Gonzalo García Gonzalo García

By the end of the session, students will have had sustained a speaking practice session in the context of talking about health and health problems
A1+ level

Description

In this lesson, the main goal will be to develop confidence in students by having them sustain a fluency practice session in the context of talking about health problems

Materials

Abc Coursebook source
Abc Outside website
Abc Presentation (basic material)

Main Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of health

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice of health lexis in the context of health and health problems

Procedure

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

Ask students, How do you feel today? You can teach them expressions like great, so-so, and not so hot. Ask them to explain their responses.

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

Have students check slide 3 and ask for whole class. Elicit answer with help of student. On page 138, have students read the conversation and practice (twice)

Useful Language (8-10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

1) Have students identify chunks that talk about health. 2) Elicit some answers. Redirect students to the language. Educating can also be a way to answer. Have them complete exercise D 138. Help students form new sentences with the structure, using different body parts. Educating can also be a way to answer. Have them complete exercise D 138.

Productive Task(s) (18-20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

You have plans to meet a friend, but you don’t feel well. Role-play with a partner (as in the book). Call your friend and explain the situation. Tell students to think about health problem and role-play a phone call. Elicit an answer, and roleplay with a student. Ensure instructions were understood. Tell them they can look back at the page as often as they need to if they forget a word, but they should always look up again while speaking. This technique will help them retain the new language. Demonstrate it for them, watch , and remind them until it becomes automatic Depending on space, you can have students sit back-to-back with their partner to simulate being on the telephone. As students are practicing, walk around, helping with vocabulary and expressions.

Feedback and Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Highlight the 3 top errors in class. Redirect towards a fluency purpose. Ask a student objective of the class, and have them raise thumbs up or down.

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