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ISIS Group syllabus lesson created by ISIS staff. (York,UK, 2012). — 16 pages.
By the end of the lesson learners will have had practice using the second conditional and used this structure when giving advice
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Lesson 5 Pre-Intermediate Grammar Computer Says Yes AIMS: By the end of the lesson learners will have had practice using the second conditional and used this structure when giving advice MATERIALS: Reading text. Worksheet:1. Mingling activity cards with felt-tip pens (TO WRITE ON LAMINATES). Communicative activity cards. Casino Money. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Board the following 3 questions: ‘How often do you use a computer?’ ‘What do you use it for?’ ‘What do your friends and family use a computer for?’ Tell students to discuss their answers in groups of 3/4. Conduct brief class feedback. Brainstorm words connected with computers and put any new vocabulary on the board. Students can do this in pairs before class feedback. Words that are in the text may some up e.g. software, links, lap top etc Board ‘(1)__________ thinks computers are good fun.’ ‘(2)________ thinks computers are important for everything.’ ‘(3)___________ thinks computers are not as good as books.’ Hand out text. Give students a 3 minute time limit to read this as it is only a gist reading. Let pairs check answers prior to class feedback. Ans: (1) Adrian (2) Mandy (3) Jeremy Now students read article again and do Exercise 1. Pairs talk then feedback. Get students to justify how they know it’s true of false with reference to the text. Ans: (1) F (2) F (3) F (4) T (5) T (6) T Focus students’ attention on Exercise 2. Let pairs discuss it before feedback. (Ans:Imaginary) Now ask students to do Exercise 3 and underline more 2nd conditionals in text. They then complete the rule in the box. Students check their answers in pairs before class feedback. Ans: If + past simple + would/would not + verb) Drill some sentences from the text, drawing attention to the contracted forms. Students do exercise 4, underlining correct word in pairs. Feedback. Ans: (2) would pass, worked (3) lived, wouldn’t come (4) would come, asked (5) was, would go (6) would give, knew Ask students do gap fill Exercise 5. Pairs check before class feedback. Monitor and insist students use contractions where possible. Ans: (2) Would you do, ran (3) would talk, were (4) would do, had (5) didn’t have, wouldn’t buy (6) would you invite, won Now give students one question each from the question sheet 1-4. Ask them to fill in the missing verbs (WITH FELT TIP PENS). Monitor and assist. Now students mingle and ask as many students their question as possible. Ensure students give full answers. Monitor to ensure that students give full answers. Brief class feedback. Give students cut up the cards from sheets 5-7 and students sit in groups of 4. They take turns to turn over a card from the face-down pile and read out the problem on it. The others then give advice of what they would do, beginning “If I were you, I’d …….” Ensure they go round giving advice starting with the person on the left of the “card reader” each time. After each of the 3 students has given advice to the reader, the reader must award the card to the best advisor. The object of the game is to be awarded the most cards. Note errors as they speak. Error Correction. Pick out about 6 sentences from the presentations in which students made errors. Put them on the board and give them a few minutes to correct the sentences in pairs. Go through the corrections on the board. AT THIS POINT CHECK STUDENTS HAVE WRITTEN IN THE NEW VOCAB INTO THE CORRECT SPACES IN THEIR STUDENT WORK BOOKS. FLICK THROUGH A FEW OF THEIR BOOKS TO MAKE SURE IT IS UP TO DATE. Lesson 5 Pr