Stage 1

Activity

Aim(s)

15 mins

Read background information, watch video without sound and recreate dialogue

• Activate schematic knowledge (contextual and procedural) to work out goals and procedures

• Arouse interest

Sub-stage

Interaction

Procedure

1

Whole class

Show ss a few seconds of the sequence

2

Individual

Ss read information about characters and ‘story so far’

3

Pairs

Ss work out Phil and Sonia’s goals

4

Whole class

Feedback

5

Whole class

Watch video without sound (first and last lines given) to identify discourse type and emotions of characters

6

Pairs

1 student plays the role of Phil and the other the role of Sonia in recreating the imagined dialogue

Stage 2

Activity

Aim(s)

10 mins

Watch and listen and guess vocabulary from context

• Encourage ss to guess the meanings of words from context

• Compare dialogues produced to the one in the clip

Sub-stage

Interaction

Procedure

1

Pairs

Ss choose a word from a choice of five, which they will try to guess the meaning of – I will stress that I am not expecting a precise definition

2

Whole class

Ss watch the clip with sound, compare to their version of the dialogue and try to guess the general meaning of their word from context

3

Whole class

Decide if it is necessary to watch the clip again

4

Pairs

Discuss the meaning of the word

5

Whole class

Feedback

6

Individual

Check against key

Stage 3

Activity

Aim(s)

25 mins

Focus on fast, natural connected speech

• Raise awareness of aspects of connected speech as an aid to listening

• Highlight some features of natural spoken English

Sub-stage

Interaction

Procedure

1

Pairs/Individuals (according to ss preferences)

Match transcriptions to phonemic representations of connected speech – once finished they can start practising saying the phrases

2

Whole class

Drill and highlight features

3

Whole class

Listen as required to order the chunks of speech

4

Whole class

Shadow reading of short excerpt from clip – followed by the men shadow reading Phil and the women shadow reading Sonia

5

Pairs

Answer questions to highlight features of natural spoken English

Stage 4

Activity

Aim(s)

10 mins

Watch the clip again and watch the next part

• To encourage ss to predict outcomes from a listening text

• To give the ss an opportunity to watch the original clip as an authentic task

Sub-stage

Interaction

Procedure

1

Whole class

Ss watch whole clip again having worked on different features of it

2

Groups

Groups predict what will happen next using their knowledge of the situation so far

3

Whole class

Feedback

4

Whole class

Watch to check predictions