Introduction
Reading can sometimes be a very solitary experience and many teachers prefer to get students to do it at home, but with the right kind of text and the right tasks, reading can be turned into a fun, collaborative and communicative experience.
This lesson exploits an authentic text taken from a British Council 'UKinfocus' project and has a range of quite simple tasks that students work through in groups. There are also a range of suggestions for follow up tasks.
Topic
Things to do in a city at night
Age/ Level
Aged 13-17 and Adult (CEFR B1)
Time
70 mins
Aims
- To develop reading skills for gist and specific information
- To develop the ability to work co-operatively in a group
- To develop the ability to deduce meaning from context
Materials
- Lesson plan - The reading excerpts are in the Appendix
- Worksheet - This can be replaced with dictation and board work
Downloads
Lesson plan237.74 KB
Worksheet140.73 KB
Language Level
Comments
Newcastle lesson
Amazing topic!
It helps me improve my skills on pronounciation.
Thanks to British Council for that.
CAN'T SEE THE TEXT
Hi there
You can find the text in the worksheet
Life experiences and teaching about Newcastle
This lesson plan awoke me so many beautiful memories about the night life in Newcastle, though it was really out of time. I think: joining some participant-observations, experiences, photography from teachers' real life there would make the lesson much vivid and touched. Merely, about the policeman's part, I can't really agree more. They are somehow doing too many extra and over-controlled matters; might-be, their hearts are good, but who really did know? More helps and smiles are usefully for dealing with problems, in my opinion.
In conclusion, a very good course plan directly abstracted from true life-style in Newcastle, itself. Integrating it with students' life experiences, teachers would make more innovations in teaching
TEFL
After following British Council for almost 6 years, I have found that this is the best place to learn, share, interact, and teach. The authentic material they use is amazing and matchless. Having been inspired by the teachers working for the British Council, I did TKT in 2012. I have been using latest teaching techniques and strategies in my class for a long time. Thanks a lot for the support you provide in a different and more interesting way.
Out of Date
Many thanks for the feedback. I'll pass this on to the team for discussion.
Cheers
Del
out of date
Totally agree with SLavr.
I used to use this exercise and I've looked it up. It's dated 2003 - 12 years old. The activities are still valid, but I feel it's important to up date materials where possible and here it's certainly possible!
It is very interesting
I have discovered another way of dealing with reading