Daily (English) Conversation Lesson

40Min.

1,400 P

Speaking What are your interests?

Kursinhalt

Lesson Plan: Daily (English) Conversation

Lesson Type: Speaking
Duration of Lesson: 40 minutes
Level of Students: C1/C2 adults

Nationality of Students: mostly Japanese, some students come from neighbouring countries

Possible Challenges:

More advanced expressions will not make sense within the grammar of the students' native language

Students may be tempted to alter or misconjugate set phrases or expressions in order to better understand them

Students might need extra prompting or eliciting to speak fluently about their own interests, especially in a second language

Aim

To increase students' self-confidence when discussing their own interests by conversing with a native speaker

Objectives

To have students complete a diagnostic test in order to assess their strengths and weaknesses (e.g. grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary).
To teach the correct meaning, form and grammar of new and useful vocabulary (and expressions) within the context of an informal conversation in English, about the students' interests

Warmer/Diagnostic Test

Why do you learn English?

What is difficult about speaking English?

What are you doing when speaking English becomes difficult?

Are you confident about using prepositions?
Do you make a lot of errors using plural nouns?

Warmer:

What are your interests?

What was the most interesting English conversation you can remember?

What do you like to learn about? The news? Sports? Science? Fashion?

Pre-teach any vocabulary that might be useful for the next stage in the lesson. Use realia if necessary.

Discussion about news articles

Read and discuss an article about the student's interests
Read a news article (just ONE paragraph) related to the students' interests, share your screen on Zoom.

Interview about the students interests

What do you like most about (interest/hobby)?

How did you start doing (interest/hobby)?

What can you teach me about (interest/hobby)?

Correct grammar, introduce useful expressions, send notes on the lesson to the student.

Answer questions from the student. Send the student a report on the lesson. Ask for feedback.

Cafetalk Rücktrittsregelung

Vor der Bestätigung einer Kursbuchung

Stornierung jederzeit möglich

Nach der Bestätigung einer Kursbuchung

Mehr als 24 Stunden vor Kursbeginn→ Stornierung jederzeit möglich
Weniger als 24 Stunden vor Kursbeginn→ Stornogebühren können anfallen.
No-Show→ Stornogebühren können anfallen.
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