READING


A well chosen passage is one of general interest to all students.
It may ******* a few new vocabulary and idiomatic usage.
It should be suitable to the students’ age and language level.

Procedure


A) Pre-reading:

1- Discussing pictures, title, subtitles.(try to explain most of the new words)
-Don’t present all the words. They can guess the meaning from the context-

2- Skimming for general information & scanning for certain information such as : numbers – names …
-Don’t explain the whole passage and kill students’ interest instead of arousing it-

3- Write the questions and let the students read
them making sure that they understand them.
–they should read for a certain aim –
Note: the questions should test students’ understanding.
* Questions on the passage shouldn’t lead to copying of whole sentences.
* Questions shouldn’t test anything not mentioned in the passage.
* Questions should test comprehension and involve critical thinking.


B) While Reading:

Students read the passage silently to find answers to the questions
Note : Time is important (set specific time and stop them when time is over)

C)Answering questions:

When time is over, stop the students. Then ask them to answer the questions.

D) Post Reading - Application:

You can ask for more details or do a ( T ) or ( F ) or a multiple choice question …etc.


Creative Ideas For Reading lesson

* To save time and effort you can write your questions on an extra board before the class.

* Enlarge the passage and cover it with plastic to get the girls to come out & mark the places of answers and vocabulary.

* Instead of asking typical questions about the passage …Use concept maps - for the main ideas of the passage - for groups to fill in and a representative of each group can come out to discuss it.

A- B-



E) Homework:

Be creative in the homework
(don’t give them the same questions done in the class).


SPEAKING


Dialogues help the students to express their own feelings, ideas
and opinions by using different speech acts according to the situation itself.
They help them to use the language effectively.

A dialogue is a model conversation used to practice speaking.

The aims of teaching dialogues are:
* Teaching language items. * Clarifying the meaning of some vocabulary.
* Pr***ding useful expressions. * Demonstrating grammatical rules.

A dialogue is organized according to some principles:
* Turn taking. *Opening sequences. *Body. * Closing sequences.

How to Form Dialogue
1) State a clear situation including all the needed information.
2) Name the characters.
3) Omit content words, phrases or sentences, not simple structural words.
4) Avoid using difficult or complicated structures.
5) ******* appropriate opening & closing sequences.
6) Use natural idiomatic spoken language (standard informal English)..
7) Use short statements.
8) Avoid the question-answer-question format.
9) Avoid direct copy of textbooks that requires memorization.






Useful Expression
(You should use them during the dialogues & your tests)
Expressing gratitude:
-Thanks for the warning! - I appreciate that.
-That’s very kind of you - - That’s very nice of you.
Expressing feelings:
- I’m really upset! - I’m really disappointed. I’m really happy. -I’m really glad.
Expressing an opinion:
- In my opinion, ……. - I think that …..
Expressing agreement:
- That’s right. - You’re right. - I agree with you.
- I think so. - Fine. - Certainly.
Expressing sympathy:
- I’m sorry to hear that. - That’s too bad.
- How awful! - That’s terrible. - What a pity!
Expressing reassurance:
- Don’t worry! - I’m sure you’ll be feeling better soon.
- Believe me, there’s nothing to worry about!
Expressions of surprise:
- How astonishing! That’s amazing!
- That’s surprising!
Expressions of relief:
- What a relief! - It’s fortunate you …..
- I’m so glad (that) ……
Expressions of happy anticipation:
- That’s good news! Fantastic!
- That’d be lovely!
Expressions of uncertainty:
- I can’t make up my mind.
- I’m not sure. - Oh! I don’t know.
Polite expressions:
- I want to ask you a s**** favour. - I’m sorry.
- I hope you don’t mind. - I was wondering.