Teaching "Speaking" Part 2

Talk about routines 

(by.Susan Kay)

ACTIVITY     : 

Group work: speaking

AIM                : 

To play a board game by asking and answering questions about routines.

GRAMMAR AND FUNCTIONS: 

Present simple for routines Present simple questions with question words: what, where, how Adverbs of frequency

VOCABULARY:  

Routine activities

PREPARATION: 

Make one copy of Worksheet 2a (game board) for each group of four to five students. Enlarge this to A3 size, if possible. Make one copy of Worksheet 2b (question cards) for each group of students and cut out all the cards. Provide dice and counters for each group.

TIME: 30 to 40 minutes

PROCEDURE:

1. Ask the students to work in groups of four or five.

2. Give one game board and one set of cards, counters and dice to each group.

3. Before the students start playing the game, explain how to play using the instructions on the back of Worksheet 2b. lf you wish, you can photocopy these instructions and distribute a copy to each group, or display a copy on an overhead projector.

4. Elicit some examples of how to form correct questions using the prompts on the question cards and encourage the students to add appropriate adverbs of frequency.

5. Nominate one student in each group to keep score.

6. When the first student reaches the end of the game, ask all the groups to stop playing, even if they have not finished. In each group, the student with the most points is the winner.

7. Compare scores as a class.