Problems and Solutions

© 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. Lesson Plan Level 3 Topic Aim Language Focus Skills Lesson 20 Problems To discuss various problems and solutions Expressing problems, solutions and revision of present perfect Speaking, listening, reading Out There – real world Out There – VoIP Take the class to a well-populated area of the town or city, somewhere where people are not in a rush and are easy to approach (i.e. sitting down). Tell students to use VoIP to call conversation partners using the school’s computers or at home. # Details Task Sheet Minutes 1 2 3 4 5 6 To introduce the aim, write on the board: ‘Someone __ stolen my bag.’ Ask the students to fill the gap and say what they think the lesson is about today. Highlight the aim of the lesson. On the board revise the present perfect: form, uses (experience, continuing situation and recent change). Go through examples of problems, tell the students to fill the gaps with the correct form and match answers. Explain new vocabulary and help with pronunciation. Tell the students to do Exercise 1, check in open class. Explain that instead of ‘need to‘ you can use other forms, e.g. ‘will’ ‘have to‘ etc. Briefly go through the medical problems in Exercise 2 and check the students understand them. Then tell them to discuss what they do if they have these problems. Monitor for pronunciation. Tell the students to do Exercise 1 in pairs. Check the answers. Ask them to work in pairs or small groups to discuss students’ problems using the questions in Exercise 2. Explain ‘to sort out’. Encourage use of the new vocabulary and form. Explain the Out There task: students make their own questions using the vocabulary and form. Make suggestion, check accuracy and appropriateness, and drill pronunciation. 1 2 3 5 10 20 15 15 15 Out There Tasks 7 8 Real world: Students ask members of the public their questions to start conversations. Feedback: Ask how it went. Check the students have completed the task. Ask them to list their favourite new expressions and words of the day. Ask the students if they feel confident with the language taught and get feedback. VoIP: Students ask conversation partners their questions to start conversations. Feedback: Same as real world when in class, but also think about having students do the task as homework, record it and email it to you as an assessment. 40 45 © 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. TD3.20 p1 Task Sheet 1 Present perfect + -? Here are some examples of problems. Complete them with the present perfect form of the verbs: 1. A: I’ve got a terrible sore throat. B: ______________ drinking some hot lemon? (try) 2. A: The car won’t start. B: _________________ the fuel? (check) 3. A: I think I’ve lost my passport. B: ______________________ it to the police? (report) 4. A: I’ve got a terrible headache. I’ve had it since yesterday. B: __________________ to the doctor? (be) 5. A: I’ve lost my front door key. You haven’t seen it, have you? B: __________________ in the kitchen? (look). 6. A: There are no towels in my hotel room. B: ____________________ Reception? (tell) 7. A: I don’t think I’m making much progress with my English. B: ___________________to your teacher about it? (speak) 8. A: All the flights to Paris are fully booked. How are we going to get there? B: ___________________ Eurostar? I prefer the train anyway. (try) Now answer the questions with the answers below: a. Yes, I tried them this morning. All the trains are full too. b. No, but I’ll go down there this afternoon and report it. c. Yes, I’ve tried that but it still hurts. d. It can’t be that. I put some petrol in yesterday. e. She just told me to be patient. f. I told them this morning but they haven’t done anything about it. g. No, I haven’t but that’s probably where it is. I think I left it on the table. h. No, but I think I’d better go this afternoon. © 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. TD3.20 p2 Task Sheet 2 Exercise 1 Match the words for problem with the words for the solutions/sorting out: Problems Sorting out/solutions Bag/stolen Lost/passport Gadget/not working Payment/not received Problems/colleague Get/replacement Bank/money out Finance office/find out Talk/boss Take back/shop Make sentences with both parts, for example: My credit card has expired, I need to renew it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Exercise 2 Medical problems: A headache A sore throat A cold A mosquito bite Flu Food poisoning Backache A sprained ankle Sunburn Toothache Hiccups A temperature Travel sickness Indigestion Stomach ache A cut finger 1. In pairs. What do you do when you have these problems? For example: ‘I see a doctor.’ ‘Oh, I carry on as normal.’ 2. How many of these problems have you had in the last year? What did you do? © 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. TD3.20 p3 Task Sheet 3 Exercise 1 1. Look at these sentences. Connect the ones that mean the same thing. The first one is done for you. 1 E I feel ill. A Are you all right? 2 What’s the matter? B My stomach hurts. 3 You don’t look too good. C Why don’t you… ? 4 Oh dear. D What’s up? 5 Are you ok? E I feel awful 6 I think you should… F I’m sorry (to hear that). 7 I’ve got a stomach ache. G You don’t look very well. 2. Complete the missing parts of the dialogue. Helen: Hi, Nick. You don’t___________ too good. Nick: No I feel ________________. Helen: What’s__________________? Nick: I’ve got a splitting ________________and my body _______________all over. Helen: Oh dear. It sounds like ______________to me. Nick: No, I think it’s just a _______________. Exercise 2 Discuss: • Have you ever had any of these problems? • What did you do? • How did you sort the problem out? • Do you know anyone who needs to sort their life out? Why? What’s wrong? © 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. TD3.20 p4 Out There Task Prepare your questions and write them below. Then, in the real world say: ‘Excuse me, I am learning English. Can I ask you some questions please? Q1. Q2. Q3. Q4. Q5.