Reading and speaking
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide scan and gist reading practice using a text about How people are becoming more and more impatience overtime
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice, I want to get the students to leave comments and thoughts about the text
Procedure (36-47 minutes)
I'll go ahead by showing 3 pictures of traffic, slow internet and a long line at a shopping center and ask which one would make you lose your patience first and why? after hearing the answers I'll ask a follow up question saying "do you think we are getting impatient overtime?"
i pre-teach the words that students are unlikely to know the meaning of in the provided text expect (v) to think that something should happen or be a certain way. patience (n) the ability to stay calm and not get upset especially when there is a delay. replacement (n) something that you get to take the place of something that is lost or broken. broadband (n) a high-speed internet connection. Then students match the words to their definitions they work in pairs to use each word in a sentence related to context of the text
I'll ask my students to read the title "I WANT IT, AND I WANT IT NOW!" I'll ask them to answer the following gist question 1.what is the main reason life is faster today?
I'll give my students to scan the text again for 2 minutes and then give them 6 minutes to find the answers to question 1-8 from part d and after that we will check the answers together, then students will be asked to underline 5 words about technology in the provided text
I'll ask the students to discuss about these questions in pairs Do you think the statistics are true in your country? Which time wasting activity annoys you the most? Why? Do you think it's good that life is getting faster? Why/Why not from part F page 38
