One on one checkpoint

One on one checkpoint

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  Preparation Level Pre-intermediate Lesson Length 45 mins ObjectiveTo teach the vocabulary of telephone conversations and get student more comfortable talking without seeing body/facial expressions. Target Language  Hello/Good Morning/Afternoon  I’d like to speak to…  Who’s calling please?  Could you hold on?  Could you repeat that please? The connection is very bad  Would you like to leave a message?  Could you spell that please?  What is your number?  It was a pleasure talking to you. Assumed Knowledge The student knows basic grammar, conjugations and vocabulary. He may be familiar with some of the phrases above. However, some may be new to him and some he may know but says it incorrectly. Anticipated Problems My student is a visual learner, and without the bodily/facial feedback he can see from someone else, he has a more difficult time understanding English. Solutions We have to start off speaking very slowly, and then repeat the exercises, increasing in speed every time until he becomes comfortable and understands what is happening. Preparation and Aids Flash cards, audio recordings of telephone conversations Lesson Plan Stage Activity Interaction Timing 1 Warm-up: talk about what we did over the weekend T-S S-T 5 mins 2 Presentation: Go through the flashcards of the phrases (Target Language) that I have prepared. Explain and translate each one to the student. T-S S-T 10 mins 3 Audio: Listen to one or two of the audio recordings of phone conversations. First listen to it very slowly, helping the student with words he cannot understand. Then listen to them again, at a faster speed, again telling the students the words he cannot pick out. Finalize it by going over it once more. The student should understand the majority now. Audio 20 mins 4 Practice: Written: My student would be given worksheets that had a one sided dialogue with someone on the telephone. He would have to appropriately respond to the conversation. S 5 mins 5 Production: The student and I would then end the lesson with having a conversation between ourselves as if we were business people on the phone together. S-T T-S 5 mins