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A7 - Communication. Clil Lesson

  • Communication. Clil Lesson

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    LESSON PLAN



     

    Title of the unit: New technologies

    Subject: Communication

    Group Age: 13 - 15 years old

    Group Size: 25 students

    Timing: 45 minutes per session

    Place: Computer Lab

     

    Introduction: This lesson has as a main aim studying the most important aspects about communication. Students will learn related phrases / expressions of this topic, they will contemplate the impact of the technology evolution on human being.

     

    Learning outcomes:

     

    • To be aware of the importance of communication;

    • To identify all the types of communication;

    • To improve their knowledge about the evolution of telephone, Internet and electronic mail;

    • To discover the benefits and to use all these tools.

     

    Subject content:

    • Communication: definition, types of communication;

    • Telephone: occurence, essential parts, evolution;

    • Internet and electronic mail: occurence, evolution, benefits.

     

    Language objectives:

    • Acquiring specific vocabulary regarding communication;

    • Using the new knowledge in practice;

    • Developing reading, listening and speaking skills;

    • Improving oral and written expressing in English.

     

    Students are divided into five groups.

     

    Session 1: Communication - introduction. Telephone

     

    Motivating video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vw_57-PHb0

    Brainstorming: - starting question: What do you think about the evolution of telephone?

    Reading a text related to the topic: telephone

    The vocabulary of the topic: keywords

    Introducing keywords into sentences.

    Using Google Apps.

     

    Task: Working in Google Apps, using keywords.

    Activities:

    • Read the text and identify 8 keywords related to the topic;

    • Using Google Play, download WhatsApp and send a message to the other groups.

    • Using Facebook, post an appropriate photo of our current activity with an original message also, tag your friends.

    Assessment:

    • Use the keywords to build up  sentences;

    • Each group gets two stickers - one, to write two advantages and another, to write two disavantages of using the telephone.

     

    Session 2: Communication - Internet

     

    Motivating video: email

    Brainstorming: - starting question: Why is so important the internet for us?

    The vocabulary of the topic: keywords

     

    Task: Practicing online programes on the Internet.

     

    Activities:

    • Identifying the  keywords out of the multitude of words;

    • Writing the most used five applications; bulding up a bunch;

    • Playing a multiple choice game;

    • Filling in a text;

    • Using Skype.

     

    Assessment:

    • Each group has to build up two sentences using the two keywords they identified;

    • Each group gets two stickers - one, to write two advantages and another, to write two disavantages of using the Internet.

     

    At the end, the students watch a video - New Communication Technologies

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRToZ3HZsmY


     

    Resources:

    Google Presentation Communication;

    Google Docs: Telephone keywords; Internet keywords;

    Motivating video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vw_57-PHb0;             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhXk3wzemR4

    Concluding Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRToZ3HZsmY

    Kahoot;

    Skype;

    Google Play;

    Facebook.