Teaching "Speaking" Part 3

Likes and dislike

(Susan Kay)

ACTIVITY      : 

Whole class: speaking Mill drill (For detailed instructions and advice on using mill drills, see the notes for teachers at the beginning of the Resource Pack.)

AIM                 : 

To speak to as many partners as possible, agreeing and disagreeing with likes and dislikes.

GRAMMAR AND FUNCTIONS: 

Talking about likes and dislikes Agreeing and disagreeing

VOCABULARY: 

Routine and leisure activities

PREPARATION: 

Make a copy of the worksheet and cut the pictures out so that the students have one picture card each. You will also need to keep one picture card for yourself to demonstrate the activity.

TIME: 15 minutes

PROCEDURE:

1. Give one picture card to each student in the class. Keep one for yourself.

2. Make sure each student knows how to say the activity on their card.

3. Tell the students that they are going to ask and answer questions about the activities on their cards, using the pictures as prompts.

4. Demonstrate the activity with individual students. Tell the students to hold their cards so that no one can see them. Ask several pairs of students to demonstrate the activity to the whole class, using their pictures as prompts.

5. Now ask the students to go round the class and ask and answer questions with as many different partners as possible, using their picture cards as prompts.

6. When the students have finished, ask them to exchange cards and to go round the class again, this time holding their cards the other way round so the picture is facing their partner. The students take it in turns to ask questions using the pictures on their partners' cards as prompts. In this part of the activity, the students ask a different question each time they change partner.

7. The students continue asking and answering in this way until they have spoken to as many different partners as possible.