New lesson plan: Welcome to the class, listening (Greetings)

Meram Osama

Welcome to the class, listening (Greetings) - Elementary A1-A2 level

Welcome to the class, listening (Greetings)
Elementary A1-A2 level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about basic English greetings in the context of meeting people for the first time.

Materials

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An audio

English File Elementary SB p.7

An audio

English File Elementary SB p.7

Main Aims

To listen to short conversations
To Identify specific information (greetings) in the context of meeting people for the first time.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of greeting people for the first time

Procedure (34-45 minutes)

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

Show the pictures from the lesson Ask students: -what can you see? Where are these people? Have they met before? ETC

Pre-Reading/Listening (4-5 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Ask students to look at the pictures again. Point to the names. Ask: Which person do you think is Ben? Who could be Sally? Etc Discuss in pairs. Tell students we’re going to listen and check their predictions. Ask ICQs

While-Reading/Listening #1 (10-15 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Exercise 1a Ask students to listen and match the names to pictures A-D. Ask ICQs. Play the audio once. -Complete the activity individually, then pair check, then whole class feedback. Exercise 1B Tell students to read the sentence with gaps. Then ask: What kind of word is missing? A name, a greeting, a number? Tell the students “We’re going to listen again and complete the gaps” then Ask ICQs. Play the audio, pair check, then whole class feedback.

Language focus (7-8 minutes) • To Provide students with useful language for greeting others and introducing themselves in everyday situations

Ask students what greetings did you hear? Elicit from them and write them down on the board. -Check the meaning by asking CCQs -Drill chorally, in groups, then individually. Controlled practice: Complete the dialogue/Match the greetings with the responses (Designed by the teacher)

Post-Reading/Listening (10-12 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Ask students to stand up and introduce themselves to three different classmates. Ask them to use at least 3 greetings/expressions from the board. Ask ICQs. -Monitor and provide help if needed. -Provide delayed error correction.