New lesson plan: I didn`t realise

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I didn`t realise - Upper-Intermediate level

I didn`t realise
Upper-Intermediate level

Description

This lesson is taken from upper intermediate face to face book p.68 .In this lesson, students will study the functional language of apology. it will start with a lead in activity which will generate students interest in the topic by asking them to give three possible reasons why they might need to apologise to someone. After that, they will be given photos in the pre-listening activity and they have to think about what is going on the photos. The students will listen to the recording twice to order the photos and to decide whether the sentences in HO2 activity are true or false. After listening, student will have to do matching activity that they will match sentences to their functions and the teacher will elicit the form and use of the functional exponents during this activity. Finally, students will be asked to work in pairs to create a role play using the the new target language.

Materials

the marker

The whiteboard

pre - listening HO1

matching activity HO3

While listening

pre-intermediate Face to face book p.65

the marker

The whiteboard

pre - listening HO1

matching activity HO3

While listening

pre-intermediate Face to face book p.65

Main Aims

To get students practice and produce the functional language of apology.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide students with a listening practice for specific information in context of apologising to the others

Procedure (37-45 minutes)

Lead-in (5 minutes) • To introduce the topic and to create interset in the topic

-The teacher will ask the students to list three reasons why they might need to apologise to someone. - Students will work in pairs. - Pairs will be exchanged to compare their lists with a new partner.

Pre-Listening (5 minutes) • To provide practice in predicting content and prepare the students for the recording

- The teacher will present 3 photos of Eddy who is talking to his mum , his producer and his agent. -The teacher will ask the students to predict the content of each picture. - Students will work in groups. - Students will check their answers in open class

While-Listening1 (5 minutes) • To provide practice in listening for gist

The teacher will ask the students to work in pairs to listen for the recording to: - Check their predictions. - Number the photos according to the order of what they hear first. -The students will check their answers with the teacher.

While-Listening 2 (7-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed listening tasks

-The students will listen to the recording . - The students will tick the true and false sentences. - The students will check their answers in pairs - The students will report back the answers to the teacher

Post-Listening (10-15 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

-The students in pairs will match sentences in question 4a (1-16) to meanings (a - c) - The teacher will check their answers with the whole class. - The teacher will write examples of the sentences on the whiteboard which are: 1. I`m sorry that I didn`t get back to you sooner. 2. I`m sorry about this afternoon. 3. I`m sorry for borrowing money. - The teacher will provide the use and the form of each functional exponent by eliciting. - The students will be engaged in choral drilling where they would practice linking words.

Free Practice activity (10-15 minutes) • To provide a fluency practice using target language

- The students will work in pairs - The teacher will ask students to make a conversation using the functional language of apologising. - The students will practice it . - The teacher will monitor the students while they are writing. - The students will act their conversation in front of the class.