Empower_A1_LP28
A1 level starter level
Materials
Main Aims
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To develop listening skill for gist, details and specific information in the context of the any shopping
Subsidiary Aims
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SS practice speaking for accuracy and fluency in the context of the any shopping; To provide SS with guided practice in writing an online advertisement accurately in a structured format (e.g., email)
Procedure (57-90 minutes)
Write the names of some local shops students will know on the board, e.g., Henley's Great Reads. Write these sentences on the board: "I never go into..." "I sometimes go into..." "I often go into..." "I never buy things in..." "I often buy things in..." "I sometimes buy things in..." Put SS into pairs to finish the sentences using the shops on the board so they are true for them. Take feedback as a class orally.
Point to the picture of Sophia and Megan. Ask: Where are they? (in a shop). What do you think Sophia wants to buy? Tell SS to look at the list and rate shopping for each kind of thing from 1 (= I like going shopping for this/these very much) to 4 (= I really don't like shopping for this/these). Check that they understand things for the home (chairs, cups, glasses, etc) and IT things (= things connected with computers) in ex 1A, p 60. Ask SS to compare their opinions. Take feedback as a class, asking some pairs: "Do you like shopping for the same things?" in ex 1B, p 60.
Play Part 1 of the video in ex 1C, p 60 for students to understand the general meaning and answer the two questions. Check answers as a class.
Check SS to understand the difference between "need" and "want" by asking: "What do people need every day-food and water or video games and books?" (food and water). Play Part 1 of the video in ex 1D, p 60 again for students to listen and add the numbers. Ask SS to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as a class.
Use the picture on SB p.61 to elicit or teach "customer" and "shop assistant". Ask SS to complete the categorising task. Play the recording in ex 2A, p 60 for students to check their answers. Ask SS to put the conversation in the correct order. Play the recording in ex 2B, p 60 for students to check their answers. Write the sequence on the board (3, 7, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2). Ask SS to practice the conversation in 2b in ex 2C, p 60.
Play the recording in ex 3A, p 60 for students to listen for the extra sounds in the sentences. Play the recording in ex 3C, p 60 for students to listen and mark the extra /j/ or /w/ sound, Check answers as a class. Ask SS to practice saying the sentences. Monitor and check that they are using the extra sounds correctly to make their speech sound smooth and natural in ex 3D, p 60.
Write the following prices on the board and ask SS to say them: 10.00, 20.00, 35.00, 2.50, 15.72, 29.99 (ten pounds, twenty pounds, thirty-five pounds, two pounds fifty, fifteen pounds seventy-two, twenty-nine pounds ninety-nine). Play the recording in ex 4A, p 61 for students to listen and decide if the statements are true or false. Have SS to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as a class. Ask SS to correct the false sentence. Check SS to understand "PIN" (Personal Identification Number: you use this number with your bank card in a shop) and "receipt" (you give the money to the shop assistant and he or she gives you the object and this small piece of paper). Have SS to complete the sentences with the words in the box as individually. Play the recording in ex 4B, p 61 for students to check their answers. Check answers as a class. Have SS to complete the conversation using the word in brackets (shoes) and the phrases in 4b. Play the recording in ex 4C, p 61 for students to check their answers. Check answers as a class.
Ask SS to practice the conversation in 4c with a partner a few times. Ask SS to change the object and the price. Monitor and check that students are pronouncing the shopping expressions and saying prices correctly.
Divide the class into pairs and assign A and B roles. Student As look at the information on SB p.111 about their roles as shop assistant and customer, and prepare what to say. Student Bs do the same on SB p.112 about their roles as customer and shop assistant. Monitor and note down any common mistakes to deal with during feedback. Tell SS to go back to SB p.61.
Give SS one minute to read the online advertisement and Sophia's email and answer the question in ex 6A, p 61. Check the answer as a class. Write an email request for information on the board, and explain request (when you ask for something).
Ask SS to go to Writing Plus 7C on SB p.161. Go through the information as a class. Ask SS to do Exercises b and c. While they are doing the exercise, copy all the unpunctuated sentences from the two exercises onto the board. Check answers as a class by inviting a few students to come to the board and add the punctuation. Tell SS to go back to SB p.61 in ex 6B. Give SS one minute to read the two advertisements and choose one to write to for information. Give them five minutes to write their email in ex 6C, p 61. Monitor and help as necessary and check students' punctuation.
