New lesson plan: Speaking (Socialising; Social Customs)

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Speaking (Socialising; Social Customs) - Intermediate level

Speaking (Socialising; Social Customs)
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about social customs of different countries through a listening task. They also learn useful language which will help them in the speaking task. Speaking task: students roleplay, they're going to give tips (what to do/what not to do) to a foreigner who's visiting Egypt for the first time.

Materials

Exercise 2: Gap-fill handout

Useful Language box

Exercise 2: Gap-fill handout

Useful Language box

Main Aims

Speaking: To provide fluency in giving tips to foreigners about social customs in Egypt

Subsidiary Aims

Listening: to provide a model for the speaking task

Procedure (37-46 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

I will use pictures and humorous gifs to set the topics (social customs) that they will be discussing in pairs. In this stage, the topics will be personalized. Feedback: I will ask them about their partners' answers.

Exposure (6-8 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through listening

Ss will listen to a few tracks and fill out the gaps in exercise 2. This will act as a model for the speaking task.

Useful Language (3-4 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks (speaking)

I will display the Useful Language box on the PPT and clarify the language in the box through context (examples). This is to prepare them for the speaking task in which they'll use these expressions to better express themselves.

Brainstorming (2-4 minutes) • To allow the students to gather their thoughts and ideas

Ss will take notes on some tips they might give to a foreigner visiting Egypt.

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

Ss will roleplay, one of them will be a foreigner visiting Egypt for the first time asking about our social customs, the other will be a local giving them advice and tips on how to behave. They will then switch roles and repeat. Afterwards, they will switch partners and discuss once again.

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

Each student will mention the tips they gave to the other students while roleplaying. Feedback on the use of language will be provided by praising them for using some of the phrases in the Useful Language box and by pointing out mistakes the Ss made relating to the target language.