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LESSON PLAN

I. Aims:

- Develop student’s skill in listening for details (scanning question and answer before

listening and listening for key words).

- Help student learn more about the topic spending money and some vocabulary related

through the listening tasks.

II. Students’ information:

- Pre-Intermediate level

- 15-20 students

III. Time:

- 1 period of 45 minutes; the preparation of laptop, projector, speakers and the delivery of

handouts may take 5 minutes.

IV.Knowledge:

- Language: vocabulary related to spending money

- Skill: Listening

V. Approach:

Communicative approach

VI.Materials:

Handouts, PowerPoint, an audio clip (from www.esl-lab.com) and 3 self-made video clips

VII. Teaching procedure:

TIME CONTENTS ANDREQUIREMENT

ACTIVITIES

TEACHER’S STUDENTS’

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I/ Class Stabilization

-Reorganize the students

II/ New Lesson

1. Warm up:

-Introduction video clip about

children asking their parents for their

allowance: when the allowance day

came, the children asked their

parents for their pocket money. Then

they got it, enjoyed with it, and

thought about what they want to

spend on. The video clip also has

some new words embedded in the

picture.

-Discussion question: Did you

-Enter class, say greetings

- Before playing the clip: Ask

students to watch introduction clip

and answer 5 questions:

1- What does the child think?

2- What do they do?

3- Will they get it?

4- What will they do when they have

it?

5- What is the topic today?

- After playing the clip: ask Ss to

answer the questions above.

-Introduce more about the topic: as you

can see in the video clip, the children

concern so much about their allowance.

How about you?

-Ask some Ss to answer these

questions:

Did you ask your parents for the

allowance when you were a child? Did

- Stand up, say

greetings to teacher

- Watch clip tofind the answerand figure outthe topic

- Answer theteacher’s (T’s)question

-answer the T’squestions

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receive allowance from your parents

when you were a child? Did you

have to do household chores to earn

the money? How did you spend it?

How about now?”

2. Pre- listening:

Match the new words and their

meanings:

- Allowance (n) = pocket money : a

small amount of money that parents

give their children, usually every

week or every month

- To owe (sb) sth (for sth) = to be in

debt : to have to pay sb for sth that

you have already received or return

money that you have borrowed

- To pile up = to accumulate : to

become larger in quantity or amount

- Jar (n): a round glass container,

with a lid, used for storing food,

especially jam, honey, etc.:

- Household chores (n) : work in and

around the house

you have to do housework to earn the

money? How did you spend it?

How about now?

- Divide the class into 4 groups, ask Ss

to work in groups and match the words

in column A with the meanings in

column B, then raise their hand to

answer.-Work in groups,match the words ,then raise their handto answer the T’squestions

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- Savings (n): money that you have

saved, especially in a bank, etc

3. While-listening:

a. Listen for specific

information task

-Present the skill using:

+scanning for the question andanswer before listening

+ use these key words to listen for

specific information in the audio

clip. The information is the answers

-Practice :

+ underline key words in each

question.

+ Use the key words to listen to the

specific information

- Deliver handout#1 to Ss

- Ask student what is the skill needed

for this task

- Instruct

- Give example ( question 1 in the

handout)

- Ask them to work in groups and

have a quick look at the handout to

underline key words in each

question.

- Ask and help Ss to determine the

key words (1- How much, father, owe

; 2-Why hasn't, give; 3-When, usually

give;4- Where, man, get money; 5-

boy, NOT mention, how, will spend)

- Play the audio clip the 1st time for

Ss to do the task

- Ask them to work in pairs and

check.

- Play the audio clip the 2nd time for

Ss to listen again.

-receive the handout

-listen and answer

-listen

-work in groups andunderline the keywords quickly

- Answer, listencheck, andunderline the keywords under T’sinstruction viathe PowerPoint

- Listen to theaudio clip to

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10’ 4. Filling in the blanks task

-Listen to the conversation again anddo the Text Completion Task

- Ask 2 pairs to work in groups to

exchange the answers and check

quickly.

- Ask Ss of the groups to write the

answers and the key words they

hear on the board.

- Play the 2nd video clip for the Ss

to check the answers on the board

(1B, 2A, 3B, 4A, 5A)

- Deliver handout#2 to Ss

- Ask Ss to scan through the

dictation in handout 2, and then

guess the possible words to fill in

the blanks (1’)

- Play the audio clip one time for Ss

to fill in the blank

- Ask some Ss to write the answers

on the board

answer themultiple choicequestions

-work in pairs

- work in pairs, listenand check

-work in groups

-compete with other

groups in limited

time, write the

answers and the key

words they hear on

the board

-Watch and check

- Scan through thedictation in handout2, and then guess thepossible words to fillin the blanks (1’)

- Listen to theaudio clip towrite down themissing words

- Write the

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8’

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a. Post-listening

Questions:

- Some parents require their

children to earn allowance by

doing work in and around the

house. Other parents do not give

allowance at all. Still others give

money to their children without

requiring any work from them.

Which one is best for you?

Explain why.

III/ Consolidation

Summarize the skills used (

scanning, using key words)

IV/ Homework

- Play the 3rd video clip for Ss to

check the answers

- Ask Ss to discuss in groups

- Ask some Ss to present their opinions

in front of the class

-Summarize

- write on the board while saying

answers on theboard

-Watch and check

-Discuss thequestions in groups

-Make presentation infront of the class

-listen and write in

the notebooks.

EXPLANATION

1. Warm-up:

The topic is introduced by the 1st self-made video clip. This clip includes some pictures

about children asking their parents for their allowance when the allowance day came, the children

asked their parents for their pocket money. Then they got it, enjoyed with it, and thought about

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what they want to spend on. The video clip also has some new words embedded in the picture and

the leading questions (these questions help the Ss to figure out what the topic is and at the same

time link to the discussing question in the first part of the lesson).

After watching the video clip and figure out the topic, the lesson begins with some

questions:

Did you ask your parents for the allowance when you were a child? Did you have to do

housework to earn the money? How did you spend it? How about now?

The purpose of these questions is to help the Ss to think about the information related to

the topic, discuss and prepare for the listening tasks.

2. Pre- listening:

Matching game: the purpose of this game is to prepare the new words that will appear in

the listening tasks for the Ss. Furthermore, it helps Ss practice guessing the new words’ meaning

in limited time and compete with the others. It also helps them to develop their soft skills.

3. While-listening:

Task 1: Listen for specific information

Scanning the questions and the answer choices and underline the key words: Scanning

helps Ss to practice read the questions and the answers before listening quickly. The activity of

underlining key words helps Ss know what they have to focus in the audio clip, so that they would

be able to find the specific information more easily.

Listening: -Playing the audio clip the 1st time is for Ss to have the 1st contact with the

information. In this time, they may not get all the information they need, so they should work in

pairs to compare, think, and discuss to get the right one later.

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-The 2nd time is the 2nd chance for them to find out the information that

they miss in the 1st time and then try to cooperate in a group of 2 pairs to find out

the solution. This activity also helps the good students to support the bad students.

Competing: the competing activity helps Ss to practice working quickly. The requirement

of writing explanation helps Ss to try to take notes and remember the information when listening.

At the same time, it requires the Ss to express the reasons for their answers and helps build the

habit of questioning “Why” in all situations in their life. This helps develop critical thinking in

them.

Checking the answers by watching the 2nd video clip: the 2nd video clip includes

illustrative pictures and the audio segments that tell the correct answers for the questions. At the

end of the clip, there are also the correct answers of every question. Ss would be able to find out

the correct answers by themselves. Self-doing the task and self-checking the answers make Ss

more interested and excited in learning.

Task 2: Filling in the blanks

The purpose of this task is to help the students listen, make clear of the information they

have listened in task 1, and understand all the content of the conversation. At the same time they

can learn the ways how to speak.

The activity of guessing the words provokes Ss thinking and makes Ss active in the task.

As a result, listening to the audio clip is an action of checking (active); it’s not an action of waiting

for information (passive). This also helps building the habit of critical and logical thinking in Ss.

Checking: They themselves check their answers by watching the 3rd video clip. The 3rd

video clip includes illustrative pictures and the script of the listening. Moreover, there are answers

for each blank at the end of the clip. Self-doing the task and self-checking the answers make Ss

more interested and excited in learning.

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4. Post-listening:

The discussing questions “Some parents require their children to earn allowance by doing

work in and around the house. Other parents do not give allowance at all. Still others give money

to their children without requiring any work from them. Which one is best for you? Explain why.

”enables Ss to use the vocabulary about spending money they have learned in the listening task to

express their opinions. This is also a way of practicing speaking skill and soft skill.

The presentation in front of the class: Making a presentation in front of the class helps Ss

build their confidence and this is a chance for Ss to share their thinking with their friends. In the

presentations, Ss may make some mistakes and the T will correct. This helps other Ss and even the

Ss themselves recognize their shortcomings which they are able to avoid in the future.