Lesson plan: Civil Communication: how to disagree politely
Overview
The lesson plan introduce students to English communication used in seminar. Students will learn about the languages of disagreeing on facts and opinions politely. They will be also awared of the civil communication, how to have constructed attitude and ideas to the discussion in seminar. Students are expect to learn how to accept different ideas/opinions about a certain topic.
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Title of Lesson Plan: Communcation in seminars, disagreeing politely on facts and opinions
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Audience (Age, English Level): Students age 19-20, B1 level | |
Two Sentence Overview of the Lesson Plan: The lesson plan introduce students to English communication used in seminar. Students will learn about the languages of disagreeing on facts and opinions politely. They will be also awared of the civil communication, how to have constructed attitude and ideas to the discussion in seminar. Students are expect to learn how to accept different ideas/opinions about a certain topic. | |
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Learning Objectives:
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Warm-Up: Teacher ask students to listen to some sentences about seminar and decide which one is T (true) and which one is F (false).
Once students determine which sentence is true, Teacher explain a bit what a seminar is. Definition of Seminar: an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of people meet to study and discuss something: Teacher show sentences on the screen or give students handouts of the question, then ask students the question: “Have you ever been to a seminar? If so, what do you think of seminar? Tick your answer.
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Time
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15 mins | Activities/Instructions
Source: Real listening and speaking 4 Task 1: Students listen to the extract from a seminar and answer the question: What do you think is the main topic that the students are discussing?
Task 2: Now work in pair, discuss with your friend and answer these questions:
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…………………………………………………………………………………. Task 3: Learning about Speaking strategy: Disagreeing politely Ask students to look at these extracts from the seminar discussion and tell which expression (1-4) students can use to:
Task 4: Practice disagreeing about the facts Ask students to work in groups of 4. Imagine that each group are in a seminar. One student in the group will pick up paper with the ideas and speak it out, another student will listen to his/her friend and disagree politely about the facts they have heard, then continue to pick up another paper with given facts and say it. Example: You read and speak out the fact in a paper:
A friend in your group will say:
Handout 1: Papers with the facts given to each group: Source: Real listening and speaking 4 Handout 2: Some ideas listed in a handout:
Task 5: Practice disagreeing about the opinions Ask students to work in the same group of 4 as they are in a seminar. One student in the group will pick up paper with the opinions and speak it out, another student listen to the opinion and will disagree politely about the opinion they have heard and continue to pick up another paper with given opinion and say it. Example: You read and speak out the opinion given in a paper:
A friend in your group will say:
Handout 1: Papers with the opinions given to each group: Source: Real listening and speaking 4 Handout 2: Some given ideas in a handout:
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Closing/Debrief Teacher share the video on civil communication about Netiquette rules and tell students about the important of using approriate language in communication. Ask students to think about the civil communication rules that should be applied in their class and present the ideas in the next lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJfx_cHfSi8 (Source: American English) |