Beruflich Dokumente
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Activity/Procedure/Stage
Introduce instructors
Interaction
T-Ss
Time
10 mins
Take attendance
1.1 Pre-Stage: Put Get-Together on the board.
Ask Ss what this means, and are there any other
related words (e.g., house party vs. a thing, dinner
party vs. potluck, first date, etc.). Mind map.
Tell Ss one of their classmates, who they are
absolutely going to be friends with, has invited
them to a get-together. Ask Ss if they will know
everyone at the gathering? Y/N? There will
probably be at least one person the Ss will not
know. Tell the Ss they sit down on the couch and a
person they dont know sits next to them. Ask,
What do you do? Sit there awkwardly? Look at
the floor? Ask them questions? Ok, what kind
questions? [Get a few examples from class].
Well, it turns out we are in a get-together right
now. Look, some of you know each other from
previous classes, and some of you dont. So lets
get to know the ones you dont.
1.2 During Stage: Tell Ss we have prepared a list
of questions that are commonly asked when
meeting new people at a get-together. [Go through
one-by-one and give students alternate examples.]
Can you think of any others? Have we missed
any?
T-Ss
Ss-T
15-20 mins
S-S
SS-T
OC
40 mins
Activity 3: Get-Together
Discourse Competence
Ss will demonstrate
knowledge of socially
appropriate Q types,
becoming aware of
culturally specific norms re:
polite/intrusive Qs.
Ss will participate in
relevant cultural exchange
w/ Ts, classmates.
Transition to Wrap-up:
Course goals/Error
Correction
Ss will have gotten to know
each other as a class,
practiced their speaking &
question formation, &
provided substance for
upcoming error correction.
Wrap-up: Error Correction,
Course goals
Community-building.
3.1 Pre-Stage: Ask Ss: So, what kind of Qs
DIDNT we ask? Why? Discussion re: what
kinds of questions are/are not polite/appropriate
in US culture. Are you married? How old are
you? etc. Compare this to Ss own cultures,
modeling or eliciting examples from class.
T-SS
S-S
SS-T
10 mins (if
running out
of time,
move this
to next
class)
T-SS
SS-T
S-T
10 mins
Materials: Board, markers, Interview Worksheet w/ example Qs. Online Student Needs Analysis/Survey link
will be emailed to Ss for HW.
Anticipated Problems & Suggested Solutions:
Ss are familiar w/ one another from a previous course: mix up pairs.
Ss have low energy/are not interacting: expand groups (from pairs to groups of 3), switch from pairs to openclass activity.
Ss struggle with material: model more extensively, give more examples, further grade language.
Contingency Plans (what you will do if you finish early, etc.):
Ss can ask teachers questions. Okay, in the last few minutes, do you have any questions for us? Ss are usually
fairly curious about their teachers.
If Ss are hesitant to ask questions, introduce Answers activity, i.e. teachers write various answers on board
such as 32, pancakes, 9 years. Ss must guess the questions which apply to each answer in pairs/small
groups. How old are you?, What is your favorite food?, How long have you been teaching?.