Business blog issue 1 making predictions level - intermediate to advanced yt-2
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The document describes a lesson plan focused on teaching students how to make predictions using target language, emphasizing its importance for language development and preparation for official exams. It includes instructions for both students and teachers, suggesting various predictive questions and activities linked to a video. The lesson is designed to take approximately 30 minutes and encourages creativity in generating predictive phrases.
Business blog issue 1 making predictions level - intermediate to advanced yt-2
- 1. Making Predictions Well and Will Business Blog: Lesson modified from the original presentation given by Brian Engquist (Pearson Publishing) at The Annual Donostia-San Sebastián ELT Conference
- 2. How to use this lesson. IntermediatetoAdvanced • If you are a student: Simply answer the question at the top of each slide. At the same time, try to think of other questions that could apply and require predictions. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO USE THE TARGET LANGUAGE at the beginning of your answers because this indicates to the person you are speaking to, that you are making a prediction. You can’t go wrong! There is a block in each slide with examples of the target language for making predictions. Can you think of any others we didn’t include? Finally, watch the video (more than once). Were you right? 2
- 3. How to use this lesson. • If you are a teacher: Simply have your students answer the question at the top of each slide. Depending on their level, add in more questions of your own, like: When do you think this was filmed... In what country, etc.? At the same time see if your students can come up with other questions that could apply and require predictions. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO OBLIGE YOUR STUDENTS ON USING THE TARGET LANGUAGE at the beginning of their answers because this indicates they are making a prediction which is a vauable skill especially for students look to take official exams. They can’t go wrong! There is a block in each slide with examples of the target language for making predictions. Have them write down any other predictive phrases they can think of. Finally, watch the video (more than once). Were they right? • This lesson takes approximately 30 minutes. 3
- 4. What’s happening? Who are they? When is this? Where are they? 4
- 5. Who are they, what’s happening? 5
- 6. What’s going on in this scene? 6
- 7. What’s he/are they doing? When is this? 7
- 8. What’s going on here? 8
- 10. 10 • Watch the video
- 11. Transcript Girl: But uncle James, mummy said to take me to the hair dresser. James: Ahhh, waste a (of) money. I’ll have a bash myself (This means I’ll have a go / a try myself). Mother: I’m back! Hello there. James: Hi. Mother: What happened? James: Terrible hairdresser. Leave it to me, I’m just waiting for the manager to get back and then Whoa! Is he in trouble! James (on the phone): Look, some idiot’s cut my niece’s hair…. Yes please. There is one other thing I need you to do though. Ok, let me explain. James (at the hairdresser): I know that this hair cut has nothing to do with you but my sister is watching outside and I want her to think that you did it. So you sort out this TERRIBLE MESS for me and I’ll pay you double. Ok? You’re very, very nice people, thank you. 11