конспект урока_подготовка к устной части ЕГЭ
материал для подготовки к егэ (гиа) по английскому языку (11 класс) на тему

Aims:

to revise vocabulary on the topic “Music”, to revise and practice structures for comparison and contrasting, for expressing similarities, modals of deduction for speculations

to develop Ss’ Ss’ speaking skills (through talking about a set of topic related pictures), listening skills (through a model text)

Personal Aims: to work on T’s instruction giving techniques, to try out dictogloss as a technique for teaching the target language

Anticipated Problem

Solution

1. Ss may tend to use basic topic vocabulary
2. Ss may have a problem with accurate use the target language

1. Give Ss a visual clue to begin with
2. A controlled practice exercise

Stage

Stage Aims

Time

Procedure

Interaction pattern

Notes

Lead-in

To set the context, activate Ss’ schemata and raise their interest

5

T asks:

• What do you enjoy doing most: playing a musical instrument, listening to music at home, or going to a live gig/concert?
• Are you a fan of a particular band or a music style?

T addresses the class asking the questions randomly. Ss then work in pairs to share their experience.

T asks Ss what they have in common and puts all Ss’ ideas of good topic vocab on the board

T-CL

S-S

Content preparation

and language revision

To equip Ss with sufficient ideas for the main task

5

T shows two pictures and elicits the topic of the lesson: Music and Music Events

Ss are given two pictures featuring different music events (a rock gig and a classical concert).

Ss work in pairs. Each S describes their picture to a partner commenting on the following points:

• event
• place
• people, their activity, emotions, appearances
• the overall atmosphere of the place

Ss find the differences about each other’s pictures.

T asks about similarities and differences

T keeps putting examples of good topic vocab on the board

T-Cl

S-S

Pictures A, B

Presentation with description points

To equip Ss with the essential and useful language to complete the task

3

3

T gives out handouts with topic vocab. Ss sort out the words into the suggested categories:

Which words would you use to describe each event?

Classical, contemporary, concert hall, outdoor venue, orchestra, conductor, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, lead singer, singer-song-writer, soloist, incomprehensive lyrics, catchy tune, moving, monotonous, live performance,  music festival, percussion instruments, wind instruments,  string instruments, melody, harmony, beat, hit, composer, concerto, rhythm, symphony, folk, excited, exciting, calm, calming, enthusiastic, bored to death, inspiring, inspired

Fill in the gaps with suitable words:

1. For me, Beethoven was one of the greatest classical _______. Though, I do find it difficult to sit through a whole _______.
2. One of my favourite songs is Back it Up - it's got a really _________ tune and the ____ are great.
3. My mother always wanted me to learn to play  _______, but sadly I had no sense of ________ and so couldn't keep to the beat.
4. The largest musical _______in my country is probably the O2 Arena.
5. Sad to say, a lot of _______ music is dying out in my country. It's probably the influence of MTV.

T-Cl

S

S-S

Handout 1

Presentation with answers

Pre-task

Dictogloss

To set the model for Ss to follow when producing their own texts

1

T introduces the listening task and plays the recording :

My friend is going to talk about the pics…

T-CL

Recorded description

1st presentation

Listening for gist

3

Ss listen to T’s friend speaking about the both  pictures and answer the question:

Which event would my friend rather go to?

Cl-T

2nd presentation

Listening for details

5

Ss listen again and take notes.

Ss then have to order their notes into a meaningful text and reconstruct the original story. Ss work in pairs.

T monitors the class to see if Ss have noticed any useful language structures.

S-S

Language from the text

To highlight the target language

7

T gives Ss the script of the story and asks Ss to find what makes this story interesting in terms of the language. Ss highlight any useful structures:

1. TL to describe similarities and differences

Though they (pictures) both show people at some music events, these pictures clearly depict deferent preferences in music.

Unlike the audience in the first picture, the people in this concert hall…

However,…

…just like…

2. Modals of deduction to make guesses

It may be

The musicians… must be playing…

It looks like

that’s what must happen

it might be

T-Cl

S-S

Handout 2

Presentation with the model answer and the highlighted target language

Controlled practice

To practice the target language

3

Ss practice the highlighted structures in controlled activities.

Fill out the gaps with the missing words:

though, however, both, unlike

1. ________ rock music is a lot more popular today, the atmosphere on gigs is not as inspirational as on classical concerts.
2. Tickets to some gigs can be rather expensive. ________, music fans are eager to spend money to see their idols alive.
3. _________ classical music concerts and  rock gigs enjoy great popularity with the audience.
4. ___________ his friends, Tom is keen on classical music.

 must, may, might, can’t

5. He ____ live near here because he comes to work on foot. 
6. Did you hear that? I think there _______ be a burglar downstairs. 
7. It _____ be far away now. We’ve been driving for hours. Where’s the map?
8. Really? He has to work on Christmas Day? He ______ feel very happy about that.

S

S-S

Handout 3

Presentation with the answers

Task Preparation

To prepare to talk about the pictures, practice the target language in a less controlled activity

10

Ss are given another set of pictures featuring different music events and do the task:

Talk about the pictures.

What do they have in common?

How are they different?

Which event would you like to attend? Why?

Ss are given 10 minutes to prepare their talks.

S

Handout 4

Presentation with the pictures and the criteria

Task performance

To practice talking about the pictures using the target language, To  develop fluency in speaking

10

Ss get in pairs and share their picture comparison.

Ss are given a set of criteria to follow while listening and later to give their feedback to their partners.

• Brief description
• Common features
• Differences
• Your preference
• Reasons

S-S

Handout 5

Content Feedback:

To highlight Ss’ strong and comment on weak performance, To give critical evaluation

3

Ss share their feedback following the outlined criteria

Cl-T

Language feedback:

To highlight the strong and weak use of the target language

3

T highlights the good language

T asks Sts to improve the weak language presented on the board

T-Cl

Presentation with typical mistakes to correct

Round-up and homework assignment

to conclude the lesson, focus on achieved results, assign hw

2

T assigns HW:

compare and contrast two pictures on a similar topic but featuring different aspects of the topic (photos of you/family/friends listening to music, attending a music event, playing music, etc.)

T-Cl

Presentation with HW

Place

People

Emotions

Atmosphere

Music