When in Rome

Lesson plan headings

When in Rome…

Level and number of learners

( 11^th form), 6 ;

Timetable fit

Recent topic work: reading of the texts on the above mentioned topics (skim/scan reading «International Social Skills» p.31; « Going travelling », p.32; listening to the text (recycle) on the 1^st conditional for predicting», p.31; revised the vocabulary.

Recent vocabulary work: word search, verbs and prepositions, suffixes and prefixes; prepositions, synonyms; words and meanings; phrases and meanings; choosing the right words using different verbs to give information, quoting direct speech.

Main aim(s)

By the end of the lesson learners will have practiced speaking

Subsidiary aim

By the end of the lesson learners will have practiced listening to different texts

Personal aims

Making practical steps on how to talk in a formal and informal ways

Assumptions

Learners will know most of the vocabulary in the texts and will be able to speak and write on the topic «Customs and Culture»

Anticipated language problems

Learners might mispronounce or misunderstand some words in the texts

Possible solutions

do pre - listening tasks to help them (pictures, phonetic symbols and the translation of some of the words, ask questions, give synonyms, translate some words into Russian, make questions)

Teaching aids, materials, equipment

OUP «Solutions Upper- Intermediate» SB, 3^rd edition, 2019; ex.5,p.67 from B2 SB; «Gateway» by David Spencer , Macmillan, 2012; pictures from the Internet on the topic; printed copies of the text tasks; a projector; a board; «Foxford» on-line courses on exams 9,11 (lectures1-9) 2020; on-line НИРО courses 2019; Teaching Knowledge Test: Practical, Cambridge

Procedures

Timing

40 minutes

Interaction patterns

Individually, in pairs, as a whole class

Homework

Prepare two shorole plays where you meet someone for the 1^st time – the first is at a formal event, the second is at a friend’s party according to the plan

Timing

Steps/Stage

Procedure

Subsidiary aims

Aids and materials

Interaction pattern

2 minutes

Lead - in

Focus attention on the two photos and ask: What are the people doing?(Introducing/greeting each other)

predicting

Two photos

A – formal/B - informal

Teacher – whole class

2 minutes

Pre - listening

Ask: «How do people greet each other for the first time in your country? What about people who are friends?

To elicit/ introduce the vocabulary of the text to avoid difficulties.

Wordlist on the board

Students discuss it with a partner

3-5 minutes

1^stlistening (Skimming)

Students listen to ex2, p.33 (1.20) to match each extract with a photo.

Checking the general difference between two pictures.

Printed copies for doing task one.

T - Class

3-5 minutes

2^nd listening

(Listening for detail)

Ask students to rewrite the sentences making them formal using words in brackets ex.3, p.33 SB

To find details

Sheets/Bits of paper with the sentences to make them formal

Whole class

3-5 minutes

Vocabulary work (scan listening)

Students listen, stop and write the correct formal /informal vocabulary ex.4,p.33 (1.21)

To write the correct formal /informal vocabulary after each speaker

Copybooks or RG

T –Class checking

3-5 minutes

Matching (scan)

Ask students to listen to more texts and match the situations with the correct speakers in 1.22

To expand vocabulary

Bits of paper

Class - teacher

3-5 minutes

Multiple choice

Ask students to listen to1.22 again and choose the correct answers (a-c)

To choose the correct answer

Ex6,p.33 text copy

S3-S4- etc.

5 minutes

Speaking. Communicative activity

Ask students to write the sentences according to the plan

To get students ready for an informal/formal dialogue

Ex.7., p.33SB

Class work

3 minutes

Set homework

Ask students to make to split into two groups to role-play two situations: at a formal event and at a friend’s party.

By the end of the lesson learners will have practiced in king in making up the difference between formal and informal speech and get to know the right way to behave in real life situations.

board

Ss- T.