José Córdova José Córdova

TP5 - SPEAKING
Upper Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, the focus is on speaking and the topic is describing a memorable event. Students will be encouraged to share personal experiences and use descriptive language to paint a vivid picture for the class. The lesson will help improve students' communication skills and encourage them to express in English.

Materials

Abc Google Slides Presentation
Abc Jamboard Presentation

Main Aims

  • To provide speaking fluency practice in the context of describing an event and asking about it

Subsidiary Aims

  • To improve students' vocabulary and grammar skills through the use of relevant vocabulary and sentence structures related to the event.
  • To enhance students' listening skills through active listening and responding to their peers' descriptions and questions about the event.

Procedure

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

T will show seven pictures of events, students have to say the name of the event first one by one and at the end they will be asked the following questions: What are these? (Events) Are they big events or small events? (big events)

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

Listening:Ss will listen to an audio recording about 4 events, and they will answer 3 questions for each event in breakout rooms. In the main room T and Ss will check all answers. (T will assign students to answer questions.)

Useful Language (8-10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

T will show Ss expressions. Ss are going to classify these expressions into two categories: describing the event and asking questions about the event. T and Ss will check expressions or words that may cause some trouble, as well as other possibilities: - It was absolutely... - Who/How many... - highlight...

Productive Task(s) (18-20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

Ss will work in groups of 3 and each member has to talk about a memorable event he/she has been to. Other members of the group will have to ask some questions in order to get more details. After 6 minutes members will change groups, and, after 12 minutes they will change again. At the end, in the main room, T will ask for voluunteers to talk about the most interesting event they have heard from their classmates.

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

From monitoring, T will point some mistakes that Ss can make.

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