hazem hazem

Asking for and Giving Directions
Pre-intermediate level

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide practice of language used for asking for and giving directions in the context of hometown

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide some practice of speaking and listening

Procedure

Verbs for directions (3-5 minutes) • To enusre that students remember some information from the listening track and to allow more practice of verbs used to give directions

As this lesson is a continuation of a previous one, T keeps the context by asking some CCQs about the audio track. These can include, "Were the people lost in the story?", "Did they ask for directions to a stadium or a train station?". and "Did the people in the story get to the station at the end?". T has sts do ex2 p33. T explains the task and distributes HO. T gives sts some time to guess the verbs. T conducts WCFB but does not give answers yet. T plays the audio. Sts check in pairs. T monitors and checks.

Linking phrases of directions to visuals (5-7 minutes) • To offer sts a chance to relate the phrases they have been introduced to to pictures and to practice saying the phrases

T gives each pair a HO of pictures resembling the phrases in ex2 p33. Sts complete the task by writing the numbers of the phrases next to the letters of the pictures. T conducts WCFB and write answers on the board. T demonstrates a new task with one of the sts. T shows a picture to one of the strong sts and asks him/her to say the phrase for the picture. Sts work in pairs. T reduces visibility so that weaker sts do not feel uncomfortable if they make some mistakes. T can possibly change partners if there is time for that. NB: Encouraging sts to memorize these phrases is necessary as they cannot give good directions without them. In addition, the following role play requires good knowledge of these phrases.

Asking for directions (7-9 minutes) • To practice asking questions about directions

T tells an anecdote about himself when once he got lost and elicits from sts how he should ask for directions. At this stage, T does not offer any correction or feedback. T writes on WB, "How to ask for directions:". T asks sts to try and write some questions they can ask about directions. Sts check in pairs. T does not conduct feedback. T distributes slips of paper of three possible ways to ask about directions (from ex4 p33) and asks groups of sts to put the slips of paper in the correct order to form the correct question. T conducts WCFD by providing the correct form of the questions on WB. T drills the class in saying the questions. T removes a word of each question and ask sts to practice with their partners the question with the missing parts. T removes two words and so on. NB:The final part of this stage is intended to provide both fluency and accuracy practice as many sts might find it hard to ask these questions with all the words included.

Reviweing Prepositions of place (2-4 minutes) • To quickly review prepositions of place

T uses some objects/ shows some flashcards/ displays some PPT slides to elicit the prepositions in ex4 p33. T writes the prepositions on WB.

Role play: Asking for and giving directions. (18-20 minutes) • To practice asking and giving directions in real-life situations

T plays a short video about asking for and giving directions as a model. T distributes HO for a map (possibly of an area in the students city/town..). T sets the context. One student is a tourist in Bursa and is lost. The other is going to help the tourist to get directions. Sts ask for and give directions in pairs. T changes pairs every now and then. If there is time, T asks some pairs to role play for the whole class.

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