Speaking Lesson Plan

Marriage

Instructor: Claire		Level: Intermediate		Students: 10 students		Length: 30 minutes

Materials:

10 copies of vocabulary worksheets

Mp3 player with a story (Please marry me!)

10 copies of  yes/no questions worksheet

4 copies of  writing worksheet (3groups)

Board and marker

Aims:

To learn about marriage that they might have in near future by listening a short story and discussing about a marriage.

To learn new vocabulary by which might be useful for students to use in situation.

To practice listening to real-life speech of people by listening a story and classmate’s talking.. the skill to catch the main idea from listening.

To improve writing skill to express their ideas by making and writing their own story which is related  to a topic.

To improve speaking skills by the group/whole class discussion and individual talking.

Language Skills:

Reading:  Vocabulary worksheet

Listening: Speaker’s short speech (short story), other classmate speech.

Speaking: Discussion as a group, individual speech during the post activity about their own      opinion.

Writing:  Answering of vocabulary activity, Creating their own story as a group

Language Systems:

Lexis: Words used in worksheet and the listening passage

Phonology: Listening to the dialog from a story.

Discourse:  sharing opinion of the topic individually and group discussion.

Grammar : None to discuss

Function : talking about their marriage

Assumptions:

Students are adult who thinks about marriage..

Some of student  have  problems with vocabulary of today’s topic.

Students already know the teacher’s style of teaching and the pace of the course.

Students already know how work and discuss when it is time for group work.

Anticipated Errors and Solutions:

-  Student may have problem pronunciation with new vocabulary

→ Clearly read the vocabulary and make them to read after you. You can do this couple of times, if it needed

-  Students may not understanding the meaning of vocabulary

→ Use real life examples to make them to understand with lots of gesture or mime.

- Student might take linger time during the discussion.

→ You can speak your idea first and then select a one of active students to share her/him opinion.

- Running out of time.

→ Cut it and move on. You can give them an answer directly and go to the next activity.

References:

http://www.google.com/

http://www.naver.com

Times media TESOL program book from California state university, Long beach

Lead-In
Materials: board, markers
Time	Set Up	teacher talk
3 min	Whole Class	2 guiding questions. What is your ideal type? What is your favorite place?

Pre-Activity
Materials : Vocabulary worksheet as hand out
Time	Set Up	Procedure:
7 min	Groups	Eliciting Good morning everyone! How was your weekend? What did you eat for lunch or breakfast? Look at this picture! -When you look at this picture, what kind of things pop up in your head? Ok. CCQ -In this context, is this “merry?” -Is marry to live with your spouse? ok. When two people get married, they legally become husband and wife in a special ceremony. Is anyone who already got married or is going to marry? (student will answer yes or no) Okay, today we are going to talk about marriage. (Students might say, wedding ceremony, propose, wedding dress, etc- Write them on the board.) Ⅰ. Pre-exercise: vocabulary Instructions Before we listen to a story, we are going to learn about some important vocabulary for this chapter! I will hand out worksheets. One part is words or idioms and the other part is definitions. Please match one part with a definition. I will give you 3min. Work in group.” (Divide into 3 groups, each with 4members.) ICQ Are you working in group? What are you going to do? How much time do you have? (distribute the Cutted- Idiom Worksheets) Don’t start writing when I give you the paper Please start writing when I say Begin. Explicit ICQ Are you going to start when I give you the paper? Are you going to start when I say begin? “Now begin.” Monitoring Monitor carefully. Answer students if they ask questions. Give time warning : 2 minutes - 1 minute - 30 seconds. (After 3 minutes) Some groups seem to need more time to finish. “Do you need more time?” “I will give 1 more minute.” Give students 1 more minute if they need it. Be flexible with time. (After 1 minutes) “Times up” “Are you finished? Who is the longest hair in your group? Ok, 00 please come out to the front and write down the answer on the board. check the answers and discuss (distribute the Answer Worksheet) “Please check the answers and discuss in your group.” “Did your group get the right answers?” Ok, let’s go through it. Let students read the full sentences. Go through the idioms one by one Elicit the meaning from the students. Explain the meaning if necessary shortly. Okay Everybody well done! Now, we are going to start listening activity!
Main Activity
Materials: Mp3 player , mp3 file of presentation, yes/no questions worksheet(1), dialogue creation worksheet(2).
Time	Set Up		Procedure:
20 min 7 min	Whole Class Whole Class		Ⅰ. Write down your ideal spouse. Instruction I will hand out paper. And then you will write down your ideal spouse on the paper with drawing a picture. If you want to use crayon, I will give it for you. After you finish it, you should come out to the front and explain about your spouse.. Demonstration Look at this picture. He is my future husband. What do you think? I want to meet a very family man like this picture. and my future husband should be good at cook so he always set the table in the morning for me. And he looks like Alex. Have you thought your future spouse? Instruction I will give 4 minutes work individually Don’t start until I say begin ICQ Are you working in group? What are you going to do? How much time do you have? Don’t start writing when I give you the paper Please start writing when I say Begin. Explicit ICQ Are you going to start when I give you the paper? Are you going to start when I say begin? “now begin!!” Run Monitor discreetly Timing (2min, 1min 30s) Time’s up!! Close Ask about their future ideal spouse

Post activity
Materials:
Time	Set Up	Procedure:
10 min	Whole class	Ⅰ. Free Production Instructions Okay, before we close for today we are going to share your opinion about a marriage. Demonstration As far as I know, some people don’t want to get marry these days. How about you, guys? Do you agree or disagree a marriage? Please, try to add reasons so that we can understand your opinion more clearly. Concept Check Qs Are you working with someone or by yourself? What are you speaking about? Instruction I will give 4 minutes work in group Don’t start until I say begin ICQ Are you working in group? What are you going to do? How much time do you have? Don’t start writing when I give you the paper Please start writing when I say Begin. Explicit ICQ Are you going to start when I give you the paper? Are you going to start when I say begin? “now begin!!” Run Monitor discreetly Timing (2min, 1min 30s) Time’s up!! Close Ask about their opinion Error corrections Correct any common errors students make. If there's no error, do Unscramble sentences. Do you have any questions? If there's no further questions, it concludes my lesson and I'll be followed by .