LOVE ACTUALLYEFL Lesson

Speaking & Listening SkillsDiscussing relationships, giving advice

This lesson is based on an excerpt from the film “Love Actually”.It includes a role play and was a success with my young adultstudents.Inna StevensEFL Teacher &Teacher Trainer

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1. Warm upDramaticdialoguesTeacher gives students short andsimple dialogues to pronounce indifferent contexts(adapted from

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Student practise the dialogues To warm up, to get thestudent ready for further drama activities. To showhow the meaning could be5 minWorksheets

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LESSON PLAN

Name:

Inna Stevens(Gorya)

Class:

Upper-Intermediate

Lesson no: 10 Date: November,29 Time: 45 minAims for students:

By the end of the session students will have

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practised speaking: hypothesizing about events, giving advice, discussing relationships

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practised listening to film dialogue

Trainee’s own developmental aims:

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to use video in the classroom to stimulate students speaking

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to manage the role play effectively

Topic/functionLove ActuallyRelationships, discussing relationships,giving adviceSystems development:

Language chunks (word strings) typical for oralspeechPronunciation and intonationModal verbs & phrases to express possibility:e.g. might be /could bemight have done, could have done

Skills development

Speaking, hypothesizing about events, givingadvice, discussing relationshipsListening- watching and listening to feature films

Assumed knowledge

Students might have language for hypothesizing(modal verbs, phrases to express possibility) and for giving advice.Students have enough vocabulary to work with thetape script.

Anticipated problems/possible solutions

Technical problems: video doesn’t workPossible solution: to dramatize the dialogue from the film(set up a situation whereby students are actors come for auditions).Students won’t be happy to be ‘on stage’Possible solution: To motivate students, to createatmosphere so that students feel secure in expressing their ideas. Point out that the aim is developing spontaneousspeech, developing fluency so that students won’t be afraidto speak because of making mistakes.

2. Reading thetape script3.Hyposethisingabout the story(speaking) 4.Role play5. What actuallyhappenedhttp://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?docid=149698)Teacher gives the students the tapescript to read and asks the question-Why did Juliet come to Mark’s home?Teacher asks more questions toclarify the situation ( the charactersrelationships, what’s happening).Teacher asks students if there’s anyunclear language in the extract.Teacher asks the students to read thetape script in pairs, trying to conveythe meaning through intonationTeacher shows the film extract.Asks students to pay attention to theintonation of the actors. Teacher givesthe instruction to swap roles in pairsand read the tape script againTeacher asks students about possiblereasons why Mark doesn’t want Julietto see her wedding video.After students gave their versions theteacher shows them part of a scene.Teacher asks what

the situation is.

She gives the students role cards andthe instruction to discuss ideas for 2mins and to be ready to dramatize theshort dialogue.Teacher shows the extract from thefilm to show what happened in thestory

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Students read the tape script inpairsStudents watch the video payingattention to the actors’ intonation.Then students read the tape scriptagain (having swapped roles), tryingto sound like the video.Students give versions about whyMark doesn’t want Juliet to see her wedding video.After 2 min discussion, studentspresent their dialogues in front of the classStudents watch the film to comparetheir ideas of what will happen (fromthe role play) with what actuallyhappens in the filmchanged because of intonation and stress in thesentenceTo practice reading for gist.To get ready for the nextstages ( reading in pairs, for the role play)To practice pronunciationand intonationTo practice speaking(hypothesizing)To practice speaking:fluency, spontaneousspeaking (improvising), topractice speaking ‘on stage’ – in front of the classTo round up the lesson15 minTape script‘Love Actually’ DVD5 min15 minRole cards5 min

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