Ashfaq Aslam

20/03/2013

Objective: Reading comprehension of given text !omprehension facilitated thro"gh class disc"ssion of the topic and activit# sheets $evel: $o% intermediate

Segment 1. Pre-reading &ntrod"ce the topic

What and How? 'ho%ing a pict"re of a holida# offer( and as) %hether the# %o"ld li)e to spend their holida# there &f not( req"est them to ma)e s"ggestions for a better holida# destination As) the st"dents to %or) in pairs to disc"ss %hether the# )no% of an# holida# destinations in the developing %orld &f #es( disc"ss ho% the# )no% abo"t the place( if the# have visited the co"ntr# as) them to relate their experiences *ive each pair of st"dents a pict"re and a short description of a holida# destination in a developing co"ntr# As) the st"dent to list some of the advantages and disadvantages of to"rism in their given destination +ith the st"dent ans%ers elicit from ideas and vocab"lar# pertaining to the text , the - pre. teaching vocab"lar# %ill be introd"ced in this segment

Student interaction 't"dents %ill provide their personal options abo"t a preferred holida# destination 't"dents get to engage %ith the topic of the article and activate their schemata

Material 0ict"re on po%erpoint

Time 2 min

3.mins

/ach gro"p 0ict"res disc"ss a different area of the topic %hich %ill allo% predict the content of the text and expose them to important vocab"lar# present in the text Also( different ideas from the other st"dents %ill add to their )no%ledge base

10 mins

2. Whilst-reading Reading of the text and attempting comprehension tas)s

/ach st"dent is as)ed to read the text individ"all#( then in pairs attempt q"estion 1

1he st"dents get to ga"ge their "nderstanding of the text( then %or)ing together to complete the tas)( as a st"dent might not have "nderstood ever#thing( this gives to st"dents to comm"nicate %ith their partners reach a better "nderstanding 'imilar aims as above 1he st"dents get another opport"nit# to f"ll# comprehend the text b# %or)ing together in reading and completing %or)sheets 't"dents eval"ate their o%n performance as %ell as their colleag"es 't"dents get

Reading text and Activit# sheets

2 min ,for readin g3 4 min ,for tas)3

't"dents are as)ed to read the text as a pair for the second time and ans%er %or)sheet 2

Activit# sheets

4mins each for readin g and the tas)

3. Feedbac provide feed bac) on %or)sheets

!. Post-reading

/ach gro"p is as)ed to ans%er a q"estion each 1he st"dents and the teacher %ill provide verbal feedbac) on comprehension( correct vocab"lar# "sage and pron"nciation 1he teacher divides the

5 min

10 14

6erbal implementation of ideas and vocab"lar# present in the text

". Homewor A chance to f"rther interact %ith the text in %ritten format

class into t%o gro"ps: hotel o%ners and angr# locals 1he hotel o%ners have to arg"e abo"t the advantages of to"rism and %hat the hotels are doing to s"pport the local comm"nit# 1he angr# locals have to explain the problems ca"sed b# to"rism and %hat the hotel sho"ld do to address the problem 1eacher presents the home%or): 7o"r friend %ho is planning to a holida# to *oa in &ndia +rite an email to him either enco"raging/disco"ragin g him from visiting *oa dra%ing arg"ments from the ne%s article and/or the class disc"ssions

the opport"nit# to brainstorm the ideas in the text and "se the vocab"lar# to present their arg"ment 1his also provides the opport"nit# to improve their spea)ing s)ill /ach st"dents appl# the )no%ledge gain in the class b# composing their o%n text 1his %ill reinforces ideas and vocab"laries of the text(as %ell as improve their %riting s)ills

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