Lesson Plan

Module 2
2a: Connecting
I, Description of the class
● Number of students: 8 students
● Platform: Online - Meet
● Estimated level of proficiency: B1+
II, Time: 120 minutes
III, Lesson objectives: By the end of the lesson, SWABT:
− Identify keywords of sentences.
− Do sentence completion task in IELTS listening tests.
− Identify word stress of some adjectives topic friends and family.
− Talk about friends and family for IELTS Speaking Part 1.
− Use useful language for explaining and justifying answers in IELTS Speaking Part 1.
IV, Assumed knowledge
− Ss have learnt about keywords of sentences in previous lessons.
− Ss know about the format and types of questions in IELTS speaking part 1.
− Ss are familiar with using Meet and online class procedures.

V, Teaching aids:
- Core textbook: Expert IELTS 5 (module 2).
- Meet Platform, Slideshow, Audio, Handout.
IV, Procedure
Stages and Aims Time and Teacher's activities Students' activities Materials
Interaction
patterns

Warm-up 20 minutes - T divides Ss into pairs in breakout rooms and asks Ss to do the quiz - Ss go to their - Handout
Introduce Ss to the Ss-Ss in the handout (Exercise 1) in 5 minutes. breakout rooms
topic of the lesson 1. What is the name of money you borrow from the bank? Credit / and do Exercise
loan 1 in the handout
2. What is the name of the automatic machine from which you take in pairs in 5
cash? ATM / Cash Machine / Cashpoint / Hole in the wall minutes.
3. What is an adjective for a person with lots of money? Rich /
loaded / wealthy
4. Is counterfeit money legal? No
5. What is the name of the money you borrow to buy a house?
Mortgage
6. Name three ways of paying for something. Cash / credit card /
cheque / by installments / part exchange / direct debit / standing
order (other answers can be acceptable)
7. Name four verbs for things you can do with money. Spend / lose /
waste / save / make / invest / forge / invest / donate / pay (other
answers can be acceptable)
8. What does the word debt mean? Money you have borrowed and
must pay back
9. What is the word for the money you receive in your job, usually
once a month. Salary
10. What is the currency of Japan? Yen
Ss-Ss - Ss return to the main session as soon as they finish the quiz and type - Ss type their
their answers into the chat box. answers into the
T-Ss - T provides the answers and explanation. chatbox.
- T introduce the topic of the lesson (Finance and business).
Reading: 11 minutes - T asks Ss to explain how they understand what “keywords” are. - Ss explain what
Understand T-Ss - T asks Ss to do Exercise 2a in the book individually in 3 minutes. they understand Student’s
important about “keywords”. book
information - Ss do Exercise 2a.

T-Ss - T elicit the answers from Ss.

T-Ss - T provides the answers and explanation. - Ss present their
T-Ss - T asks Ss to do Exercise 2b in the book individually in 3 minutes. answers.
- Ss do Exercise 2b.
 T-Ss - Ss present their
T-Ss answers. Slides

- T elicit the answers from Ss.

- T provides the answers and explanation.

Listening: 21 minutes - T asks Ss to read the test task and T analyzes it. - Ss read the test Student’s
Test training T-Ss task. book

T-Ss - T asks Ss to identify the keywords of each question and guess the - Ss answer T’s
 word type of the answer for each question. questions.
T-Ss - T asks Ss to do the exercise individually and plays the audio twice. - Ss do the exercise. - Audio
T-Ss - T elicit the answers from Ss. - Ss listen to T - Slides
- T provides Ss with the answers and explanation. attentively.

Listening: 5 minutes - T asks several Ss to compare the questions in Exercise 3a and the - Ss do the activity. Student’s
Task analysis T-Ss sentences in the transcript to find pairs of words and phrases that book,
paraphrase each other. handout
T-Ss - T provides the answers and explanation. - Ss listen to T
attentively.

Speaking: 9 minutes - T asks Ss to do Exercise 2 individually and plays the audio twice. - Ss do Exercise 2. Student’s
Talk about friends T-Ss book,
and family audio

T-Ss - Ss present their

- T elicit the answers from Ss.
answers.
- T provides the answers and explanation.
- Ss listen to T
attentively.
Speaking: 21 minutes - T explains the words in the box in Exercise 3a and asks Ss to do the - Ss do Exercise 3a. Student’s
Explain and T-Ss exercise individually in 3 minutes. book
justify answers

T-Ss - T elicit the answers from Ss. - Ss present their

- T plays the audio again so that Ss can check their answers. answers. Audio
- T provides the answers and explanation.
Slides

T-Ss - T asks Ss questions in 3b and provides the answers and explanation. - Ss answer T’s
questions.
 - T asks Ss to do Exercise 3c individually in 3 minutes.

T-Ss
- Ss do Exercise 3c.

- T elicit the answers from Ss.

- T provides the answers and explanation.

T-Ss - Ss present their

answers.
Speaking 20 minutes - T instructs and asks Ss to do Exercise 4a in 2 minutes. - Ss do Exercise 4a. Student’s
Pronunciation: T-Ss book
Word stress

T-Ss - T elicit the answers from Ss. - Ss present their

- T plays the audio for Ss to check their answers. answers. Audio

T-Ss - T demonstrates the pronunciation of the words in Exercise 4a and - Ss practice

asks Ss to repeat after. pronunciation.
- T asks Ss to do Exercise 4b in 2 minutes. - Ss do Exercise 4b.
 - T plays the audio and gives explanation.
- Ss listen
attentively.

T-Ss - T demonstrates the pronunciation of the bolded words in Exercise - Ss practice

4b and asks Ss to repeat after. pronunciation.

Speaking: 20 minutes - T asks Ss questions about their family to practice speaking. T - Ss practice Student’s
Test training T-Ss reminds Ss to use the words and phrases learnt earlier to explain and speaking. book
justify answers.

- T gives feedback about Ss’ answers in terms of the 4 marking - Ss listen

criteria (Fluency and coherence, Lexical resource, Grammatical range attentively.
and accuracy, Pronunciation).

Wrap up 2 minutes T summarizes the lesson and assigns homework. Ss listen to T

Lesson summary: attentively.
Listening:
- Practise understanding important information in a listening text.
- Practise a Sentence completion task.
Speaking:
- Practise talking about friends and family for Speaking Part 1.
- Learn useful language for explaining and justifying answers.
- Learn word stress of some adjectives topic friends and family.
Homework: Handout
Do Exercise 2 and 3 in the handout.