W11 Speaking April 21 - Monday
A1-B1 Vets level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Use advanced conditional structures fluently in storytelling
Subsidiary Aims
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Clarify meaning through context (regrets, consequences, imagined outcomes)
Procedure (82-90 minutes)
Students sit in teams (3–4) Each team builds a chain of conditional statements based on a prompt: Prompt: The surgery was delayed. Team A: If the results had come earlier, the surgery wouldn’t have been delayed Team B: If the owner hadn’t been late, we could have started on time Team C: If we had done the pre-op exam yesterday, we’d be done by now
Instructor presents 6–8 mixed example sentences. Students in pairs: Identify the type (3rd, mixed, etc.) Explain the logic Rewrite a few using different structures
Give each group a veterinary scenario Students take turns discussing the event using: A past perfect sequence (what happened and when) A third conditional (what could’ve been done differently) Activity: Open Discussion In pairs or small groups, students reflect on: What grammar point was hardest? What situation helped them understand it? What real cases they’ve seen where these structures would apply? A mixed conditional (how it affects the present)
Instructor reviews strong and weak examples from class Board phrases that stood out — both correct and problematic Students write one reflection sentence using the structure they find hardest
