Sara Sara

Teaching Practice 3 - 17 Feb 2023
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students increase their vocabulary by learning some verb-noun collocations that will be extrapolated from a written review of a popular BBC TV series called "people watchers".

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of verb-noun collocations in the context of habits

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist reading practice using a text about persuasion in the context of lifestyle and human interest stories

Procedure

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

Start by sharing anecdote with the class - went to markets and ended up buying a jumper I didn't really need and paying quite a bit of money for it. I guess the lady who runs the stall is very good at her job! Encourage ss to share similar experiences Write two questions on the board: 1. Have you ever been persuaded by a salesperson to buy something you didn't actually need? How did they convince you? 2. Have you ever persuaded someone to do something they didn't actually want to do? How did you convince them? Give ss 2-3 mins to discuss in pairs/small groups and exchange anecdotes, then ask one or two ss to share their partners' story. NB: in online class, have Qs on a slide and ask ss to share stories with the whole class.

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

Tell ss they're about to read a text about an old British TV program called "The people Watchers". Explain briefly that the program explores human behaviour related to persuasion and this text gives some examples. Gist task: ss read quickly. After reading, they look at the Jamboard activity and very quickly match the description to the experiment: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1WGVl9ftJCJ-BwTzhjlysz8iFzjqwB4WKZ5PyDahwpR4/viewer?f=0

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

Activity 3A pag 71 - rebuild verb-noun collocations by matching verbs with correct nouns. Adapted for online class on Jamboard: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1WGVl9ftJCJ-BwTzhjlysz8iFzjqwB4WKZ5PyDahwpR4/viewer?f=1 Check answers (whole class). Cover Meaning, Form and Pronunciation of verb-noun collocations. Focus on IPA to show similarities in sounds between different words. Model and repeat.

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

4 on p 78 to provide controlled practice of the language. Adapted for online class on Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OwyuH0jKbgByp9xrMEKQq4TUssXKhT82wMc2FrPzbQc/edit Learners do this individually, then check in OCFB.

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

Get Ss to formulate the collocations into questions with ‘have you ever?’ Ss ask and answer in a mingle activity in BORs.

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