Question

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Practise giving advice to your partner

Answer 1

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• Lesson Type & Subject: Giving Advice to a friend in a letter.

  Materials Needed: 4 Handouts; Teacher’s Notebook; Problem cards (WE2 Ch 11) Grammar

  Handout Homework!

  Lesson Objective: Learn phrases to give advice to others. Write a letter giving a friend advice for

  his/her problem.

  Assumptions: Ss have seen the conditional before. Ss have had a class on basic letter writing

  format before (dear name, …paragraphs... sincerely, Katrina).

  Anipated Problems & Solutions:

  Problem1 – Ss have not seen the conditional before.

  Solution 1 – briefly write “If I were you I would /you should/could ______” on the board for

  them to fill in the blanks.

  Problem 2 – Minji and Yong-suk will talk too much in Korean.

  Solution 2 – Pair them differently. Ask them to change seats.

  Strategy

  1

  Interaction Patterns

  T>S & S>T

  Timing

  25 min.

  Purpose of Procedure: Present topic of stating problems and asking for advice.

  Prace saying “I have a problem…. What do you think I should do?” in different

  ways.

  Presentation: Introduce “I have a problem” phrases

  1) T starts class with “Hey guys. Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it! I have a big problem!

  Last night, while my roommate was sleeping, I accidently broke his brand new Wii!

  I don’t know what to do. I haven’t seen him yet. What do you think I should do?

  2) Ss respond.

  3) T introduces topic. We’re going to talk about problems and giving advice for

  solutions.

  4) T asks Ss “How can you ask for advice?” Write list on board

  5) T writes equation: (Problem) + What do you think I should do?/What do you

  suggest? What would you do (in this situation)? On the board.

  Prace: Ss tell each other that they have a problems.

  1) T instructs Ss to express problems to their partner: “(Name) I have a problem,

  ____Choose from envelope)______, (phrase from board).” Example: Kyung-bum,

  I’m having a hard time learning English. What do you think I should do?

  2) Ss prace in pairs. Express 2-3 problems each.

  Strategy

  2

  Interaction Patterns

  T>S & S>T & S>S

  Timing

  30 min.

  Purpose of Procedure: To fill in the handout with needed information in order to

  write 2 paragraphs about giving advice to a friend tonight.
• IES Mid-Basic [W/G]

  Month 2 – Day 4

  Presentation: Introduce Different Ways to Give Advice.

  1) T writes Different Ways to give advice on the board. (see homework handout)

  2) T goes over Have you thought about….? Why don’t you ….?

  Production: Ss express a problem and give each other advice

  1) T distributes handouts

  2) Ss work alone for a few minutes writing answers for their partner’s problems.

  3) S (a) expresses problem. S (b) gives advice.

  4) Ss work back and forth until hand out is completed.

  5) T monitors Ss and makes corrections to their written work as need be.

  Strategy

  3

  Interaction Patterns

  T>S & S>T

  Timing

  5 min.

  Purpose of Procedure: To correct mistakes, address questions and review homework

  for the night.

  Language Check / Homework review

  1) T writes errors she has heard during the class on the board (erroneous sentences or

  commonly mispronounced words, etc). Ss write down incorrect sentences in their notebook.

  2) Ss collectively attempt to make needed corrections to the erroneous sentences. By

  reading the sentences out loud in the correct way. If correct, S writes corrections on the

  board. T corrects troublesome sentences on the board if Ss are unable to find the mistake on

  their own. Ss write corrections in their book

  3) T reviews homework assignment. Any questions? (GRAMMAR HANDOUT)