Appendix IV
Class
Primary 6
LESSON 2 :THE DIALOGUE
LESSON PLAN
Initial information
Time
45 min
Date
08/05/2003
Title/Topic
A conversation between a
hotel receptionist and a client.
AIMS
To help students understand natural conversation used for real purposes. To help
them understand both the interactional and transactional uses of dialogue and to be
able to listen flexibly according to their purpose. To help them integrate listening
with other skills and understand the difference between oral and written language.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
relate what they already know about a situation to new knowledge
understand the topic of the conversation
listen for general information
understand the relationship between people according to the way they talk to
each other
listen for detail
produce oral language out of notes
transfer what they have learnt to written language
Students’ background: There are 19 students in the class. They are all aged 12.It is a
mixed ability class with some children attending afternoon classes and others who do
not. There are many who underachieve and look indifferent. Students are usually
exposed to dialogues which are well prepared and sound unnatural.
Anticipated problems: Some students might not have stayed in a hotel so the teacher
will have to provide some additional information. As they are not used to natural
spoken language which incorporates mistakes, false starts and other features
distinctive of authentic dialogues, they might be surprised. Finally, they believe they
have to understand everything and if they fail to catch something they will probably
be in panic.
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