Crossroads
intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To read for gist, in order to get specific details and information about the main ideas of the text.
Subsidiary Aims
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To let the students listen and read for both gist and comprehension reasons.
Procedure (39-45 minutes)
- T will refer back to the previous lesson and ask the students about dilemmas meaning. - T will ask Ss what they think at a crossroad means and try to elicit it, T will guide them to the meaning if they can't come up with it.
- T will tell the Ss that they are going to read about three people who are at a crossroad. - T will ask them who they think has the most difficult decision to make, then T will give them the reading from Speaking ex1 and will let the Ss read to decide who has the most difficult decision . - T will put the Ss into pairs and get them to discuss their ideas and give reasons for these. - T will take some general FB on what they thought.
- Ss will focus on the questions in ex2 and will discuss them in small groups. - T will monitor them , but will not interfere and will take some general FB on what they talked about.
- T will show the Ss the picture for the listening and ask questions about it ( where are the people? who do you think they are? how do you think they feel?) - T will elicit some ideas and the explain that the characters names are Derek and Dave, and that Derek has a problem. - T will get the Ss in pairs to discuss what they think his problem might be. - T will take some FB and write a few ideas on the WB but will not confirm or reject anything yet.
- T will tell them that they are going to listen to see if their ideas are correct. - T will play the first part of the listening only. - Ss will listen to identify Derek's problem and see if their predictions are correct. then T will pause the CD and get the Ss in groups to compare their answers . - T will take some FB and see which of their ideas on WB were correct or even close to the right answer.
- T will tell the Ss that they will listen again , and will focus them on the questions in ex2 (questions 1-4 only) and will ask them if they can remember what they heard before. - T will let the Ss work together in groups to try to complete qus 1-4. - T will take some WC FB, if they get all the answers will move on , if not T will let them listen to the first section again and check their answers. - Then T will pause the CD again and take the WC FB and check their answers. - T will ask the students about what they think Derek will decide & get some ideas. - focus the Ss on questions from 5-8 and tell them to read them through to make sure they know what the're listening for. - Then T will play the rest of the CD, Ss will listen and note the answers for questions from 5-8. - T will get the Ss to check their answers in pairs - T will take the WC FB and deal with any answers they missed by reading the relevant parts.
- Get Ss in small groups to discuss the question in ex4, take some WC FB.