Lesson Plan

P.I. – Market Leader

TEACHER GROUP DATE/ TIME

15.03.2004 / 12.30-14.10

LESSON AIMS

By the end of my lesson the students will be better able to:

1) understand the meaning of certain lexical items concerning e-commerce and shopping AND USE THEM
2) listen to short interviews about selling online for gist and specific information
3) speak about selling online using the appropriate vocabulary

MATERIALS ASSUMPTIONS

Market Leader – Course Book, Practice File, cassette, I assume that they already know:
Business Communication Games ● The basic vocabulary concerning selling online

What PROBLEMS do you anticipate the students/ you What SOLUTIONS will you use to help overcome these
might encounter during the lesson? problems?
 STAGE AIMS PROCEDURE Interaction TIMING Materials

1. LEAD-IN Ss will be tuned in to ● T - on board: SELLING ONLINE -> Questions: A. ‘What does it mean to T-S 10 min.
what they are going to you?’; B. ‘Have you ever bought anything online?’ (open discussion) S-S
study
● T writes on the board “…don’t get better online.” Ss suggest the beginning and
express their opinions regarding the quotation.

2. SPEAKING Ss will be better able ● Ss are divided into groups of “for” and “against” selling online – debate – T S-S 10 min. Course
to express their writes on the board arguments for and against. Book,
opinions about selling cassette
online

3. PRE- Ss will be better able ● Matching exercise - Handout – in pairs, Ss match the words with their S-S 5 min.
TEACH to do the vocab. definitions.
VOCAB. exercises.

4. FEEDBACK Ss will be able to 10 min.

correct their mistakes ● Ss exchange papers and check their colleagues’ answers. T assists and clarifies S-S
certain meanings if necessary.
5.VOCABULA Ss will be better able
-RY to understand the ● In pairs, Ss do ex. A, B, p. 14-15. – With feedback between them 5 min.
meaning of different
lexical items
T-S
6. FEEDBACK ● T writes the answers for A on the board. Ss check. S-S 5 min.
● For ex. B, Ss and T check together and T explains if Ss have something they
don’t understand.

7. LEAD-IN Ss will be tuned in to

TO what they are going to ● T: ‘What sites do you generally visit, do you visit any online bookshop?’ T-S 15 min.
LISTENING hear ● T writes on the board the internet address Amazon.co.uk and asks Ss if they
have heard of it – short discussion.
S-S 10 min.
8. LISTENING Ss will be better able ● Ss make predictions, listen and check their predictions - Ss listen to the T-S
- GIST to listen to short interview and answer the quest: ‘What do you need to create a successful
interviews online business?’
FEEDBACK ● Ss do ex. A, p. 15. Predict then listen to check
S-S 10 min.
9. LISTENING Ss will be able to ● Ss listen to the 2nd part of the interview and answer the quest. from B / p. 15. T T-S
– Intensive task correct their mistakes and Ss talk about the answers.
● Ss listen to the 3rd part and do ex. C / p. 15 – true-false questions.
● After each ex., Ss and T check and talk about it.

10. FOLLOW- Ss will be able to S-S 10 min.

UP - express their opinion ● Ss express their opinion concerning selling online and street retailing. – they T-S
SPEAKING concerning selling work in pairs, then report to the class or check with the other pairs.
online and street
retailing

11. WRAP-UP ● T and Ss speak about the lesson – quick check. Homework: ML Pract. File, p.
8, ex. A, B, C, D