TP 4 - Listening
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide specific information listening practice using a text about free time activities in the context of a conversation between colleagues.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a asking questions in the context of what people do in their free time.
Procedure (42-54 minutes)
- Greet Ss and practice names briefly. - Take a sip from a glass of tea, and ask Ss what I'm doing. Mime playing football and putting items from supermarket shelves into a basket, and elicit those actions too. - Pass out vocabulary picture worksheets and tell Ss to match by themselves. - Pair FB. While doing WC FB, MODEL PRONUNCIATION for Ss, THEN drill.
- Say "You, go for a drink. What's the question?" to elicit the question "Do you go for a drink." Focus on pronunciation "do you" --> "dʒə." Repeat for "eat out" and "go to concerts." - Pass out worksheets with Robert's questions, and gaps. - Play the recording twice, Ss fill in the gaps. - Check with partners. - WC FB.
- Ask a S "Do you eat out?" to elicit a response. (Say "sentence" and use hands to make their response longer.) "Do you have coffee with friends?" Response. - Pass Ss a worksheet w/ a picture of Robert and Tanya, and blanks for Tanya's answers. Instruct Ss to guess her answers. - Ss work by themselves. - Pair FB. - WC FB. Brief.
- Instruct Ss to check their answers with the recording. - Play the recording twice. - Check in pairs. - WC FB. Brief.
- Instruct Ss to pick which sentences are true and which are false. - Check with a partner.
- Instruct Ss to check their answers with the recording. - Play the recording twice. - Pair check, then WC FB
- Instruct Ss to write their own questions. - Ss work with partners to ask each other their questions, and answer.