Muhammad Jawad Muhammad Jawad

Functional Language (Traveling)
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson students are going to learn how to make suggestions and respond to them in the context of traveling. After setting the context teacher asks students to tell how they come to their institution. Later further exposure is provided through a listening lesson and the highlighted structures are clarified and drilled for meaning form and pronunciation. Then Students do controlled speaking practice and the freer one to wrap up the lesson.

Materials

Abc Hand Outs
Abc Multimedia projector
Abc Visuals
Abc Whiteboard

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of language used for suggestions in the context of of traveling

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of traveling
  • To provide clarification of take in the context of traveling

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (4-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T asks about problems of living in Istanbul and tries to elicit the words like crowded and travelling to link with the context of commuting in the previous lesson T asks the students where they live and how they come to the ITI T explains how he comes to the ITI by eliciting as many words from the students as possible Students are asked to talk in pairs and ask each other how they come to the ITI T takes feedback where T focuses on the suitable functional language T then sets the context of a weekend outing for eliciting / clarifying the expression of 'Let's'

Exposure (5-6 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

T explains how he comes to the ITI by eliciting as many words from the students as possible Students are asked to talk in pairs and ask each other how they come to the ITI to report back later

Highlighting (6-7 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

T takes feedback where one student reports back how his/her partner comes to ITI T focuses on the suitable functional language T then sets the context of a weekend outing for eliciting / clarifying the expression of 'Let's' T asks CCQs for checking the concept of Let's by asking questions like Do I go alone? Do you all go? Do we all go?

Clarification (8-9 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T checks on the pronunciation of the words learnt T drills the sentence stress in smaller groups and in pairs T presents and drills the intonation patterns T writes on the board the example structures T asks CCQs

Controlled Practice (5-7 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Students arrange the jumble words in pairs to practice the form of the sentences in pairs Students arrange the sentences of a dialogue in order in pairs

Semi-Controlled Practice (7-8 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

Students work in pairs to give suggestions to their partners while using the information from the given hand outs

Free Practice (5-8 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Students are divided in small groups to ask each other about their weekend plans They give suggestions and respond T monitors and corrects any mistakes

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