Alinne Jimenez Alinne Jimenez

Upper-intermediate Speaking Skills
Upper-intermediate level

Materials

Abc Lead-in:
Abc Meaning, form, and pronunciation:

Main Aims

  • To provide speaking fluency practice in the context of describing an event and asking about it.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To develop active listening.
  • To provide practice for gist reading and reading for detail.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (4-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Have Ss look at the photo and question. Have Ss share their answer to the question: what is something you did for the first time? Write down their responses on the slide. Ask CCQ: “Is it something you have done before? (No).”

Content Preparation (6-7 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

Screenshare G-Form #1. Tell Ss they will read a text. Ss should identify what the text is about. Share the link in the chat and confirm that Ss can access it. After 2 minutes, ask Ss to submit their answer. Use responses to see if Ss struggled with any in OCFB. Answer: An Anti-war demonstration that the speaker attended. Screenshare G-Form #2. Tell Ss they will read the text again. Ss should answer the questions. Share the link in the chat and confirm that Ss can access it. After 2 minutes, ask Ss to compare their answers with their partner and submit their answers. Use responses to see if Ss struggled with any in OCFB. Answers: 1. An Anti-war demonstration. 2. The streets, March or April. 3. About a million people (other protestors) and politicians. 4. Very positive.

Language Preparation (7-8 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

Meaning Screenshare Padlet. Show Ss an example of how to complete the task: categorize the phrases according to whether they whether they describe a positive or negative experience. Share the link in the chat and confirm that Ss can access it. Assign a slide to each Ss. Answers: Positive: What I liked most about it was…, It was the most... I’ve ever…, On the whole, it was extremely impressive / good fun., It was absolutely huge / fascinating / exhausting, etc., Looking back, what I remember best was... Negative: It was rather disappointing., It went on a bit too long. Ask CCQs: Does “what I liked most about it was…,” mean that I liked everything? (No, something in particular). If something was rather disappointing, is it good or bad? (Bad). Does “looking back,” refer to the present or the past? (Past).” Form: Screenshare G-Slides. Tell students to look at the sentences. For sentence #1, ask: Which part is fixed? (It was, one of the most, I’ve ever). What is “it”? (Subject). What is “was”? (Verb). What is “one of the most + moving + events”? (Complement). What is “I’ve ever been to”? (Relative clause). What can we change? (Moving, events, been to). What can we change it to? (Moving: exciting, important, beautiful, Events: concerts, books, songs, Been to: seen, heard, read). For sentence #2, ask: Which part is fixed? (It was). What is “it”? (Subject). What is “was”? (Verb). What is “just incredible”? (Complement). What can we change? (Just incredible). What can we change it to? (So much fun, very positive). Screenshare G-Slides. Tell students to look at the question. For question #1, ask: Which part is fixed? (Who, was, there, with). What is “who”? (Subject). What is “was”? (Verb). What is “there”? (Adverb). What is “with”? (Preposition). What is “you”? (Object of a preposition). What can we change? (You). What can we change it to? (Us, them, him, her). Pronunciation: Screenshare G-Slides. Tell students to look at the sentences. For questions 1-3, ask: Do the arrows go up or down? (1. down, 2. down, 3. up). Why is that? (1 & 2 are wh- questions, 3 is a yes/no question). What words am I stressing? (HOW/MANy/PEOple, WHAT/HIGHlight, HOW/exPECted). Repeat after me: What was the highlight of the day for you? /ˈwɒt wəz/. Repeat after me: Was it how you’d expected? /wəz ɪt/. Drill chorally and individually.

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

Screenshare G-Slide. Tell Ss to read the useful language. Give Ss 1 minute. Instruct Ss to use the phrases and questions to tell their partner about an event that they have attended and ask their partner questions about the event. Put Ss in pairs in BORs. Monitor Ss. After 5 minutes, switch partners.

Feedback and Error Correction (6-6 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Write down examples of how the useful language was used to discuss with Ss. OCFB on content and language.

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