Class Description: Intermediate Ages between 18 and 22 16 students They attend class 12 hours a week.
Location: University in Japan
Length of Class: 70 minutes
Language Skills: Speaking, Listening and Writing
Topic of the Lesson: Traveling to the U.S.A.
Materials: chairs and desks, pieces of papers for “Karuta” game (matching cards), pieces of papers of vocabulary for the practice
Vocabulary: make a reservation, occupied, tired, take a rest, go shopping, take a bus, check in, check out, round-trip, delayed,
Objectives: Students will be able: To express or explain what they want to say when they don’t know the exact words. To be more confident to communicate with native English speakers. To know basic vocabulary that is related to the trip
WARM-UP / REVIEW: (15 minutes)
Opening Discussions: (5 minutes) Which countries have you been to? Did you have any troubles with the language when you went there? What do you need to do before you go there? How do you think you can explain the word which you don’t know in English?
Review: “Karuta” game (matching cards): (10 minutes) - Have students get into groups of 4. - Place vocabulary / idiom cards on desk at random. - Students of each group stand around the desks. - The teacher reads a sentence / a couple of sentences, which is showing / describing the meaning of cards without using the word. - Students take cards which match with the sentence/s the teacher reads. - (Whoever takes cards the most is a winner.)
Introduction: (5 minutes)
Explain Guessing game which is going to do in the presentation.
Presentation: (30 minutes)
Guessing game: