Esperanza Esperanza

TP 5 Speaking
Pre-Intermediate level

Materials

Abc Coursebook (New Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate, Cunningham S., Moor, P. 2007, Longman, pp. 12-13).
Abc https://learnhip.com/scramble/sentence.php?w=02b2ad0c
Abc PPT Slides
Abc Fact file
Abc Word file

Main Aims

  • Students will be given opportunities to practice speaking skills (fluency) in the context of personal information.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Students will be given opportunitites to practice/review forming basic information questions.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students.

T shares images of Orlando Bloom and asks learners if they recognize him. Elicits background knowledge. Then, Ss write 5 questions they would ask him.

Exposure (6-8 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading.

T shares a fact file about Orlando Bloom. Ss check which of their questions are answered. Ss share two facts they discovered. T explains students will work out the interviewer’s questions from Orlando’s answers. Provide an example and let Ss finish a couple of more examples.

Useful Language (6-8 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks.

MEANING. T asks the following CCQs to ensure students understand the meaning of the questions: Where were you born? → Is this about the past? (Yes) Do you have a nickname? → Am I asking about a short or informal name? (Yes) How tall are you? → Is this about your height or age? (Height) What’s your favorite food? → Am I asking about what you like to eat most? (Yes) What do you want to do in the future? → Is this about now or later? (Later) FORM. T displays a webpage with scrambled word order questions. Students are instructed to reorder the words to form grammatically correct information questions. OCFB PRONUNCIATION. The teacher projects a slide with questions. Students are asked to identify the stressed syllable in each word or phrase. The teacher models the correct pronunciation, and students repeat the complete question with appropriate word and sentence stress. T follows the same procedure for weak forms. -Sentence Stress & Linking- What do you do? /də/ Where were you born? /wɜːr/ Do you have a pet? /hæv/ What’s your favorite food? /ˈfeɪ.vər.ɪt/ -Weak forms- Do you → /də ju/ did you → /dɪdʒə/ What’s your → /wɒts jə/

Productive Task(s) (10-15 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills.

T explains Ss that they will use the questions to interview another student in the class. They can add some more extra questions if they wish. (Give a couple of minutes to plan and organize questions). In breakout rooms, Ss interview each other to complete a partner fact file, asking and answering personal WH-questions. T monitors and takes notes. Note: At least twice, with different peers.

Feedback and Error Correction (4-7 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language.

T provides content feedback (interesting facts) and language feedback using DEC on screen.

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