Freer Speaking Practice
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To give Ss practice in speaking for fluency through making an election speech.
Subsidiary Aims
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To give Ss the opportunity to practise future prefect and continuous and future time phrases. To encourage Ss to think about how to make ideas seem optimistic.
Procedure (50 minutes)
1. Before class begins T writes categories on the board (crime, health care, childcare, leisure, the environment, transport, the economy, education) 2. T writes "The days of free medicine for everyone are just around the corner" on the WB. 3. T asks Ss "Which category does this belong to?" (healthcare)
1. T puts Ss in pairs. 2. T tells Ss they will do a similar activity. 3. T tells Ss to write 2 optimistic statements, each statement needs to be from a different category. ICQs: What are we doing? (Writing optimistic sentences) Are you doing it by yourself? (No, in pairs) How many sentences do you write? (2) Can they be from the same category? (No)
1. T elicits sentences from groups. 2. Ss guess which category the sentence is from. ICQs: What are we listening to? (optimistic sentences) What do we do? (guess the category)
1. T chests HO.T tells Ss "We are writing a campaign speech. There are 5 parts." 2. T tells Ss "Part 1 is the name of your political party." 3. T writes "Part 1: name of political party" on WB. 4. T tells Ss "Part 2 is introducing yourself and your party." 5. T writes "Part 2: introduction" on WB. 6. T elicits language from Ss. (My name is ____ and I am with the ____ party.) 7. T tells Ss "Part 3 is YOUR plan for your country" 8. T writes "Part 3: your plan for your country" on WB. 9. T elicits examples from Ss. 10. T elicits target language from Ss (My plan for our country is ____.) 11. T tells Ss to write 3 plans. 12. T writes "(3 examples)" on WB after the words "Part 3: your plan for your country" 13. T tells Ss "Part 4 is your election promises." 14. T writes "Part 4: election promises" on board. 15. T elicits examples from Ss. 16. T elicits target language from Ss (I promise I will _____) 17. T tells Ss to write 3 promises. 18. T writes "(3 examples)" on WB after the words "Part 4: election promises" 19. T tells Ss "Part 5 is your predictions for your country's future." 20. T writes "Part 5: predictions for country's future." 21. T elicits examples from Ss. 22. T elicits target language from Ss (Under my leadership, I know our country will _____.) 23. T tells Ss to write 3 predictions. 24. T writes "(3 examples)" on WB after the words "Part 5: predictions for country's future." 25. T tells Ss "Try and use all the categories if you can, minimum 5 ." 26. T tells Ss they have 12 minutes. ICQs: How many parts are you writing? (5) How many categories are there? (8) How many categories should you use? (All, minimum 5) In parts 3, 4 and 5 how many examples are you writing (3 for each, 9 total) How long do you have (12 minutes)
1. T tells Ss they will practice their speech. 2. T tells Ss to assign parts to each person (2 people, one person reads 2 parts, other person 3 parts) 3. T tells Ss that each person must do one of the longer parts (parts 3, 4, 5) - (2 people - one person reads part 1 and 2, one person reads 3, 4 and 5 is not allowed) 4. T elicits what tone they should use (Strong, friendly, confident, smart, successful, optimistic) 5. T gives Ss 5 minutes to practice. ICQs What are we doing? (Practicing) What do we have to do before we practice? (Know which part we are doing) How many parts do you do? (2 people - 1 person 2 parts, 1 person 3 parts) What can't you do? (One person can't just read parts 1 and 2, they need to read one of the longer parts) How should your voice sound (Strong, friendly, confident, smart, successful, optimistic)
1. T tells Ss it is time to present to the class. 2. T asks for volunteer to go first, if no volunteer, T picks strongest student. 3. Ss continue presenting until completed or until there is 3 minutes left to class. 4. T gives ballots to Ss to vote for their favourite candidate (Does a show of hands if short on time).
1. T gives Ss praise. 2. T gives Ss feedback on general things they did wrong. 3. T announces election results.