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At a Glance
Students will: ü practice
speaking in front of a group ü practice
listening skills ü participate in unstructured group conversation |
Purpose: Discuss motivation for various behaviours; vocabulary and process of reasoning in English; to respond to questions; to practice listening; to ask questions. Materials: Handout Preparation: 5 minutes (to photocopy handout) Time: 60 – 90 minutes (depends on length of presentations & number of students in class) |
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Teacher’s
Notes |
Procedure: This
conversation lesson is especially adapted to upper level students and
open-ended discussions. A certain
amount of structure is important when discussing such complex subjects. 1.
Activate vocabulary by having
students mention various important world events that have happened in the
past 10-15 years. 2.
Activate the structure (sentence
clauses) by taking the students’ suggestions and writing statements on the
board which they can finish. For
example: The Berlin Wall was torn
down quickly, … 3.
Distribute the handout and have
students in groups of 3-4. Each group
should think of at least five questions on two of the subjects listed. Groups can also think of their own topic
and develop questions for it. 4.
Once the surveys have been developed,
put students in pairs with someone from another group. Have the students interview each other and
discuss the questions on the survey.
The interviewer should take notes on the responses. 5.
Put students back in their original
groups to discuss their findings. 6.
A spokesperson can report on the main
findings or on particularly controversial questions. |
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