Reading for Skills
A2 Pre-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and detailed reading in the context of celebrations
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a group discussion in the context of celebrations
Procedure (44-50 minutes)
T starts with some pictures of a cat, an elephant, an angry person, and knitwear to create an acrostic with his name to introduce his likes/dislikes. Ss will then have 2-3 minutes to do the same with their names (h/out1). Ask them to work alone. ICQ: Will you talk to your friend? NO. ICQ: How long have you got? 2MINS. When ready, pair the students and have them introduce their likes/dislikes to each other. Finally, T asks the Ss to tell him/her about their friends' names, likes, and dislikes.
T starts by showing pictures of different celebrations, such as a birthday, Mother's/Father's Day, New Year's Eve, hitting a piƱata, and eating noodles. After eliciting the word "celebrations," T hands out pair-work speaking questions. First, give the ss 1 minute to check and think about the questions. "1 minute, look at the questions, and think." (use gestures) When ready, ss will start their pair-work. ICQ: Will you talk to your friend? YES. Meanwhile, T monitors the ss and provides hot error correction.
(1) The T asks the ss to scan the QR code (slide 21) and instructs them to match the relevant pairs with partners. "Work together, and match." (use hand gestures) When finished, T provides WCFB. (2) T hands out the gap-fill exercise, asks ss to work alone, and gives them 2-3 minutes to complete it. When ready, ask them to check their answers with partners and then provide WCFB.
The T tells the ss that they're going to read a text about celebrations, then hands out the gist questions folded. ICQ: Will you unfold? NO. Ss then altogether unfold the gist questions with T's instruction and look at the questions briefly. "1 minute, look and read the questions." (gestures) T tells ss that they need to read quickly and answer the questions. ICQ: Will you read s-l-o-w-l-y? NO. ICQ: Will you read FAST? YES. When finished, ask the ss to check their answers together in pairs, then provide WCFB.
The T hands out detailed (T/F) questions folded. ICQ: Will you unfold? NO. The ss then altogether unfold the T/F questions with T's instruction and look at the questions briefly. "1 minute, look at the questions." (gestures) This time T asks ss to read closely. ICQ: Will you read FAST? NO. When finished, ask ss to check their answers in pairs, then hand out answer sheet.
The T asks the ss to work in groups, then hands out the final sheet (h/out6). Ss check the questions for a minute, and then engage in group discussion. Tell them they have 5 minutes for the group discussion and you're listening to them. Meanwhile T monitors ss, taking notes of the pronunciation mistakes including intonation and word stress, as well as grammar errors. When ready, T provides feedback (slide 32).