Listening    Speaking    Reading    Grammar   Writing

Topic: TOUR OF　LONDON BY BUS

Lesson Plan Template – TBA Lesson Plan

Instructor: Amy (Ahn mi young)	Level: high intermediate	Students: 5 students	Length: 30 Minutes

Materials:

⦁Pictures of landmarks of London and a brochure of sightseeing tour bus

⦁White board and board markers

⦁Computer for audio file

⦁Vocabulary worksheet (5copies)

⦁Main activity worksheet (5copies)

⦁Post-activity worksheet (5copies)

Aims:

⦁Main aim : Ss will be able to improve their listening skills by listening british accent

and understanding in the episode.

⦁Secondary aim : Ss will be able to talk about their own tour experiences each other.

⦁Personal aim : I want to speak louder and give students clear instructions without

unnecessary talking.

Language Skills:

⦁Reading : Ss will read scripts of topic.

⦁Listening : Ss will listen to the episode with british accent.

⦁Speaking : Ss will discuss "which city would you like to take a tour in? why?"

⦁Writing : Ss will take notes on details when they discuss.

Language Systems:

⦁Phonology : /t/, /o/, /a/

⦁Lexis : New vocabularies in the pre-activity

(open-top bus, attraction, extra, site, wax model, celebrity, parliament, included)

⦁Function : information, announcement

⦁Grammar : present particle and future particle

⦁Discourse : dialogue

Assumptions:

⦁How the class is set up and run

⦁Four language skills and systems

⦁Difference between the present tense and the future tense

Anticipated Errors and Solutions:

⦁They might not know about tourist attractions of London well.

- Make it clear by matching pictures and names of tourist attractions.

⦁The sounds of main audio file may be difficult to understand because it is british

accent

- Play it several times and share it together.

References:

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/tour-london

http://eng.bigbustours.com/london/top-landmarks.html

Lead-In
Materials: None
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
1min	Whole class	Answering teacher's questions	Good morning! How are you today? Do you have a plant to travel overseas for this summer vacation?

Pre-Activity
Materials : Visual aid, White board, Board markers, worksheet #1
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
3min 5min 4min	Whole class		Procedure 1. Brain storming Elicit (Show the students some pictures of landmarks of London) "Look at these pictures, do you know where these places are?" "If you visit London England, Will you take a tour by bus? or not? Why?" Model "Today, you will take a tour of London by bus to see famous sites in London by listening this episode." (Write 'Tour of London by bus' on the white board.) CCQ Is London in Italy? Can you tell me some landmarks in London? 2. New vocabularies Instruction "We are going to learn the new vocabularies before listening. I will give you a worksheet for the words and meanings. Please draw a line to match up them together." (Distribute the worksheet #1) Demonstration "Please look at the paper, let's read the meaning number 1 together." "What is the word of the first meaning? yes, very good, please draw a line to..." "Okay, let's do all the questions by yourself. If you need help, you can ask me. I will give you 3 min." ICQ what do you do with the worksheet? Are you working in group? How much time do you have? "Let's get it started." Monitoring Monitor discreetly. Answer students if they ask questions. Give time warning: 1minute 30seconds left. (Be flexible with time. Give 1 more minute if they need it.) "Okay, time's up, let's check answers together." Check answers " Let's read the meaning one by one and answer together." (explain more if needed)

Main Activity
Materials : Computer for listening, worksheet #2, worksheet #3
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
3min 6min 4min	Pairs Individually	Listening Students check answers	1. Prediction Instruction "I will give you another worksheet. Before you listen, there are tourist attractions of London. Guess what place is it with your partners, and fill in the blanks with the correct name from the list bellow. work together with your partners. I will give you 4minutes to finish." (Distribute the worksheet #2) Demonstration "Look at the paper, and we do first one together." What do you think it is? right, it is..." ICQ What do you write in blanks? Are you working in group? How mush time do you have? "Ready go!" Monitoring Monitor discreetly. Answer students if they ask questions. Give time warning: 1minute 30seconds left. (Be flexible with time. Give 1 more minute if they need it.) 2. Listening for the main idea. Instruction I will give you a worksheet. While you listen, write a number (1~8) in the blanks to put these places in order that the tour bus will visit them and then choose the best word to complete sentences. You will listen to it twice continuously. ICQ What do you write in the blanks? How many times will you listen? Do you have a pause while you listen? (play the audio file without pausing or stopping) Check answers "Now, check your answer together." Check answers with teacher.

Post Activity
Materials: worksheet #4
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
3min 3min	Group Whole class	Students in groups talk about the discussion topic Students prepare the speech Answer elicited questions of today's lesson	1. Free production Instruction " Now, I will give you a worksheet and we will have discussion in two groups. Each group will discuss - Which city would you like to take a tour in? why? I will give you 5 minutes to discuss. take notes on the worksheet and then talk about each of your partner's opinion." (Distribute worksheet #4) ICQ What do you need to discuss? Are you working in group? How much time do you have? "Let's start." Monitoring Monitor discreetly. Answer students if they ask questions. Give time warning: 1minute 30seconds left. (Be flexible with time. Give 1 more minute if they need it.) "Okay, time's up, let's check answers together." Feedback "It is time to listen to other group's report. Please report your partner's opinion to other students one by one. Other students have to pay attention to the speaker." 2. Conclude Lesson Summarize today's lesson by checking new vocabulary and the contents in the text. Then do error correction about grammar and pronunciation during discussion and speech. "Class, will you consider traveling to London by city tour bus? If so, Don't forget your umbrella. alright, thank you for participating in class and have a good day."

SOS Activity
Materials : Computer for listening, worksheet #5
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
3min 4min	Individually Whole class	Students listen to the tour guide and fill in the blanks in the worksheet. Students check the answer.	1. Fill in the blanks Instruction "Now, we are going to listen it one more time. You have to fill in the blanks with the right words while listening. Work individually." (Distribute the worksheet #6) ICQ Do you fill in the blanks while you listen or after? Are you working in group? How many time will you listen? (Teacher plays the audio file.) "Do you need to listen again?" If so, play it one more time. Check answer " Let's check your answer together. Please read aloud each sentences correctly by all students in rotation." Go through the all the answers in the worksheet #5

Visual Aid

Attractions of London

Welcome to Big Bus London

worksheet #1

New vocabularies

1) open-top bus	⦁	⦁	the group of people who make or change its laws, and decide what policies the country should follow
2) attraction	⦁	⦁	a piece of ground that is used for a particular purpose or where a particular thing happens
3) extra	⦁	⦁	a famous person, made out of wax
4) site	⦁	⦁	someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
5) wax model	⦁	⦁	is something that people can go to for interest or enjoyment, for example a famous building.
6) celebrity	⦁	⦁	an amount, person, or thing that is added to others of the same kind
7) parliament	⦁	⦁	a person or thing is part of the group of people or things that you are talking about.
8) included	⦁	⦁	a bus, usually but not exclusively a double-decker bus, which has been built without a roof

worksheet #2

▶ Do this exercise before listening. There are tourist attractions of London. Guess what place is it.

( )	( )		( )
( )		( )
( )	( )		( )

Big Ben	London bus	London Eye	Tower of London
Oxford street	Tower Bridge	Houses of parliament	Buckingham Palace

worksheet #3

▶ Write number(1~8) to put these places in order that the tour bus will visit them.

Oxford street	( )
Madame Tussauds, Museum	( )
Tower of London	( )
London Eye	( )
Houses of parliament	( )
Buckingham Palace	( )
Big Ben	( )
Tower Bridge	( )

▶ Check the best word to complete these sentences.

1. The tour takes 2 / 3 / 4 hours.

2. At Madame Tussauds Museum you can see maps of London / models of famous people / famous shop

3. Oxford Street is a famous street for drinking tea / eating / shopping

4. The Queen lives at Buckingham Palace / Tower of London / Tower bridge

5. Big Ben is a tour guide / clock / bridge

6. You can see great views of London from Oxford street / Houses of Parliament / London Eye

worksheet #4

Discussion topic

▶ Which city would you like to take a tour in? why?

worksheet #5

Tour guide:  ________, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this fantastic tour of London by bus. My name’s Greg and I’m your guide this afternoon on our tour of London. As you can see, we’re on an ________, so you can see all the attractions from your seat and you don’t need to ____ anywhere. And please don’t worry about the rain, I’m sure it’ll stop soon. A-a-and please ____ any questions at any time.

Tourist 1: I have a question.

Tour guide: Yes?

Tourist 1: Do you have ____ umbrellas? I mean, if it rains a lot.

Tour guide: Err, no, we don’t have any extra umbrellas, but don’t worry, I’m sure the rain will stop soon. Right, OK, so where are we going on our wonderful tour? Well, the tour takes two hours and we are going to visit all the famous sites. First we’ll see Madame Tussauds, the museum with wax models of famous people and _____, then we’ll ____ along the most famous shopping street in the world, Oxford Street. After that we’ll see the famous clock Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament. As we drive ____________ you’ll see the popular attraction, the London Eye, from which you can see the whole city on a sunny day. Then we’ll see Tower Bridge and the ____ Tower of London before arriving at Buckingham Palace, just in time for a cup of tea with the Queen.

Tourist 2: Is that ____________? A cup of tea with the Queen?

Tour guide: Err, well, no, _______, but there’s a lovely café near the palace where you can get a cup of tea.

Tourist 1: I have another question.

Tour guide: Yes?

Tourist 1: Can we have our money back? We’re getting off the bus.

Tour guide: Err, well, you see ... Quick! Run! Everyone off the bus!

Script

Tour guide:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this fantastic tour of London by bus. My name’s Greg and I’m your guide this afternoon on our tour of London. As you can see, we’re on an open-top bus, so you can see all the attractions from your seat and you don’t need to walk anywhere. And please don’t worry about the rain, I’m sure it’ll stop soon. A-a-and please ask any questions at any time.

Tourist 1: I have a question.

Tour guide: Yes?

Tourist 1: Do you have extra umbrellas? I mean, if it rains a lot.

Tour guide: Err, no, we don’t have any extra umbrellas, but don’t worry, I’m sure the rain will stop soon. Right, OK, so where are we going on our wonderful tour? Well, the tour takes two hours and we are going to visit all the famous sites. First we’ll see Madame Tussauds, the museum with wax models of famous people and celebrities, then we’ll drive along the most famous shopping street in the world, Oxford Street. After that we’ll see the famous clock Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament. As we drive along the river you’ll see the popular attraction, the London Eye, from which you can see the whole city on a sunny day. Then we’ll see Tower Bridge and the famous Tower of London before arriving at Buckingham Palace, just in time for a cup of tea with the Queen.

Tourist 2: Is that included in the tour? A cup of tea with the Queen?

Tour guide: Err, well, no, not exactly, but there’s a lovely café near the palace where you can get a cup of tea. (Sound of a storm right overhead, loud thunder and very heavy downpour)

Tourist 1: I have another question.

Tour guide: Yes?

Tourist 1: Can we have our money back? We’re getting off the bus.

Tour guide: Err, well, you see ... Quick! Run! Everyone off the bus! ...