Nicholas Federer Nicholas Federer

Productive Skills - Transportation
Elementary A1 level

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide students with functional language about transportation/travel.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide students with opportunities to practice the target language (present simple/past simple) in conversation with a useful context.

Procedure

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

T shows pictures of interactions/actions involving planes, trains, and automobiles. T elicits from students what the people in the picture may be doing and/or saying to each other. The aim is to put Ss in the context of travelling and see how familiar Ss are with words associated with transportation/travelling.

Exposure (2-3 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

-T tells students that we will be focussing on the interactions that occur during travel. -Ss listen to a conversation between friends about a recent trip. -T asks Ss what they thought was the content of the discussion(s). Ss replies are put on the whiteboard/online doc.

Useful Language (5-6 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

Two sentences to highlight MFP from the exposure material. (M) I to get the train at 5pm. Usually, I to work. went drive (F) Past simple of the verb "to go", "went. Present simple of the verb "drive". (P) In both instances, the verbs are stressed. (A) Neutral

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

In breakout rooms, students will have brief conversations to discuss and expand upon the learned language. Round 1: Use the learned language to discuss: How do you get to work/school? Round 2: What is your preferred way to travel? Round 3: Why do you prefer this way of travelling? OCFB between each round.

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

Group feedback and discussion. Emphasis on DEC to let the conversation flow. 1. Do you have the same travel experiences? 2. How do they differ?

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