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“LIVE ENGLISH
PLANNING UNITS”
Lesson planning:
At the end of every unit students will be able to:
1)Understand oral and written information.
2)Ask for information.
3)Give information.
Unit 1 – “Introductions and greetings,"Hi, there!"About introductions, greetings and personal information: name, address, age, professions, hobbies, family…
Final task:
Students prepare an ADDRESS BOOK with information about their partners. / Unit 2 - “Meet my family”
About their family and abilities.
Final task:
Students prepare an ALBUM with photographs and information about their relatives.
Unit 3 – “This is my home"
About furniture and household.
Final task:
Students have to rent a house. / Unit 4 – “What do you do in the evening?”
About their daily life, routines and the time.
Final task:
Students make an appointment for a meeting.
Unit 5 –“Do you like Pizza?"
About likes, dislikes, offers and abilities.
About free time activities.
About food and drink.
Final task:
Students have a date. / Unit 6 – “Shopping"
About shopping.
About clothes.
About eating habits.
Final task:
Students go to Rinascente shop
Unit 7 – “What´s the matter?"
About physical appearance.
About problems and advice.
About parts of the body and health problems.
Final task:
Students go to the doctor. / Unit 8 – “Tell me a story"
About past events.
About their life story.
Final task:
Final task: write your life story.
Unit 9 – “Have you ever been to Italy?"
About famous sights.
About processes during a period of time up to the present.
Letter writing.
Final task:
Write a letter to an old friend whom you haven´t seen in the last 10 years with news about yourself, the changes in your life and your last holiday. / Unit 10 – “Let´s go to Naples!"
About travel.
About conditions and future actions.
Final task:
Students organize a trip to Naples.
Unit 11 – “The city."
AboutNaples.
About living in the city and in the countryside.
About pollution and traffic.
Final task:
Students write a touristic brochure of their city. / Unit 12 – “I´d like this job."
About jobs.
About talking on the telephone.
About leaving messages.
Final task:
Students write a cv and a letter of application for a job and arrange an interview.
Unit 13 – “The olympics."
About the olympic games.
About sports.
About suggestions and invitations.
Final task:
Students write “The Olympic Gazette”: / Unit 14 – “What’s on TV tonight?"
About the news, television programmes and movies.
About small talk.
Final task:
Students design one day’s television schedule for a new European satellite channel.
Unit 15 – “Top 10 backpacking locations. Holidays."
At the end of this unit students will be able to put into practice all the constructions, grammar and social English they have learnt in this course.
Lesson planning.
Unit 1 – “Introductions and greetings,"Hi, there!"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About introductions, greetings and personal information: name, address, age, professions, hobbies, family…Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students prepare an ADDRESS BOOK with information about their partners.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Introductions.
-Asking for and giving personal information and information about other people.
-Introducing your partner to the group.
-Checking comprehension.
-Describing a photograph and giving personal information.
- Pronunciation: The phonetic alphabeth. Word stress.
- Grammatical contents:
-Wh- questions.
-Verb To Be. /
- Lexical contents:
-Occupations. Hobbies. Friends.
-Favourites. Dreams.
-Classroom language.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 2 - “Meet my family”
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About their family and abilities.Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students prepare an ALBUM with fotographs and information about their relatives.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Families.
-Providing information about relatives.
-Describing your family.
-Talking about abilities
-Describing a photograph and giving personal information
- Pronunciation: Vowel sounds. Diphthongs.
- Grammatical contents:
-Verb To Have.
-Verb Can. /
- Lexical contents:
-Relatives and occupations.
-Actions, objects, animals, food.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 3 – “This is my home"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About furniture, household.About renting a house.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students have to rent a house.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Classifying and identifying objects.
-Using dictionary.
-Memorising a picture and describing it.
-Placing objects in a certain place.
-Giving orders.
-Describing a house.
-Describing a photograph and give personal information.
- Pronunciation: -es endings.
- Grammatical contents:
-Imperative.
-There is / there are.
-Comparisons. /
- Lexical contents:
-Houses and housework.
-Houses in Italy,houses in Britain.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 4 – “What do you do in the evening?”
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About their daily life, routines and the time.Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students make an appointment for a meeting.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-The time.
-Asking about opening and closing times.
-Asking about habits and daily routines.
-Making arrangements: inviting, accepting and refusing.
- Pronunciation: Present tense endings. Consonant sounds.
- Grammatical contents:
-Prepositions of time in, on, at.
-Verbs: Can.Would. /
- Lexical contents:
-Days of the week.
-Daily activities.
-Habits and hobbies.
-Appointments.
-Entertainment and social activities.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 5 – “Do you like Pizza ?"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About likes, dislikes, offers and abilities.About free time activities.
About food and drink.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students have a date.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Talking about likes and dislikes.
-Identifying objects.
-Talking about quantities.
-Reccomneding, ordering, offering, accepting, declining, thanking and responding.
-Ordering a meal and Social responses after a meal or an event.
-Describing a photograph and give personal information.
- Pronunciation: Present tense.
- Grammatical contents:
-Countable, uncountable nouns.
-Some/ Any. Quantities. Containers.
-Verbs: Would. To have.
-Agreement. /
- Lexical contents:
-Italian recipes.
-Sports and hobbies.
-In a restaurant.
-Favourite singer, movie star and film.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 6 – “Shopping"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About shopping.About clothes.
About eating habits.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students go to Rinascente
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Buying clothes.
-Talking about shops. Asking for things in shops.
-Describing people’s clothes.
-Expressing and intention or future plan.
-Eating habits.
- Pronunciation: Intonation 1.
- Grammatical contents:
-Much/many.
-Present continuous.
-Verb: Going to
-Position of adjectives /
- Lexical contents
-Colours.
-Physical appearance.
-Shops.
-Food.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 7 – “What´s the matter?"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About physical appearance.About problems and advice.
About parts of the body and health problems.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students go to the doctor.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Describing people and objects.
-Comparing.
-Giving advice.
-At the doctor’s.
-Asking for other people’s health.
-Health and sickness.
- Pronunciation: Intonation 2.
- Grammatical contents:
-Use of Should.
-Adjectives.
-Past simple. /
- Lexical contents:
-Health and sickness.
-Physical appearance.
-Adjectives describing size, shape, pattern, material.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 8 – “Tell me a story"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About past events.About their life story.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Final task: write your life story.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Talking about past events.
-Identifying past verbs.
-Story telling.
-Telling your life story.
- Pronunciation: -ed endings.
- Grammatical contents:
-Wh- questions in the past simple.
-Irregular past verbs. /
- Lexical contents:
- Britain’s history.
- Madame Tussaud’s.
-Social activities.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 9 – “Have you ever been to Italy?"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About famous sights.About processes during a period of time up to the present.
Letter writing.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Write a letter to an old friend whom you haven´t seen in the last 10 years with news about yourself, the changes in your life and your last holiday.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Describing places in a picture and a map.
-Talking about changes.
-Giving personal information from the past up to the present.
-Describing places.
-Reading and writing an informal letter and a postcard.
-Describing places in a magazine.
- Pronunciation: /h/ sound.
- Grammatical contents:
-Present perfect with since or for.
-Negative and positive adjectives. /
- Lexical contents:
-Events in the world.
-Impressions about towns, compass points.
-Dream holiday.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 10 – “Let´s go to Naples!"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About travel.About conditions and future actions.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students organize a trip to London.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Asking for travel information.
-Making travel arrangements.
-At the airport.
-Checking into a hotel.
-Reserving hotel accomodation
- Pronunciation.: schwa sound.
- Grammatical contents:
- Lexical contents:
-At the travel agent’s.
-Means of transport.
-Air travel.
-Hotel accomodation.
-Directions, public buildings, transport, banks, hotels.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 11 – “The city."
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About NaplesAbout living in the city and in the countryside.
About pollution and traffic.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students write a touristic brochure of their city.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Talking about traffic.
-Suggesting a solution to a problem.
-Reading a map. Asking and giving directions.
-Talking about advantages and disadvantages.
- Pronunciation: Silent letters.
- Grammatical contents:
-Imperative.
-Prepositions of location.
-Adjectives.
-Preferences. /
- Lexical contents:
-Radio programme.
-NAPLES Public buildings. Monuments.
-The countryside and the city.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 12 – “I´d like this job."
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About jobs.About talking on the telephone.
About leaving messages.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students write a cv and a letter of application for a job and arrange an interview.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Predictions and guessing.
-Talking about companies and workers.
-Reading a letter of aplication.
-Talking on the phone: Offering and requesting on the phone. Leaving a message.
- Pronunciation: Consonant clusters.
- Grammatical contents
- Lexical contents
-Phone call related phrases.
-Telephone conversations.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 13 – “The olympics."
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About the olympic games.About sports.
About suggestions and invitations.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students write “The Olympic Gazette”:
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Reading about the olympic games.
-Describing a process.
-Learning about sports.
-Showing (dis)agreement.
-Suggestions.
-Talking about fitness and work.
-Describing a photograph and give personal information.
- Pronunciation: Consonant clusters.
- Grammatical contents:
-Tense revision. /
- Lexical contents:
-Sports and Sports facilities.
-Reading: sports hero.
-The mountain.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 14 – “What’s on TV tonight?"
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to:
Understand oral and written information / About the news.About television programmes.
About movies review.
About small talk.
Ask for information
Give information
Final task:
Students design one day’s television schedule for a new European satellite channel.
Linguistic contents:
- Notional-funtional contents:
-Talking about TV programmes.
-Talking about the most watched programmes in Europe
-The weather forecast.
-War correspondents
-How to talk about a movie.
-Conversation topics. Small talk.
- Pronunciation: Consonant clusters.
- Grammatical contents:
- Lexical contents:
-Weather.
-War. The media.
-Small talk.
Self-evaluation.
Unit 15 – “Top 10 backpacking locations. Holidays."
Objectives: At the end of this unit students will be able to put into practice all the constructions, grammar and social English FOR EVERY CITY DESCRIPTION they have learnt in this course.
Final task:
Students have to organize a holiday to a city. To do so they will use internet, but using web pages in English.
In this unit we practice some constructions as: likes, arrangements, preferences, wishes, vocabulary about travel, clothes, transport, monuments, money… situations as: at the travel agency, at the airport, at the hotel, at the restaurant…
This final project will be done in pairs.
Use of new technologies.
The use of new technologies (called TIC) are of great importance in education for many reasons:
They are real and useful for our students.
They are functional, and being functional is one of our main objectives.
They are motivating.
They contribute to student participation.
In our English class we will use: computers, tapes, CD player, CD-ROM discs, TV and video recorder.
Most didactic units in our planning require the use of computers, or the internet in order to reach for information, read real texts in English etc. some examples are:
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