David Norcross
TP 5 - Book, Film, and TV Recommendations - Intermediate level
TP 5 - Book, Film, and TV Recommendations
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of lexis about books and TV in the context of recommendations to friends.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation with friends in the context of recommending books and TV.
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To provide specific information listening practice using a text about books and TV in the context of friends giving each other recommendations.
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To provide gist listening practice using a text about books and TV in the context of friends giving each other recommendations.
Procedure (43-53 minutes)
- Greet Ss, review names and tell them mine. - Show Ss pictures of the 4 books/films they will hear about. Ask Ss to talk in pairs or groups about what they think each is about. Paste the pictures to the board as a consistent visual. - WC feedback, elicit some discussion between Ss from different groups about their ideas.
- Instruct Ss to listen to 4 people describing the books/films and ask them to check whether or not their answers were correct. Instruct them also to listen for whether or not the speaker enjoyed the book/film they're talking about. - Check understanding by asking Ss what they are going to listen for. - Play recording and keep a low profile while Ss listen. (- If necessary, play the recording a second time.) - WC FB, elicit topics of the shows, and ask Ss if they would like to read or watch anything mentioned.
- Instruct Ss to fill in the gaps in the gap-fill with the word or phrase spoken on the recording. Work in pairs. - Listen to the recording again and fill in the blanks. Pause the recording and replay sections, or the whole recording if necessary. Ss check answers in partners. - Pass out answer keys for Ss to check their work.
- Write "a TV show," "both," and "a book" on the board, and ask Ss to stick cards with the TL on them under the right category on the board.
- Tell Ss to match questions to the form of their answers on the board. - Ss come up to the board and work together to match the questions. - Drill pronunciation of the questions briefly, individually and chorally.
- Model sentences for Ss using personal example of House of Cards. - Ask Ss to find their own example(s) and talk about them using TL, including question forms, with a partner. - Monitor unobtrusively, and correct errors in TL by eliciting.
- Remove TL cards from the board, and instruct Ss to find a new partner and talk to them about their book or TV show. - Ss move next to a new partner, asking questions and answering them appropriately. - Monitor and record errors for WC FB.
- Write some incorrect sentences on the board, and asks Ss to correct the with a partner. - WC FB
