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TP6_ALEJANDRA VISITACION
Upper Intermediate level

Description

This is a functional language lesson whose intentions are to introduce and provide practice for making, accepting and refusing offers.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of language used for making, refusing & accepting offers in the context of a move to another house.

Subsidiary Aims

  • • To develop students’ listening skills for gist understanding
  • • To develop students’ understanding of the meaning, form, and pronunciation of phrases in the context of making, accepting and refusing offers.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (4-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

1. T asks SS about their weekend and nominates 1-2 SS to get their answers. 2. T asks SS if they practiced their English during the week and nominates 2 SS to get their answers. 3.T shares the screen and shows the first slide of the Canva presentation with the following question : "If you have a problem, who do you usually ask for help? " 4. T selects 2-3 students to answer the question. 5. After that, T continues showing the Canva Presentation with other questions: "When was the last time you offered to help someone? What was the problem? Did the person accept your help? " 6. T selects 2-3 students to answer the questions.

Text - Work (7-8 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

7. T instructs SS: "Now we are going to listen to an audio together. For doing that, I am going to send you a Wordwall Link" 8. T shows the task in the Wordwall platform and then gives the instructions: "Put these topics in the order in which they are first talked about. Remember to mute your mics while I play this audio. You will have 3 minutes to do this and after it I will share the answers with you" 9. SS do the the activity during the assigned time 10. T shares the answer key and asks SS : "Is everything clear?" "Do you have any question about this task?" 11. T instructs SS: "Now we are going to complete a task, so we can learn more about today's functional language. For doing that, I am going to send you a Google Form" 12. T shows the task in the Google Form platform and then gives the instructions: "Choose the correct option to complete the blanks. You will have 5 minutes to do this and after it I will share the answers with you" 13. SS do the the activity during the assigned time 14. T shares the answer key and asks SS : "Is everything clear?" "Do you have any question about this task?"

Language Clarification (8-9 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

T shares screen of the Canva Presentation and ask SS to look at the phrases there T asks SS if they have any questions about the meaning of those phrases T revises each sentence individually and asks SS to listen carefully so they can identify the stress words. T makes SS some questions: Which words am I stressing? Do I use contractions? T asks SS to repeat after her T repeats the whole process with the other phrases separately

Controlled Practice (5-6 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target language

11. T instructs SS: "Now we are going to complete a task, so we can practice the functional language learned today. For doing that, I am going to send you a Google Form" 12. T shows the task in the Google Form platform and then gives the instructions: "Chloe has decided to move to a new house and her colleague Mark has offered to help. Write conversations using these prompts and the functional language to make, refuse and accept offers . You will have 5 minutes to do this and after it I will share the answers with you" 13. T sends the link and SS do the the activity during the assigned time 14. T shares the answer key and asks SS : "Is everything clear?" "Do you have any question about this task?"

Freer Practice (6-7 minutes) • Students develop speaking fluency using the functional language revised in class.

15. T checks if SS have responded to the content of the lesson by developing students’ fluency. 16. T instructs SS “Now I want you to practice the functional language we learnt today. For this, you will be divided into two groups some of you will be Student A and some of you will be Student B” 17. T uses a random group builder to divide the class 18. T shares the Canva Presentation with the situations and explains: "Student A: Read about your situation and make a list of at least five things you need to do. Which of these things can you do yourself? Which do you need help with?. Student B: Read about your partner's situation. Make a list of at least five things you can offer to do to help him/ her" 19. T instructs SS: "Work with your partner. Take turns to discuss your situations. Use your lists from a and b to help you make, accept or refuse offers. To do this you will have 6 minutes" 20. T sends SS to the breakout rooms and takes notes for the language feedback 21. T takes notes to find patterns or to summarize the ideas while the students share their comments. 22. T nominates 1 SS of every breakout room to share the ideas discussed in every group.

Feedback and Error Correction (5-6 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

23. T comments on the SS content in the free practice and makes some questions: "What were the things that you needed help with? In which things did you offer to help your partner?" 24. T copy-pastes the phrases collected during monitoring and asks the SS to improve or correct those phrases by following the dynamic "Hospital for sentences" 25. SS will pretend they are doctors and have to operate sentences. Each incorrect sentence will first go through the emergency room, then they will be transferred to the operating room to be corrected and finally when the sentences have improved they will go to the recovery room. 26. After finishing the error correction, T says goodbye to the students and thanks them for their presence.

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