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Lesson 10: Giving advice [functions, vocabulary, reading, writing]
Dec 31st
There are countless ways of preparing a lesson on giving advice. This is not just another one, for at least three reasons:
- It’s a lot more authentic, and it lets students look for possible solutions themselves.
- Its final focus is writing – by using the functional language in an e-mail, students gain extra practice.
- It is more compact – the whole lesson relies more on students “noticing” the phrases in use in website articles than on restricted practice activities.
The website used here is Ehow.com – which features lots of “how-to” articles available for free. For extended practice, wikihow.com lets students edit their own advice articles – which could become a whole project involving research, editing and publishing an article.
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Lesson 3: Saying Thank You [reading, writing, vocabulary / functions]
Dec 30th
The idea for this lesson is not completely serious. Neither is the main focus: the website which learners are encouraged to visit features short, creative thank-you notes addressed to very random objects and people…Nonetheless, it’s an exciting lesson for a group which enjoys creativity and wandering off the beaten track once in a while.
The writing activity can be prolonged and expanded into writing not one, but several notes – then maybe turned into a competition for the best (craziest, nicest…?) thank-you note! The lesson will work nice, even with a strong Pre-Int group.
