Конспект урока. Аудирование. Тема "Organising your time"

Lesson plan

Organising your time

Name: Liubov Viktorovna Poliakova

Class : 8

Level : Intermediate

Time : 40 minutes

Main aims

1. To develop students’ listening skills

2. To encourage students to think about the organization of their time

3. To encourage students to offer their opinions

Materials

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/organising-your-time

Warm up/Have the students discover the theme of the class (organizing your time) (5 min)

1.Tell the students that you have never enough time to sleep (as an example). Ask them if they do the same and what other things they don’t have enough time to do as well.

2. Ask the students what is causing you to feel that you don't have enough time. Give them prompts, for example:

• Your workplace is full of distractions (surfing the internet, listening to music, watching TV)

• You check your smart phone every three minutes

• You participate in too many hobbies, clubs or extracurricular activities.

• You feel everything you do has to be perfect

• You feel tired because you don’t get enough sleep

• You don’t plan your day

3.Ask the students what can be done to create more time for the things they want to do. Lead them to the idea that we cannot get any more time, what we can do is to manage time.

Pre-listening stage (5 min)

Tell the students that they are going to listen to a radio programme about time management. Suggest having a look at some new words before listening. The words and their illustrations are displayed on the screen. Use every new word in a simple context to encourage the students to have a talk using these words.

• Time management (the process of organizing and planning your time)

- Do you use any time management techniques?

- Yes, I use some management techniques. For example, …/ No I don’t use any time management techniques.

• A timer

Do you use a timer while you’re studying?

• An A-grade student (a student who gets the best marks at school)

Are you an A-grade student?

• productivity

Do you get maximum productivity from your time?

• A “to-do” list (a list of things you need to do)

Do you make to-do lists?

• Go off (to start making a noise (as an alarm or signal)

What time does your alarm
usually go off?

1. Show the students a tomato-shaped kitchen timer and ask what they think the Pomodoro technique is about.

While-listening stage (15 min)
1.Ask the students to listen to the radio programme to choose one statement that describes best the main purpose of the Pomodoro technique.

-It’s about using a timer while cooking

-It’s about having a lot of breaks while studying or working

-It’s about getting things done in a short period of time

-It’s about getting your homework done in 25 minutes

-It’s about writing an essay for homework.

2. Tell the students they will listen to the recording once again to identify true and false sentences. Ask them to justify their answers.

Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. The Pomodoro Technique was invented in the 1980s. True/False

2. Students and workers can use the technique. True/False

3. The technique is a bit complicated to use. True/False

4. You need to break down your tasks into smaller sections. True/False

5. Each break is called a ‘pomodoro’. True/False

6. Peter uses an app on his mobile to time himself. True/False

7. After four or five short breaks you can have a longer break. True/False

8. Peter takes less time to do his homework these days. True/False

Post-listening stage (15 min)

1. Check your understanding.

Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

list breaks, timer, productivity, task, five, item, time

The Pomodoro Technique is designed to help people work effectively and avoid wasting 1. _______________. It helps you to get the maximum 2. _______________ in the time you have. First you have to break down each 3. _______________ into steps. Then you use a 4. _______________ to organise your time into intensive work and 5. _______________. You write a list of the things you need to do, set the timer to twenty-five minutes and start working on the first 6. _______________ on your list. When the timer goes off you stop work for 7. _______________ minutes. Then you repeat these steps four or five times, ticking off items on your 8. ______________ as you finish them. After a few short breaks you can take a longer break.

2. Summarize this text using some cards. Order the pictures in a right way. (the following cards are reordered)

Card 1. Choose a task to be accomplished.

Card 2. Set the Pomodoro to 25 minutes.

Card 3.Work on the task until the Pomodoro rings.

Card 4.Then put a check on your sheet of paper.

Card 5.Take a short break (5 minutes is ok)

Card 6. Every 4 Pomodoros take a longer break.

3. Ask the students whether they think the Pomodoro Technique sounds like a good idea. Let them write down their ideas then ask the students to share them orally.