Listening    Speaking    Reading    Grammar   Writing
	
Topic:  Going on a blind date

Instructor:
Nho Tae Hee	Level:
Intermediate	Students:
5	Length:
30 Minutes	

Materials: White board
             Cards including 18 idioms

Worksheet including 18 sentences
Listening CD including profiles 	

Aims: (Main Aim) To enable Ss to improve their listening skills by having Ss discuss the      
culture of blind dating in context to exposing Ss to learn the use of figurative  language. 

(Secondary Aim)Ss will talk about blind dates by having Ss do match idioms, engaged in listening dictation of four people.

(Personal Aim)I want to more confident to teaching in class.	

Language Skills: (Speaking)Ss will talk about the blind dating and what qualities they are looking for in a person.
                           
(Writing)Ss will be engaged in dictation.
                           
(Listening)Ss will listen about each other’s personal desires in an effort to find a compatible match.
                           
(Reading)Ss will read the worksheets and will read the listening script belonging to Chris, 	

Language Systems: (Lexis)Compatible, blind date
                                 
(Phonology)None to Discuss
                                 
                                 (Grammatical)None to Discuss
        
                                 (Function)Asking people out on a date, inviting people over.       . 
(Discourse)18 idiomatic expressions such as “Castles in the Air” 

Assumptions: All Ss have had a significant romantic relationship before or know someone who has.
                     Ss have positive as well as negative experiences with romance or know 
                      .
                     Most Ss have been on a blind date.
                     Most Ss know to express positive and negative qualities in people..	

Anticipated Problems and Solutions:(Problem)Due to time management, Ss must learn                 
              18 idioms in the pre-activity which they might have too many questions for me to answer.. If they still have questions, I will answer the questions during
              Break time or after school. 
              
             (Problem)For the dictation exercise, the radio might fail due to a blackout
              in electricity. – (Solution)I will turn myself into the human radio and have a 
              Ss control me with the help of the class to stop and rewind of course, giving Ss only 3 minutes total time to get through the listening.

References: 	

Lead-In	
Materials: White board
                 Markers	
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk	
3 min	T-wc
	Answering 	Hi, everyone. How was your weekend? Soojin, when was the last time you went to a buffet? Lily, when was the last time you went to Jejudo? 	

Pre-Activity	
Materials: White board 
                Markers
Cards
Worksheet 	
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk	
7 min
(2)

(5)	T-wc	

Grouping
Worksheet 
	(Eliciting) What matters the most when you look for a partner for life?  
(Elicit the important qualities and write them on the board.)
(CCQ)Is meeting an acquaintance is blind date? Is meeting a stranger is blind date? 
Ok, today we’re going to talk about blind date. We will listen to some people who are looking for their life partners. But first, we will learn some idioms the speakers use. 
(Instruction)Work as a group. Match the first part of each sentence with the second part containing idioms.  
                  You’ll have 3 minutes.
(ICQ)What are you going to do? Who are you working with? How much time do you have? 
(Instruction)I don’t want you to start before I say begin.
(ICQ)Are you going to start before I say begin?
I monitor and answer the students if they ask some questions. Give time warning: 30 seconds left. Give 1 more minute if they need it.  
Check answers: Let the students write the correct answers on the board.
Elicit the meanings from students. Explain the meaning if necessary.	

Main Activity	
Materials:White board
               Markers
               Listening CD including profiles of 4 people 
              Wall chart of the profile 
              CD Player 	
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk	
26min
(3*4)

(5)

(5)

(4)

	T-wc
	Listening

Grouping
Worksheet 
	(Instruction)Listen to the 4 speakers. 
(Show the picture of speaker 1 and play track 1. The profile includes idioms the Ss had been taught in Pre Activity. Same for speakers 2,3&4. 
If the blackout takes place, the teacher becomes the ‘human radio’ or let the Ss read the script of profiles.)
(Instruction)Now you think and fill the wall chart of the profile of speaker you listened to. You’ll work in a group.
(ICQ)What are you supposed to think about? Are you working in pairs? 
(Instruction)I don’t want you to start before I say begin.
(ICQ)Are you going to start before I say begin?
Compare thoughts with other group. 
(Instruction)Make another group. Now choose one who has the shortest hair in your group. He/she cannot see the paper attached to the whiteboard including a profile of a woman. The others go and see the paper and tell the content to the student who has the shortest hair and he/she writes the profile of a woman.
(ICQ)What are you supposed to do? Are you working alone? How much time do you have? 
(Instruction)I don’t want you to start before I say begin.
(ICQ)Are you going to start before I say begin?	

Post Activity	
Materials:White Board
Markers	
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk	
4 min
	T-wc	Listening 	(Instruction)Have a ‘speed-dating’.  Introduce yourself to your classmate and switch the place and introduce yourself to another classmate. 
(ICQ)What are you going to do? Are you working in pairs? How much time do you have?
(Instruction)I don’t want you to start before I say begin.
(ICQ)Are you going to start before I say begin?	
SOS Activities 	
Materials: 	
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk