressions onto the w/b and get Ss to correct their own error.