TP 6 Functional Language
pre-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Students will be introduced to and provided with ample practice of functional language for giving advice
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide listening practice using a text about information regarding how to give advice and communicate what a person should do, etc.
Procedure (40-54 minutes)
Share with students the written message on pg 42 of SOPI, exercise 3.A, and have students suggest 1-3 things the writer could do to improve his English. Students can provide their responses either by writing in the chat, or speaking out loud to the class. To streamline the activity and meet the time requirements, the teacher may provide a list of actions, and the students can select the best ones and give an explanation as to why they made their selection.
Have students listen a recording from the SOPI text, listening 4.5. As they listen, have students complete a gist task in the google form where they have to select the problems and advice given that they hear. Review as a whole class and come to a consensus before moving on.
Have students listen to the same recording a second time and fill in table 6.A on page 43 of the SOPI text. Review as a whole class and come to a consensus before moving on.
1) (M) To establish student comprehension of meaning, provide a short practice for students to categorize phrases for giving advice and responding to advice (4 of each). Provide CCQs to clarify challenging ones. 2) (FA) To establish form, provide another exercise using "should" and "shouldn't", and "why don't you...". This practice should involved fixed and unfixed responses. Discuss with students if the context in which they are used are formal or informal. Establish a consensus before moving on.
Using the exercise 4.3 on page 153 of SOPI, have students reorder sentences as well as play a recording to identify stress and intonation for each example.
Students work in groups to ask for and provide advice to each other depending on their assigned "issue". Students work in Breakout Rooms, depending on how many students there are. Each will read their own scenario and take turns sharing, asking for advice, and giving advice to one another.
Based on the conversations heard in the freer practice, and the controlled practice, teacher will give targeted feedback to students.
