Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students are reluctant to work in groups.

- Encourage students to work in pairs and in groups so that they can help each other.

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

Students may lack vocabulary to deliver a speech

- Explain expectations for each task in detail.

- Continue to explain task expectations in small chunks (before every activity).

- Provide vocabulary and useful language before assigning tasks

- Encourage students to work in groups so that they can help each other.

Date of teaching

Unit 8: NEW WAYS TO LEARN

Lesson 1: Getting started – New learning activities

*Warm-up: Game “Kahoot!”

*Listen and Read

Task 1: Listen and read.

Task 2: Match the verbs with the nouns to make phrases in Task 1

- watch a video

- prepare materials

- do a project

- search information

- take notes

- discuss a topic

Task 3: Read the conversation again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

Task 4: Complete each of the following sentences with ONE word from the conversation.

*Survey

*Homework

Stage

Stage aim

Procedure

WARM-UP

- To stir up the atmosphere and activate students’ knowledge on the topic new learning activities

- To set the context for the listening and reading part

- To enhance students’ skills of cooperating with teammates.

GAME: Kahoot!

*T asks Ss to log into the game and answer the 6 questions in the game. The student with the most correct answers wins the game.

**Link to the game: https://create.kahoot.it/share/new-learning-activities/e8e880dc-82c5-49f2-b944-747e2451e166

T declares the winner of the game.

***T shows on the slide again 6 words and lets students guess the theme of lesson today: NEW LEARNING ACTIVITIES

****T gives relevant comments on the students’ answers.

Answers:

 1. Group work

2. Pairwork

3. Presentation

4. Debate

5. Projects

6. Experiment

Lead-in: “These days, we have experienced a number of new  learning activities and apply them in studying. Our lesson today is about New learning activities.

PRESENTATION

To get students revise collocations related to the topic

VOCABULARY:  GAME “WHO IS FASTER?”

TASK 1: MATCH THE VERBS WITH THE NOUNS TO MAKE PHRASES. (Activity 3, p. 87)

*T divides the class into 2 groups. Each group receives a pack of 6 cards, on which verbs are written.

**T sticks 6 phrases on the board. One representative of each group goes to the board as fast as possible to stick their verb cards next to the phrases on the board to make correct phrases.

Each correct phrase gets 1 point.

The winner is the group with more correct phrases.  

****T gives correction

***T asks Ss to copy these phrases into their notebooks

Answers:

Watch a video

Prepare materials

Do a project

Search information

Take notes

Discuss a topic