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                                         PORTFOLIO FOR MIDTERM

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                               Yağmur   KURT 

                                                        3/C

                                                   101012826

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   MARMARA UNIVERSITY-2012

 

 

 

 

                                                           LESSON PLAN: LISTENING
 

 

Instructor:

Yağmur KURT

DATE: 23/10/2012

Time: 55

No. of students: 25

Recent topic works: Unusual Journeys

Recent language work: Listening

Goal:  To enable students to talk about their past experiences with using phrasal verbs and vocabulary which are mentioned in listening exercise.

Description of learners:  The class composed of 25 students. The students in this intermediate class are between the ages of 15 and 16. There are 14 girls and 11 boys. They are 10th grade students. These students study at public school. They did not do so much listening and speaking activities. Also, they have not communicated native speaker. For this reason, sometimes mother tongue is used in the lesson in order to be understood properly. Apart from these, students can easily give up activities when they do not like it. So, the text should be chosen carefully to make students successful. Their interests are very important for them, if they do not find anything which is suitable for them, they do not participate the lesson and this situation affects the lesson in a negative way.

 Terminal Objectives:  Students will talk about their past experiences about journey using some specific words and phrases such as, trip, set out, get by, come across, and pick up… Apart from this, students will express the situation which is mentioned in listening exercise either spoken or written English.

Assessment:  Ss as a group, will write their unusual journeys, using words and tenses which are mentioned in the lesson. The next lesson every groups will share their story and T gives feedback to them. Apart from this, at the end of the lesson, vocabulary activities will be done.

 

TIME

STAGE

AIM

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

PROCEDURES

INTERACTIONS

MATERIAL

 

 

8min.

 

 

Pre-Listening

1-The teacher asks to students look at the cartoon. Ss predict the message which is wanted to give in the cartoon.

P: Ss might have a hard time predict the message.

S: Teacher should give additional information about cartoon.

P: Ss might make mistakes during the speaking.

S: Teacher should encourage to correct themselves.

1-T tells the Ss look at the cartoon.

(Appendix 1)

2- T gives instruction about the activity.

3- T ask to groups of Ss predict the message which is wanted to give in the cartoon.

4-T gives 2  minutes for all groups  to think about it.

5- T encourages each group to talk to other groups.

6- At the end, each groups share their ideas about cartoon.

 

T   &    C

 

 

T   &   C

 

 

GG (Groups)  

 

 GG (Groups)  

 

 

GG(Groups)     

 

T&C 

 

 

 


Cartoon image

 

 

 

6 min.

 

 

Pre-Listening

2- T introduces some special words and phrasal verbs which are mentioned in listening execise and Ss will understand them when they read its definition.

P: Ss might not understand meaning of a definition.

S: T gives additional definitions and examples which are related with the words.

1-T gives words and their definitions to the Ss.

(Appendix 2)

2- T gives 6 minutes to complete the task.

3- Ss look at words on their own and they try to match the phrasal verbs and words to their definitions.

4- After Ss complete the activity, they share their answers with the class.

 

T    &   C

 

 

 

T   &    C

 

 

S,S,S

 

 
  T&C
 

 
 

Matching activity is prepared by T.

Dictionary.
 
 
 
14 min.
 
 
While-Listening
1-T gives listening activities to students. They will understand the listening and they will try to match stories and pictures.
P: Ss might not understand the instruction of the exercise.
S: Have a S who understood the instruction clarify the instruction to the others.
 
P: Ss might not understand the listening.
S: Listening text can be listened twice.
1-T tells Ss look at the instruction which is related with activity.
(Appendix 3)
2- After, Ss understand the instruction; teacher tells Ss look at the pictures.
3- After, Ss examine picture properly, T says Ss listen listening text carefully.
4- The listening text will be listened for once.
5- After, the activity is completed, Ss will share answers to whole class.
 
 
T   &   C
 
 
 
 
S,S,S
 
 
 
 
S,S,S
 
 
 
S,S,S
 
 
T   &    C
CD.(Appendix 5)
Coursebook.
(Pictures which are found in the book.)
 
 
 
15. min.
 
While-Listening
2-T gives the same listening text one more. Ss will listen text and they will answer the questions which are related with the text.
P: Ss might not  write the whole sentence.
S: T should help the Ss to complete their sentences.
 
1-T gives the instruction about the listening activity.
(Appendix 4)
2- Ss examine the questions which will be answered according to listening texts.
3- Listening  text will be listened.
4- After Ss listen text and answer questions, they share their answers to the whole class.
T   &    C
 
 
 
 
S,S,S
 
 
 
S,S,S
 
T   &  C
CD.
(Appendix 6)
Coursebook.
(Questions which are found in the book.)
 
 
 
5 min.
 
Post-Listening
2- T gives 8 sentences to Ss. Ss will complete these sentences with suitable words, phrasal verbs and tenses.
P: Ss might not understand the meaning of the sentence.
S: T gives clues about sentence.
1-T gives sentences, word and phrasal verbs to the Ss.
(Appendix 7)
2-Ss try to complete sentences with using correct forms of the verbs
3- After the activity is completed, the answers are shared with the whole class.
4- If there is a problem with the answers, T gives correct feedback to the Ss.
T   &  C
 
 
 
 
S,S,S
 
 
 
T   &   C
 
 
 
T  &    C
Workbook
(Sentences which are written in the book.)
 
7. min.
 
Post-Listening
1-Groups of students will write their unusual journeys with using past tense, present perfect tense, words and phrasal verbs which are mentioned in the lesson. Then they will talk about their journey in front of the class
P: Ss might not come together in the outside.
S: Ss should choose groups members from their close friends.
P: Ss might not use words and phrasal verbs correctly.
S: T should give correct feedback to these mistakes.
1- Groups are determined together.
(Appendix 8)
2- T wants Ss (as a group) write their unusual journey.
 
3- T wants Ss  use past tense, words and phrasal verbs which are related with topic.
4- Ss come together outside of the class and they write their assessment.
5- When Ss come to the class each groups present their writings to the other students.
6- Then these unusual stories are voted by the whole class.
7- The most attractive story is chosen by the class.
T     &    C  
 
 
 T  &   GG
 
 
 
T     & GG
 
 
 
 
GG
 
 
GG  &   C
 
 
 
 
T    &   C
 
 
T   &   C
Writing texts which are written by students.
 
 
                                                                        APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1
 
 
 
 

PREDICT

1-      Look at the cartoon. There are two men in the picture. They seem unhappy because of their situation. The man says our travel agent told you to read the travel tip. What do you think about this situation? What happened to them? Please, guess.

 

2-      Please, try to describe this situation, using only one word.
 
 

APPENDIX 2

1-      Please, match the phrasal verbs and words with their definitions which are given in the right side.

 

1-Trip                                          A) Managing to survive.

2-Journey                                   B) So make a short visit somewhere during a trip in order to something.

3- Travel                                     C) Start a journey

4- Give something up               D) Find answer to a problem.

5- Pick somebody up                E) Say goodbye to someone who is going on a journey.

6- Come across                          F) Let someone get out of your car.

7- Van                                          G) To get better after an illness or an unhappy experience.

8- Get over                                  H) Meet or find by chance.

9- Drop off                                  I) Truck, used for carrying goods or people.

10-Hitchhike                             J) A journey to a place and back again, especially a short one for 

                                                        pleasure or particular purpose.

11- See off                                 K) An act of travelling from one place to another,

                                                        especially when they    are far apart.

12- Set out                                 L) To travel by asking for free rides in other people`s cars,

                                                         by standing at the side of the road and

                                                         trying to get passing cars to stop.

13- Stop off                                M) To go somewhere in your car and collect somebody                                                                                                                       

                                                        who  is waiting for you or to allow somebody to get into your vehicle

                                                        and take    them somewhere.

14- Sort out                                 N) To go from one place to another, especially over a long distance.

15- Get by                                   O) To stop a bad habit or to stop having relationship with someone.

 
APPENDIX 3
1)      Listen to three more stories about unusual journeys. Match each journey to two of the photos A-F. Please, write the words which are helped you. For example, for A you write the first speaker (if the first speaker talks about the motorbike( Vespa))
 
 
 


 

 





APPENDIX 4

 

 

2-Listen again the listening text and answer the questions. Please write the sentences which are helped you.

 Which journey…

1-      Was the longest?

 

2-      Was for charity?

 

3-      Broke a record?

 

4-      Was a race against time?

 

5-      Had its own website?

 

6-      Was made into a TV programme?
 
APPENDIX 5
 
TAPESCRIPTS
1: A Swedish pizza deliveryman has broken the record for the longest solo Vespa journey across Europe. Tommy Kallstrom, from Stockholm arrived in Athens last week, after a four-month trip. Tommy visited fifteen countries on the way, including the principalities of Monaco and Liechtenstein. He kept a diary of his trip and, using his laptop computer, posted details and photos of his journey on his personal website. Tommy almost gave it all up when he had mechanical problems with his Vespa during a storm in the Swiss Alps. Fortunately, he was rescued by a farmer in a tractor who picked him up and took him to the nearest town, where he sorted the problem out. He eventually arrived in Athens on July 1st. Just in time to celebrate his 21st birthday! Tommy`s website has won this year`s Web Travel Site of the year.
2: On TV later this week, you can see a documentary film of another incredible journey. Italian TV journalist Chiara Colucci and her husband, Luca, a wildlife cameraman, spent six months driving across Siberia in a Land Rover to make the film. They were looking for the rare Siberian tiger, of which only about two hundred still exist in the wild. However, the star of the film is a baby bear cub, called Tizio that they came across near the River Amur. Tizio had been injured and the Colluccis took him with them so they could look after him. When Tizio got over his injury, he did not want to leave the Colluccis, and the three became close friends. It is an extraordinarily beautiful film and you will not be able to stop crying when the Colluccis finally say goodbye to Tizio at the end of their journey in Vladivostok.
 
3:
A: Hey, have you seen this?
B: What?
A: Here, look: ‘ University students hitchhike for charity’
B: It is Alex and Isabelle! So what is the story?
A: Well, apparently they were part of a group of students who have hitchhiked from Land`s End to John O’ Groats to raise many for charity.
B: That is a long way to hitch…..and what charity was it?
A: Let`s see….yeah, a local children`s hospital…..yeah, and it seems although ten of them set out together, only four of them actually arrived.
B: What do you mean, only four of them arrived? Did the others get lost or something?
A: No, the thing was they had a time limit; they had to get to John O’ Groats in less than two days. See there is a photo here of their friends and families seeing them off from Land`s End last Friday, and it says here that they had to get to  John O’ Groats by midday on Sunday.
B: And they made it there in time?
A: Yeah, not only that, they broke the record too…..it only took them ten hours and twenty minutes.
B: Ten hours? What did they do? Hire a helicopter or something?
A: Well, it says here that they were really lucky with their first lift. A van picked them up after only five minutes and took them almost all the way. It dropped them off just twenty minutes’ walk from the finishing line.
B: And what happened to the others?
A: Looks like they gave up and turned for home.
 
APPENDIX 6
1-  There is a listening text`s CD.
 
APPENDIX 7
 
          1-         Complete the sentences with words from the box. Words and phrasal verbs are used only once. Please, use the verbs in their correct forms.
 
              trip                               travel                                   journey                   hitchhiked
              get by                          stop off                                give up                    set out
 
         
1-    I………….. on US $2 a day when I was in Vietnam, but New Zealand is a lot more expensive.
2-    I am going to…….. in Australia for a week to see Jen and Daniel before I fly home.
3-    I cannot believe that I……… from home over eighteen months ago.
4-    The ………. From Turkey to India was long and difficult.
5-    I have ………. all over Europe. The best lift I ever had was from France to Hungary.
6-    We have not finished planning our……… to Croatia yet, but we are going to for two weeks.
7-    My hobbies are sports and…….. Last year I went on a two-month trip around South America.
8-    It is going to be strange to be home again and have nothing to do. I am glad that I……… my job to go travelling.
 
APPENDIX 8
 
1-Groups of students write their unusual journeys, using words, phrasal verbs, past tense and present perfect tense.
                                                                ANSWERS
(APPENDIX 1)
1-Look at the cartoon. There are two men in the picture. They seem unhappy because of their situation. The man says our travel agent told you to read the travel tip. What do you think about this situation? What happened to them? Please, guess.
 
Possible  answer:
They wanted to go holiday. But, they went to the wrong place. For this reason, they talked about this situation. This is a kind of unusual journey for them.
 
2-Please, try to describe this situation, using only one word.
 
    Possible answer:
1-Travel
2-Holiday
3-Journey
4-Island
5-Trip
 
(APPENDIX 2)
 
1-Please, match the phrasal verbs and words with their definitions which are given in the right side.
 
1-Trip                 J                      A) Managing to survive.
2-Journey       K                        B) So make a short visit somewhere during a trip in order to something.
3- Travel                         N        C) Start a journey
4- Give something up   O         D) Find answer to a problem.
5- Pick somebody up   M               E) Say goodbye to someone who is going on a journey.
6- Come across     H                        F) Let someone get out of your car.
7- Van                I                              G) To get better after an illness or an unhappy experience.
8- Get over            G                        H) Meet or find by chance.
9- Drop off                 F                     I) Truck, used for carrying goods or people.
10-Hitchhike         L                          J) A journey to a place and back again, especially a short one for 
                                                               pleasure or particular purpose.
11- See off                 E                      K) An act of travelling from one place to another,
                                                                especially when they    are far apart.
12- Set out        C                               L) To travel by asking for free rides in other people`s cars,
                                                                 by standing at the side of the road and
                                                                 trying to get passing cars to stop.
13- Stop off               B                      M) To go somewhere in your car and collect somebody                                                                                                                       
                                                           who  is waiting for you or to allow somebody to get into your vehicle
                                                           and take    them somewhere.
14- Sort out        D                             N) To go from one place to another, especially over a long distance.
15- Get by            A                           O) To stop a bad habit or to stop having relationship with someone.
 
(APPENDIX 3)
 
1-Listen to three more stories about unusual journeys. Match each journey to two of the photos A-F. Please, write the words which are helped you. For example, for A you write the first speaker (if the first speaker talks about the motorbike)
For the first speaker: Pictures, A and F.
For Picture A, Vespa
For Picture F, Pizza deliveryman
For the second speaker: Pictures, C and E
For Picture C, Bear cub, River Amur.
For Picture E, Siberian tiger, wildlife.
For the third speaker: Pictures, B and D
For Picture B, Two people, hitchhike.
For Picture D, Van.
 
(APPENDIX 4)
 
1-Listen again the listening text and answer the questions. Please write the sentences which are helped you.
Which journey…
1-Was the longest?
The First one was the longest. A Swedish pizza deliveryman has broken the record for the longest solo Vespa journey across Europe.
 
2-Was for charity?
The Third one was for charity. Well, apparently they were part of a group of students who have hitchhiked from Land`s End to John O’ Groats to raise many for charity.
 
3-Broke a record?
The First one and the second one broke a record. For the first one, a Swedish pizza deliveryman has broken the record for the longest solo Vespa journey across Europe. For the third one, they broke the record too…..it only took them ten hours and twenty minutes.
 
4-Was a race against time?
The third one was a race against time. The thing was they had a time limit; they had to get to John O’ Groats in less than two days.
5-Had its own website?
The first one had its own website. He kept a diary of his trip and, using his laptop computer, posted details and photos of his journey on his personal website.
 
6-Was made into a TV programme?
The second one was made into a TV programme. On TV later this week, you can see a documentary film of another incredible journey. Italian TV journalist Chiara Colucci and her husband, Luca, a wildlife cameraman, spent six months driving across Siberia in a Land Rover to make the film.
(APPENDIX 7)
 
1- Complete the sentences with words from the box. Words and phrasal verbs are used only once. Please, use the verbs in their correct forms.
 
              trip                               travel                                   journey                   hitchhiked
              get by                          stop off                                give up                    set out
 
        
1-      I…got by……….. on US $2 a day when I was in Vietnam, but New Zealand is a lot more expensive.
2-      I am going to…stop off….. in Australia for a week to see Jen and Daniel before I fly home.
3-       I cannot believe that I……set out… from home over eighteen months ago.
4-       The …journey… From Turkey to India was long and difficult.
5-      I have …hitchhiked... all over Europe. The best lift I ever had was from France to Hungary.
6-      We have not finished planning our…trip…… to Croatia yet, but we are going to for two weeks.
7-       My hobbies are sports and…travel….. Last year I went on a two-month trip around South America.
8-      It is going to be strange to be home again and have nothing to do. I am glad that I…gave up…… my job to go travelling.
(APPENDIX 8)
 
1-Groups of students write their unusual journeys, using words, phrasal verbs, past tense and present perfect tense.
Possible unusual journey from the book;
 
                           Lawyer Gives Up Job To Cycle Around South America
A Spanish lawyer has given up his job and has sold his car to cycle around South America and perform as a clown. Alvaro Neil, also known as ‘Biciclown’, is cycling his way around South America, performing his clown act free everywhere he goes.
Alvaro, 36, from Asturians in the north of Spain, gave up his job last year when he realized that there was more to life than a nine to five job. ‘You only live once and life in an office just is not life’, he says. So in October last year he set out on his South American adventure.
He began his journey in La Paz, Bolivia and so far he has visited six countries and cycled more than 15,000 kilometres.
He spends two or three months in each country, but he has never stopped off for more than five days in any one place. Alvaro is getting by three dollars a day and he has slept train station.
He has given speeches to the people and people who have listened him, loved him very much. He says that cycling is the most important thing for him, and being a clown is a wonderful experience. For this reason, when he comes across people, he tries to make them happy.
 
                                                                                           YAĞMUR KURT