Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in describing a picture in the context of special moments.
Subsidiary Aims
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To develop students’ listening skills for gist understanding
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To develop students’ understanding of the meaning, form, and pronunciation of phrases for describing pictures in the context of special moments
Procedure (36-45 minutes)
T introduces the topic, showing a slide with the title 'pictures' and visuals. 'Today, let's talk about pictures'. T projects the slido poll and asks students to join it. T opens it and ss answer two questions in it. Ss are encouraged to share their answers in depth.
T shows an image of a girl, Anya, describing six pictures from her social media. T gives them a minute to look at the pictures. Then, T asks students to label the photos 1-3 in the order she describes them. T does ICQs T plays the audio. (3 pictures). Then, T conducts OCFB, asking ss about their answers. Then, T projects the answers on the presentation. T asks students to listen to the audio again and asks ss to complete some phrases from each photo description. T shares the word file for students to download and answer. T does ICQs. T conducts OCFB, asking ss to share their answers with the class. T shows them too.
T shows the phrases ss previously completed in a new slide. T focuses on MFPA of them. T asks CCQ questions for the phrases. Useful language: 1.This one is me and my... 2.We were at... 3.We went to... 4.That's a nice photo. 5.I was there for a vacation. 6.I like this photo because... Then T focuses on the pronunciation of these phrases. T shows the stress on the sentences. T does choral and individual practice of them with the students.
T asks students to describe their favourite picture. T asks students to use these questions to describe it. Take notes or think about the following questions for 2 mins: 1) Who were you with? 2) Where were you when you took the photo? 3) Who took the photo? When? 4) What was happening when you took the photo? 5) Why do you like it? T does ICQs. T shows her own picture as an example. Then, T groups the class in pairs and sends them to breakout rooms. After 5 minutes, T assigns different pairs so they have the chance to describe their pictures to other peers. T monitors the rooms for DEC.
T shows 4-6 sentences that she heard during speaking practice and corrects them using CCQs, reformulation, etc.