Zoë Heyn-Jones Zoë Heyn-Jones

The Anglo - Business Higher 2 - Thursday 4 February 2021 - 6-8pm - Lesson 6
Advanced level

Description

In this lesson students begin working on ideas of teamwork and team relationships/roles. Students will read a short text about different team roles and engage in various speaking tasks.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To enable students to practice speaking for fluency in the context of discussing teamwork and team roles in the workplace.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To enable students to expand their lexical range in the context of discussing teamwork and team roles in the workplace.
  • To enable students to practice reading for gist and detail in the context of discussing teamwork and team roles in the workplace.

Procedure

Welcome (5-10 minutes) • To welcome students to class and to troubleshoot any problems.

T welcomes Ss to class. T asks how Ss are, if they have any questions or concerns about the course materials, platforms, etc. T and Ss chat informally as all Ss arrive to Teams platform.

Review (10-20 minutes) • To review what we covered in last class and to begin setting the context for today's lesson

T gets Ss attention. T nominates S: “what did we work on in Tuesday’s class?” - We worked with some vocabulary related to establish rapport - We worked on some reading and discussion exercises related to risk and international events, such as the Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 Olympic games. T nominates S: “did we have any work suggested for self-study?” - Oxford Platform Unit 4 Test T asks Ss if they want to go over the unit test together... T leads Ss in pronunciation drill of words from last class: plagiarism, filed, publicly, awkward, stadium, spiralling

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

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 2 with the questions: "What problems can occur when working with other people? What different types of personality are needed for a successful team?" T leads Ss in a discussion about teams and relationshios.

While-Reading 1 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading tasks

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 3 (p.38 #1): "Dr. Meredith Belbin, a British researcher and management theorist, developed nine team roles to show how different individuals behave in teams. Read the text and compare these team roles with your ideas regarding what different types of personality are needed for a successful team." T nominates S to read instructions. T asks Ss to read individually for gist for 5 minutes. T then asks Ss to work in partners to discuss. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to discuss? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their answers in OCF.

While-Reading 2 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading tasks

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 4 (p.38 #2): "Read the text again and discuss questions 1 & 2 with a partner: What is the main positive and negative characteristic of each role? Which team role best describes you?" T nominates S to read instructions. T asks Ss to read individually for detail for 4 minutes. T then asks Ss to work in partners to discuss. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to discuss? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their answers in OCF.

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

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 5 (p. 39 #3) and nominates S to read instructions. T asks Ss to work in partners for 5 minutes to complete the exercise. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to work together? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their ideas in OCF.

While-Listening (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information listening tasks

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 6 (p.39 #5) and nominates S to read instructions. T plays audio file 5.1 twice while Ss take notes. T asks Ss to work in partners for 5 minutes to compare their answers. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their answers in OCF.

Post-Listening 1 (10-12 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 7 (p.39 #7) and nominates S to read instructions. T then asks Ss to work in partners for 5 minutes to discuss. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their ideas in OCF.

Post-Listening 2 (10-12 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

T gets Ss attention. T shows slide 8 (p.39 #10) and nominates S to read instructions. T then asks Ss to work in partners for 5 minutes to discuss. T assigns partners. ICQ: Are we working in groups? [no, in pairs] ICQ: how many minutes do we have to chat? [5 minutes] T sends pairs to channels. T monitors and takes note of language for feedback and DEC. T calls Ss back to main session and the class shares their ideas in OCF.

Feedback and Delayed Error Correction (10-12 minutes) • To provide feedback and delayed error correction.

T gives feedback, addressing any good language and interesting/important errors noticed during monitoring. T elicits form Ss to reformulate errors. If time permits, T leads Ss in pronunciation drills.

Conclusion (3-5 minutes) • To sum up and close the lesson and to prepare for the following lesson.

T gets Ss attention and thanks them for their time. T asks Ss if they have any questions or concerns, specifically about accessing course materials, platforms, etc. T takes note of anything to address with supervisors/academic services. T thanks Ss again for their time, and wishes them a good day.

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