Nevin Durmaz Nevin Durmaz

Teaching Practice 5
Pre-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will develop their speaking abilities in the context of the future of computers, languages, medicine and shops. The lesson starts with a revision activity of predictions; may, might and will. This is followed by a listening for gist activity where Ss listen to four people speaking about the future of a list of topics such as computers and education. Then they will have a freer speaking activity where they will choose a topic from the previous list and talk about it with their partners. Finally, there will be a delayed correction where good language will be praised and mistakes will be corrected on WB.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of the future of things

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist listening practice using a text in the context of future

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (4-6 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T posts the photos of Mars on WB and asks questions about pictures: Where is this place? (Mars) T asks Ss to discuss the questions below for 2 mins with their partners. "Do you think that there might be life on Mars? What kind of creatures may live there? Will people travel to Mars in the near future? " While Ss discuss these questions among themselves, T monitors them, notes down two sentences including may/might/will and write them on WB. After T writes them on board, she underlines the structure and elicits prediction.

Controlled Practice (3-5 minutes) • To practice the form of TL

T hands out Exercise 1 and ask Ss to complete the sentences by using may, might or will. T does the first one with Ss and then asks them to work in pairs. After peer check, T shows the answers on WB and asks if any S has different answers.

Pre-Listening (3-5 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

In order to prepare Ss for the listening, T introduces a topic from the list given in listening. T shows three different pictures reflecting past, present and future situation of education at schools and asks about the differences between the pictures. (What has changed up till now and how will it be in the future?) In pairs, Ss discuss the topic for 2 mins and T elicits answers.

Pre-Listening #2 (2-3 minutes) • To predict the contents of the listening

T gives the Ss a list of topics that will be used in listening. In pairs, Ss think which of the topics they think speakers will talk about in the listening? T monitors SS attentively.

Gist Listening (4-5 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist listening

Ss listen to the speakers and while listening, match the topics with the speakers. Ss check their answers in pairs. WCF (If needed, T can play the recording a second time)

Useful Language (4-5 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

T writes a few sentences on WB from listening and controlled practice: "The weather may/might change in the next fifty years." "There'll more bars and cafes, so people will use their cars" "International organisations may/might not become more powerful." "I guess in the future we'll find cures for more and more things." "Computers... they'll just be a part of our lives." Quick CCQs: Are they about past, present or future? (Future) Are they plans or predictions? (Predictions) Which sentences are used for the things that we are sure? (The ones with will) Which sentences are used for the things that we are less sure? (The ones with may/might) T may drill "weather" and "cure" here and show the contractions in positive sentences.

Freer Speaking Practice - Delayed Error Correction (12-15 minutes) • To provide students with freer speaking practice of target language

In pairs, Ss will choose a topic from the list and talk about it by using prediction verbs. Here, they can use their notes. T monitors and guide Ss if necessary. Meanwhile take down some notes to have delayed error correction on WB. T write some correct and incorrect sentences on WB and gets whole class correction. If time left, Ss can go on the activity by changing the partners. T asks them to go and find 3 people's ideas about the topics. This time they don't use their notes, just use a piece of paper to take down notes. At the end of the activity, T asks Ss which idea they like most and why.

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