Osman Osman

QUANTIFIERS
A2 level

Description

In this lesson the students will learn quantifiers a little, a few, few, a lot of, lots of, many and much through guided discovery in the context of evenings and weekends

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of quantifiers in the context of evenings and weekends

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of evenings and theatres

Procedure

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

T shows the image of "Brighton" T: WHERE IS THIS PLACE?(ENGLAND) WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS PLACE?(BRIGHTON) WHAT DO YOU CALL A CITY WHICH HAS A SEA?(SEASIDE CITY) WHAT DO YOU SEA?(A TOWER, A PIER)

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

T shows the handout "Vocab A2_1.4" T: MATCH THE WORDS WITH MEANINGS WORK IN PAIRS ICQ: WHAT DO YOU DO? T reveals the key: 1-D, 2-A, 3-E, 4-B, 5-C, 6-I, 7-J, 8-G, 9-F, 10-L, 11-M, 12-H, 13-K T: LOOK AT 1.4, PART 3 READ THE TEXT T: WHAT CAN YOU SEE AND WHAT CAN YOU DO IN BRIGHTON?

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

T writes on the board "There are alot of restaurants in Brighton" There are several curry houses. There are a few meet-free cafes You can't find many Thai restaurants. T: HOW MANY RESTAURANTS ARE THERE IN BRIGHTON?(A LOT OF) IS THE RESTAURANTS SINGULAR OR PLURAL?(PLURAL) HOW MANY CURRY HOUSES ARE THERE?(SEVERAL) IS CURRY HOUSES SINGULAR OR PLURAL?(PLURAL) HOW MANY CAFES ARE THERE IN BRIGHTON?(A FEW) IS CAFES SINGULAR OR PLURAL?(PLURAL) WHAT DO A LOT OF, SEVERAL AND A FEW TELL US? ONE OR MORE THAN ONE?(MORE THAN ONE) A LOT OF AND SEVERAL AND A FEW ,WHICH ONE HAS THE MOST QUANTITY?(A LOT OF) WHICH ONE HAS THE LEAST QUANTITY?(A FEW) RESTAURANT AND CAFE, ARE THEY COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS? (COUNTABLE) ARE THEY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE SENTENCES?(POSITIVE) WHAT ABOUT THE LAST SENTENCE? IS IT A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE SENTENCE? (NEGATIVE SENTENCE)

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T writes on the board "a lot of/lots of: large quantity" Use a lot of/lots of a) In positive, negative and question sentences b) with plural countable and singular uncountable nouns T writes on the board"several: " Use "several: neutral quantity" a) with plural countable nouns b) in a positive sentence T writes on the board"a few, few: little quantitiy" a few means means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough. few, very few mean that there is not enough of something. Use "a few/few a) with plural countable nouns b) in a positive sentence T writes on the board "many/much: large quantity" Use a) many with countable nouns in negative and question sentences b) much with uncountable nouns in negative and question senten T writes on the board "a little/little: small quantity" little means that there is not enough of something. a little means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough. Use a) with uncountable nouns in a positive sentence CCQ: CAN I SAY THERE ARE MANY RESTAURANTS THERE?(NO) CAN I SAY THERE AREN'T MUCH CAFES THERE(NO) CAN I SAY THERE ARE LITTLE CAFES THERE?(NO)

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

T shows the handout "Exercise Unit 83" T: LOOK AT 83.1 FILL THE GAPS WITH MANY OR MUCH DO IT ALONE ICQ: WHAT DO YOU DO? T reveals the key.

Semi-Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

T shows the handout "Exercise Unit 83" T: LOOK AT 83.4 FIND THE INCORRECT SENTENCE AND WRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCE DO IT ALONE ICQ: WHAT DO YOU DO? T reveals the key.

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

T: LOOK AT THE PAGE 15, PART 4 ASK THESE QUESTIONS EACH OTHER WORK IN PAIRS T monitors and notes for the errors for correction

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