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Melisa

TP5-CELTA - Upper Intermediate level

TP5-CELTA
Upper Intermediate level

Materials

PPT

PPT

Main Aims

To provide specific information, deduction and inference listening practice using a text about happiness in the context of winning the lottery

Subsidiary Aims

To provide clarification of unfamiliar words in the context of winning the lottery
To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion in the context of money and happiness

Procedure (38-57 minutes)

Warmer (5-10 minutes) • To set lesson context and activate the student's schemata while introducing the teacher.

-T asks Ss their names and a few things about themselves -T shows rules of the betting game on the screen. -T models a question and shows how the betting works -The class plays the betting game -T sums up the bets for everyone and asks how these T bucks make them feel. -You suddenly got some T bucks. How do you feel? -Are you happier than when you had nothing? -You had some the you lost, how did that make you feel?

Pre-Teaching Vocabulary (5-7 minutes) • To help students understand the text better

-T elicits words from the students with a situation/ context -T displays definition of the word -T drills pronunciation -T asks about stress

Pre-Listening Prediction (6-8 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and relate their experience from the betting game into a large context.

-T shows questions on the board and asks Ss to SS them -T puts SS in BORs to discuss their answers in pairs for 3 minutes -T gets feedback from Ss

While-Listening #1 T-F Task (6-8 minutes) • To provide students with a less challenging task listening for specific information

-T shows Ss the questions and asks them to identify the points made on the recording -Ss listen to the recording, working individually. (2 minutes) -T displays the AK and asks for feedback

While-Listening #2 (10-16 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference listening tasks

-T will play the recording again, asking students to take notes if they'd like (the students may want to skip this stage if they remember) -T will play a new recording on a similar theme, again asking the students to listen carefully. -T will ask students to compare and contrast the two recordings, looking for similar points and finding different opinions. -T puts students in BORs to discuss and work in pairs for 5 minutes. -T asks Ss for feedback.

Post-Listening (6-8 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and apply this knowledge to their personal lives.

-T will ask students What would they do if they won the lottery? Would their happiness level change? Do they agree with the recordings? -T puts students in BORs to discuss. -T asks Ss for feedback. *This stage could be extended if there is leftover time.