Lexis-focused lesson
Upper-intermediate. level
Description
Main Aims
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To provide practice of urban development vocabulary in the context of city changes in time.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification of language used for meaning form and pronunciation in the context of urban contexts.
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion of city changes in the context of urban development.
Procedure (36-45 minutes)
The teacher is going to start the class by eliciting students' information and opinions about a Shanghai picture that will be displayed in a Google Forms activity. The teacher is going to provide prompts if needed; for example, it is one of the biggest cities in China. It is an ultra-modern metropolis. Would you like to go? The learners are asked to discuss with each other.
The teacher is going to share a Google Forms activity with the students via chat so they will be able to see the task to perform. The teacher will explain to the learners the way they have to answer and submit the activity, which is about the following: Read the text quickly and find three ways in which Shanghai has changed since 1990. It has become much more modern and developed Shanghai has grown rapidly, with many new buildings, skyscrapers, and infrastructure. There has been a significant increase in investment and industry More companies and businesses have invested in the city, leading to economic growth. The city has become more crowded and polluted Due to rapid development, there are more people, traffic, and environmental problems.
The teacher is going to screen-share on Google Forms the text once again and will ask the students to draw attention to the target language. Learners are going to identify words related to city development and change.” Identify words related to city development and change: developer investment polluted industrial environmental manufactured
For the meaning clarification steps. The teacher is going to screenshare some vocabulary from the target language, and the learners are going to match the definition. They are going to use arrows and will be able to work in groups. The lexis they are going to be working on is. A developer = a company/person who builds things. Investment = money used to create profit. Manufactured = made in a factory Polluted = made dirty or harmful Environmental = related to nature Industrial = related to industry Political = related to government. The teacher reassures learners of their achievement in this activity. In the Form Clarification stage, the teacher is going to share Google Slides, and learners will be able to identify different "word families." They will identify that one word can be used as a noun for people or things or even as an adjective. Based on their previous knowledge and the reading, they are going to discuss with their classmates and will fill in the gaps. As an example: politics ________ (noun for people) political industry _________ industrial An economist ________ economist. For the pronunciation stage, the teacher is going to share a Google Slides presentation in which students will be able to identify the pronunciation patterns and how the stress shifts in some family words. Learners are going to listen to the pronunciation, and they are asked to repeat it in order to master the intonation and stress. poLItical poliTIcian POlitics inDUStrial The learners are going to repeat these words once out loud.
The teacher is going to screen share an activity to be performed by learners individually. They are going to read the sentences and complete the information with the appropriate family word it requires. The country needs more foreign ______ (invest). She works as an ______ (economy) in a large company. Air pollution is a serious ______ problem. (environment) The city is becoming more ______ every year. (industry) He is a well-known ______ (politics) in his country.
The teacher is going to share a Google Slides presentation with some questions regarding the topic studied, and they are going to discuss them. They are expected to include the new lexicon in their conversations so that they will practice in context and gain more vocabulary to use in their everyday routine. My country’s economy is quite strong at the moment. My country imports more products than it exports. I think buying a house is a good investment. I worry about global warming and environmental issues.
