Theme: Case study

Theme: Case study

Aims:

Educational aims:

• to teach students to define their learning styles

• to explain how to use I wish

Cultural aims:

• To promote expansion of the general outlook of students in learning styles

• To stimulate activity of pupils by the appeal to additional sources of information.

Practical aims:

• Improvement of students’ listening skills

• To encourage them working in pairs

Developing aims:

• To develop students’ speaking skills

• To enlarge their active vocabulary with new words

Equipment:

1. Computer.

2. Multimedia projector.

3. Hand-outs with tasks

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Who is on duty today?

Who is absent today?

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What was your homework for today?

What season is it now?

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Warm up: (10 min)

I will divide you into pairs and you should discuss the following questions:

• What methods do you prefer to use for learning something?

• Do you like moving around/touching things/reading aloud while learning?

• Do you feel like having a rest while you are studying a lot?

Pre-listening (15min)

Aim: Teaching new vocabulary

I divide the students into small groups. Your new topic is about learning styles. Look at the picture and each group should describe one of the three types of learning styles. You should give your ideas using a cluster

Now you should read and match the words with their definitions:

Answers: 1-g, 2-e, 3-h, 4-a, 5-j, 6-c, 7-I, 8-d, 9-b, 10-f

Now dear students, you should read the instructions. According to three questions you will find your learning styles.

Instruction: You have bought a new piece of technological equipment and you are unsure how it works. What do you do?

Do you…….

1. read the instructions before starting? (visual type)

2. have go at putting the equipment together and using it? (kinesthetic)

3. research how the equipment works? (auditory)

While listening (20 min)

Aim: listening for the gist

You are going to listen to three students talk. They are talking about their learning styles and you have to decide whether the statements True or False.

TAPE SCRIPT

SEVARA: Hi, my name is Sevara. During the lessons I must always sit at the first desk and keep an eye contact with the teacher. I have a good visual memory; I can memorize the things, places I have seen. Pictures, diagrams help me to understand the case more easily. I can remember best by writing things down several times.

DILDORA: Hello, my name is Dildora. I learnt best when I move around the class, touch things, at least their pictures. While I’m learning English it’s necessary to see the pictures of objects I’m trying to learn. And I cannot sit too long reading; I have to take little breaks.

LAYLO: Hi, I’m Laylo. I can remember the things when they are read aloud, even while I’m getting prepared for lectures. Reading scientific books in order to understand I have to read aloud. Lecture, speeches are easily memorized for me. I prefer listening to the news on the radio to reading about it in the newspaper.

Answers:

1. Diagrams, pictures help Sevara to learn easily. True

2. Sevara should write down things several times to remember them best. False

3. Dildora learns best while she moves around during the lesson, having little breaks. True

4. Dildora prefers listening to the news on the radio than reading it on the newspaper. False

5. Laylo can’t sit too long during the lessons. False

6. Laylo can remember things when she sees, touches them. True

Post-listening (10 min)

Aim: improving speaking skills through asking questions.

Ask these questions from each other and complete the table:

1. Do you take notes?

2. Do you remember people’s faces easily?

3. How do you remember new names?

4. Do you remember things when you see and touch them?

You should find out who are visual, auditory, kinesthetic type of learners.

Look at and match the pictures:

Grammar time: (15 min)

Aim: introducing and using gerunds

Some verbs require –ing form which is called gerund.Some verbs are followed by the gerund and soe are followed by the infinitive with “to”For example:

Read—reading run –running

Speak-speaking take-taking

Verbs followed by the gerund include:

Start, enjoy, finish, prefer, like, stop, keep, understand, give up

I like reading books.

He enjoys listening to music.

My father never gives up smoking.

Choose the correct words:

1. He offered to read/ reading my palm.

2. I’ve decided not to be/not being so lazy in the future.

3. I enjoy to go/ going to the gym every day.

4. I’m considering to learn/ learning German.

5. Have you finished to write/ writing your essay?

6. She seems to get/ getting stressed very easily.

7. She promised not to be/ not being late.

8. I want to go/ going on a diet to look good for my wedding.Your home task will be to write 8 sentences with the help of gerund, and try to do the following quiz to identify your earning styleDo the quiz to find out your learning style:

Conclusion of the lesson(5min)

Marking list: