7. Establish dialogues with the pair that chose your product and the pair that presented the product you chose. Exchange suggestions. Before working on this activity, you may give students some time to review the information they prepared during the previous session (questions, descriptions, expressions). Suggest that they also reread the models in this unit to review phrases for starting and ending exchanges, and to check the information provided in the Learning to Know section on page 111 in their books. Once they are ready, read instructions aloud and have them exchange suggestions about products with their classmates. Differentiated Instruction For this activity you can use the Group Based on Goals Strategy allowing struggling students to write a draft for the dialogue and read it instead of improvising. Make sure you check the draft before they use it.
6 Use the questions and the notes you wrote on the previous page to rehearse a dialogue to exchange information about your product with your partner. Monitor his/her pronunciation.
ICT Box If possible, use an online dictionary to check how words are pronounced. Click the sound icon after the word, listen and then repeat the word yourselves.
7 Establish dialogues with the pair that chose your product and the pair that presented the product you chose. Exchange suggestions. Be sure to include: • phrases to start and end a dialogue
Reader What did Lisa’s mom like particularly about the gift? (pp. 13-15)
• the questions you wrote in Activity 3, page 12 • the expression you chose from Activity 5, page 12 • words and expressions to make suggestions
Step 4
• Create a chart with expressions that you can use in your dialogue. Self-evaluation (Check the box or boxes.) To exchange suggestions about a product in a dialogue, I... asked questions to obtain more information about others’ products. Dialogue to Exchange Suggestions
Ask students if Lisa’s mom liked the stereo (yes, she even cried when she saw it). Then,
gave information about my product. used alternatives to give suggestions.
Tip: If you are still not very confident to exchange suggestions in a dialogue, you may prepare notes with useful expressions and relevant information. Have them at hand in case you need them.
ask if she mentioned something else about the gift (she appreciated that Lisa used her time and energy to buy the gift). You can ask students if they appreciate only the physical gifts or also the time and effort that people spent to make or buy the gift. Product: Dialogue to Exchange Suggestions As you may recall, in this unit students will exchange suggestions to buy or sell products in a short dialogue. In this lesson, students will create a chart with expressions they are likely to use in their dialogues. Have them leaf through the pages of the unit to choose them. Make sure they write the use of each expression in the headings of the chart, (e.g., Use: greet / Expression: hello). Self-evaluation You could read the statements in the box together to make sure everybody understands what they need to self-evaluate. If necessary, go back to some of the previous activities so students understand what each statement refers to. Read the tip provided and make sure to offer individual support to those students who detected areas of opportunity. How can I improve my English pronunciation? Ask the question and encourage students to describe the strategy they learned in this lesson (monitoring pronunciation by checking lips, tongue, and teeth position).
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Achievement
Exchange suggestions in a dialogue.
Teaching Guidelines
• Monitor word pronunciation and groups of enunciation. • Play the role of an interlocutor.
Development 6. Use the questions and the notes you wrote on the previous page to rehearse a dialogue to exchange information about your product with your partner. Monitor his/her pronunciation. You may suggest students to continue working with the same partner to perform this oral practice. Read instructions aloud and have them focus on their partner’s pronunciation. ICT Box Promote the development of digital abilities on students by suggesting them to perform this task. Have them focus on using them to foster communication and collaboration among them.
Unit 1 • Activity Book p. 13
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