I went shopping and…

Target Student ▪ 12-year-old elementary students ▪ Proficiency: Novice-high 

Class Setting ▪ 10 students▪ 50 minute class at a private language institute 

Materials ▪ 3 Hand-outs and 2 video/audio clips

Objective

Ss will be able to:▪ comprehend main events and relationship between speakers

▪ understand how to apply their background knowledge when listening

▪ enhance their problem-solving skills

Engage (7 mins)

▪ T initiates the conversation Talking about her new clothes and getting Ss to participate by asking questions

▪ Mind-mapping activity: going shopping (pair work) -activates Ss’ background knowledge of the topic

Main activities (33~35 mins)

▪ Ss listen to the story : # 1 listening (10 mins)T gives some listening task (questions) After listening Ss talk about what they listened to in groups of 3~4 (group work) 

Questions to ask-where does the conversation take place?-who is speaking? -what is their relationship?-what happen to them?-how does the boy feel at the end of the story? 

▪ Ss and T watch the video clip and find the answers                                                    

▪ Problem solving activity (10 mins): Ss brain storm about how they solve this problem. (group work) 

▪ Each group presents their ideas 

 ▪ Ss listen to the next story: #2 listening (10 mins)T gives some questions and Ss talk about it in group of 3~4

 Questions would be -How is the problem solved?-What was the girl doing?-How do they feel now? 

▪ Focus-on-form (bottom-up approach – 3~5 mins) Fill-in-the blanks 

-questions are designed to help Ss understand what is the main event, who are the speakers, and how the speaker is feeling in a conversation. 

-in this story the boy’s sister is missing →Ss will talk about how to find his sister

-2nd story is more serious then the 1st story 

-Ss can compare their ideas and the following story (there is not one right answer) -Ss listen to the stories and fill in the blanks

Wrap-up (5 min)

▪ Ss and T talk about today’s lesson

HomeworkAssignment: Personalizing activity What would you do if you were lost in a shopping mall?What would you do if you lost your son or daughter in a shopping mall?

writing on the class blog-Ss think about what they would do if they were in the situation from the story-Half the class will be a lost child and the other half will be a parent looking for their lost child