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DIDACTIC UNIT “Travelling is Fun” Pale Course 2,009 Virginia L.E. Javier P.L. Joaquín R.C. Valentín T.S. Didactic Unit. PALE 2009 1

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DIDACTIC UNIT

“Travelling is Fun”

Pale Course 2,009

Virginia L.E.

Javier P.L.

Joaquín R.C.

Valentín T.S.

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DIDACTIC UNIT: “TRAVELLING IS FUN”!

SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION AND JUSTIFICATION (PAG 3).

2. CONTEXTUALIZATION (PAG 5).

3. OBJECTIVES (PAG 8).

4. CONTECTS (PAG 9).

5. CROSS CURRICULAR TOPICS (PAG 12).

6. BASIC COMPETENCES (PAG 13).

7. METHODOLOGY (PAG 15).

8. ASSESSMENT (PAG 18).

9. ACTIVITIES (PAG 21).

10. MANAGING DIVERSITY: FEED-BACK MECHANISMES (PAG 33).

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY (PAG 34)

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DIDACTIC UNIT: “TRAVELLING IS FUN”!

1. INTRODUCTION AND JUSTIFICATION:

The knowledge of foreign languages is, at present, fundamental due to its international

influence in terms of education, work , culture, tourism and technology among others.

Our society in Extremadura has increased its competition in order to access to the job

market where speaking foreign languages, may strongly increase our possibilities of

getting a well paid job, and also to be better prepared for the future. The Education

“Consejería” and the “Junta de Extremadura” have made many efforts to increase and

improve the quality of the foreign language education. In this sense, some educational

programs have been developed in order to get better prepared English teachers in terms

of linguistic level, lastest methodological approaches and teaching programs, but also the

last innovations in terms of resources and materials (including the New Technologies in

Foreign Language teaching) .

The present Didactic Unit develops the objectives, key competences, contents,

methodology and assessment criteria for the topic AT THE AIRPORT taking into account

the following legislation:

- The Organic Law 2/2006 of 23rd May about Education, (LOE).

- Royal Decree 1513/2006 of the 7th of December, in which the minimun contents

corresponding to primary education are stated.

− The Decree-Law 142/2007, of June 26th, in which the Primary Education Curriculum

of LOE is established.

THE AIRPORT is a fundamental tool for establishing relationships and fostering the

Education for the Consumer and recycling habits according to “Ecocentros”

Educational Programmes.

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The Didactic Unit was previously agreed upon in coordination with the Teaching Staff of

the 3rd cycle, which decided to organize a trip to “Talavera la Real Airport” at the end of

the term (links to other learning areas: Geography). As it’s the last unit in the

programming, it focusses more on the oral skills in order to revise most of the

vocabulary learned throughout the year.

Throughout this Unit we’ll try to cover de four linguistic skills (listening, speaking, reading

and writing), the cross curricular themes and Basic Competence closely related to this

motivating topic.

Finally, it’s essential to show some points about this unit:

It’ll will take approximately a minimum of 9 sessions of teaching time.

This Didactic Unit has been designed for pupils in the 2nd year of the 3rd cycle of Primary

Education.

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2.CONTEXTUALIZATION

2.1. The stage:

Primary Education comprises six academic years and it’s organized into three cycles of

two years each.The present programme planning has been designed for pupils in the 1st

year of the 2nd Cycle.

2.2. The school:

The school is a public Primary centre located in a middle- class neighbourhood of a small

town with 200 pupils.There are approximately 20 students per class.

2.3. The students:

The pupils are 11 and 12 years old. According to Piaget, most children this age begin a

new period referred to as the concrete-operational stage in which they start becoming

less ego-centric and dependent on their parents and focus more on making friends of the

same age and sex. They now make decisions in groups and accept rules; they are more

autonomous and can represent aspects of reality more clearly.

Children at this age are naturally curious, love to play and use their imagination, are

comfortable with routines and enjoy as well as need repetition. Likewise, they also have

quite a short attention span and so need a variety of activities to maintain their attention

and motivation. They are not able to understand grammatical rules although they can

comprehend simple explanations about language, and are beginning to develop the

reading and writing skills in their own language. All these characteristics must be

considered when planning the activities which make up a course syllabus.

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Concrete operational stage

The Concrete operational stage is the third of four stages of cognitive development in

Piaget's theory. This stage, which follows the Preoperational stage, occurs between the

ages of 7 and 12 years and is characterized by the appropriate use of logic. Important

processes during this stage are:

Seriation—the ability to sort objects in an order according to size, shape, or any other

characteristic. For example, if given different-shaded objects they may make a color

gradient.

Transitivity- The ability to recognize logical relationships among elements in a serial

order (for example, If A is taller than B, and B is taller than C, then A must be taller than

C).

Classification—the ability to name and identify sets of objects according to appearance,

size or other characteristic, including the idea that one set of objects can include another.

Decentering—where the child takes into account multiple aspects of a problem to solve

it. For example, the child will no longer perceive an exceptionally wide but short cup to

contain less than a normally-wide, taller cup.

Reversibility—the child understands that numbers or objects can be changed, then

returned to their original state. For this reason, a child will be able to rapidly determine

that if 4+4 equals t, t−4 will equal 4, the original quantity.

Conservation—understanding that quantity, length or number of items is unrelated to the

arrangement or appearance of the object or items.

Elimination of Egocentrism—the ability to view things from another's perspective (even

if they think incorrectly). For instance, show a child a comic in which Jane puts a doll

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under a box, leaves the room, and then Melissa moves the doll to a drawer, and Jane

comes back. A child in the concrete operations stage will say that Jane will still think it's

under the box even though the child knows it is in the drawer.

Children in this stage can, however, only solve problems that apply to actual (concrete)

objects or events, and not abstract concepts or hypothetical tasks.

3. OBJECTIVES

- Use the language learnt throughout the year in a different context: the airport.

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- Recognise, name and talk about places in an airport: suitcase contents and personal

details.

- Listen, read and act out oral exchanges about giving directions, security area,

boarding welcome and sales on board using politeness structures.

- Listen, read and understand specific information from a comic strip and airport

screens.

- Participate in songs, chants and games practising pronunciation, intonation, stress,

rhythm of different statements, and showing awareness of the sound-spelling

relationship.

- Write simple texts about this topic with varied objectives and following models.

- Express oneself and interact orally in simple situations at an airport, using non verbal

communication and respectful attitude.

- Learn to use and value the new Technologies (the Internet, Pc and Interactive

Whiteboard...) as fundamental resources to communicate and obtain information and for

practising the linguistic skills.

- Value the Foreign Language and all languages in general as a great communication

tool among different people and cultures.

- Show an attitude of confidence in one’s own ability in the use of the foreign language.

- Identify aspects of phonetics, rhythm, accent and intonation, linguistic structures and

lexical aspects o and use them as basic elements of communication.

4 . CONTENTS

Block 1. Listen, speak and converse:

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- Listening to and understanding oral messages related to airport real-life situations by

using audio-visual and computerized tools in order to extract general and specific

information.

- Spoken interactions in real or simulated situations by using verbal/ non verbal

communication,

- Interest in participating actively in songs, chants, games and dramatisations, following

models.

- Appreciation of Foreign Language as an instrument of communication.

Block 2. Reading and Writing

- Reading and understanding texts (printed and digitalized) in order to use the information

in the development of different oral and written tasks: labelling, describing itineraries,

asking for info...

- Reading and writing texts related to airport situations such as flying tickets, notes, price

list...etc

- Use of the Interactive Whiteboard to read/write information and use the Internet to book

a ticket.

- Interest in the presentation of written texts.

Block 3. Knowledge of the language.

3.1. Linguistic Knowledge:

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1. Identification of aspects of phonology, rhythm, stress, intonation of the Foreign

Language, and their use in the comprehension and production of short spoken texts.

2. Identification and use of previously-acquired vocabulary and structures with adequate

fluency and accuracy.

3. Interest in using the Foreign Language correctly in varied situations.

a) Basic vocabulary: Check in, information, gate, duty-free shop; map, sunglasses,

toothpaste, towel; belt, oxygen mask, life jacket.

b) Revision vocabulary: Restaurant, parking, toilets; go straight on, turn right/left;

jeans, shirt, hat,trainers; pizza,salad,coffee,coke,juice,water;colours;numbers;personal

details and alphabet.

c) Active language: Excuse me, where’s the...?/What’s in your suitcase? In my suitcase

I’ve got.../Have you got.....? Yes, I have/No, I haven’t./What’s your

name?/nationality?/Your ticket, please./ Here you are / Thank you/.Can I have (food) ,

please?/ How much is it? /It’s&...

d) Receptive language: Emergency rules(fasten, unfasten....)/arrivals/

departures/luggage.

e) Phonetics: Rhythm, intonation and stress of the ABC, words and sentences of the

unit.

3.2. Reflection on learning:

- Use of different procedures, audiovisual and computerized support for the acquisition of

new vocabulary and structures

- Use of graphic means for consultation of the time in different English- speaking

countries.

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- Cooperation in different groupings (team-work, in pairs) in order to achieve a common

goal.

-Effort to improve linguistic production and recognising errors as part of the learning

process.

Block 4. Socio-cultural Aspects and Intercultural Awareness.

- Interest and receptive attitude in discovering information about people and culture where

the Foreign Language is spoken.

- Socialisation in surroundings that are different from their own : the airport.

- Respect for classmates in order to create a good social atmosphere in class.

- Interest in knowing the time in English-speaking countries.

- Respect for the rules governing conversations and the rules of security and good

manners.

5 . CROSS-CURRICULAR TOPICS:

According to LOGSE, there are eight CROSS-CURRICULAR THEMES within the

curriculum, which are teaching contents that conform an important way to show our pupils

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values in order to be prepared for the future within our society. For this unit the CCC work

out are:

Moral and Civic education: Using courtesy rules as a sign of fellowship to other people.

Health education: Following the established rules on the airport in order not to risk our

health.

6 . BASIC COMPETENCES:

The principal characteristics of the basic competences are:

−To promote the development of the capacities better than the assimilation of the

contents

−The application character of the learning process: A competent person is one who is

capable of resolving problems related to his environment.

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− Dynamic character:They are developed in a progressive manner and in different

situations.

− Interdisciplinary character. They integrate various learnings from different disciplines.

The basic competences for this unit are:

Competence in Linguistic communication: Following instructions, asking and

answering...

Mathematical competence: Practicing numbers and additions to buy and give the

change.

Knowledge and Interaction with the physical world: Recognizing different

surroundings.

Digital competence and Treatment of information: Using the Interactive White Board

to practice the linguistic structures of the unit, and the Internet to buy a flight ticket.

Social and Civic competence: Using good manners and respecting safety rules on the

plane.

Cultural and Artistic competence: Making a plane cabin,passport and ticket. Rhythm in

songs

Learning to Learn Competence:Memorising a dialogue. Using a chart to organise

information.

Personal Autonomy and Initiative: Showing respect towards others in cooperative

activities

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7 . METHODOLOGY:

In Primary Education, the educational objective of foreign languages is fundamentally

directed toward the learners’ acquisition of communicative competence with a basic

level sufficient for communication in common everyday activities and in situations related

to the interests and motivations of the students. This syllabus reflects and meets this

objective fully, and serves a bridge between what students have already learned in the

previous stages of Infant and Primary Education.

A. The teaching approaches and methodological principles :

In the last decades the teaching of Foreign Languages has changed from a grammar

approach to a communicative approach; in other words, from the teaching of grammar

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rules and vocabulary to the use of language with a communicative purpose in everyday

situations.

In this programming I’ve selected and put into practice a mixture with the most useful

ideas of the main Foreign Language teaching approaches: Communicative

approach,Linguistic approach, Direct method approach, Student based approach, Natural

approach,TPR method.

Our methodology is based on a variety of methodological principles to take into

account in the class development:

- Active participation and collaboration of the pupils.

- A great variety of motivating activities and games to join the different intellects

(managing diversity) and ways of learning.

- Development of the four basic skills.

- Start with the pupil’s previous knowledge.

- Development of the necessary skills and knowledge to achieve autonomy in one’s own

learning.

- Development of strategies in the pupils to “learn how to learn” (great variety of

materials , sheets to reflect on their own work ...)

- Variety of classroom management (grouping and spaces).

- Use of audiovisual and computerised resources and formats :Pictures, video, and new

technologies.

To summarise, we may say that throughout this programming our main aims are to create

a motivating atmosphere where pupils feel self-confident and may become more

autonomous in their daily performance. To do that we need to offer them topics,

vocabulary, grammar structures, but above all, a variety of activities according to their

interest, tastes and level.

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It’s also fundamental to speak in English as much as possible in every session by using

non verbal communication resources (gestures, pictures, flashcards...) as alternative

ways of teaching meaning. At the same time, we must involve our pupils in interesting

and enjoyable

activities in order to keep the motivation towards the English language. In this sense,

Stephen Krashen claims that “if we are able to keep the motivation in the classroom

during the Learning-Teaching process, at least an 80% of our success will be achieved”.

B .Classroom management :

There are some factors we need to take into account while preparing or setting up the

different didactic units in order to improve our teaching more. Those factors are the

following:

- Groupings: The teacher must be able to control the classroom arrangement and

organise pupils individually, in pairs, or in groups depending of the kind of activity.

- Space and time management: The space (circle, horseshoes, orderly or separate

tables...) and the time management are factors to bear in mind when setting up some

session with physical activities, controlled and guided tasks.

- Role of the teacher: According to the aims of the activity we, as teacher, may play

different roles such as organiser, prompter, participant, controller...etc.

- Cooperative or competitive activities: It’s essential to find a balance between

cooperative activities which foster social skills and competitive activities where they’ll

have to do their best.

C. Resources and materials:

The activities will be accompanied with varied amount of resources and material as a

great support to involve pupils un authentic real-life situations where they can pun into

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practise the language items previously presented and practised. Among those resources

we may highlight and outline the following ones:

- Audio-visual material: flashcards, posters, drawings, audio recordings, videos, power

point presentation, new technologies supports such as the internet, jclic program but

above all, the interactive whiteboard and their endless applications.

- Realia: clothes, food, furniture...etc in order to make the activity more realistic and

enjoyable.

- Recycling materials: our pupils could create their own resources related to the topic

by using recycling materials, likes clothing, funny faces, bins...etc

8 .- ASSESSMENT

Evaluation is an instrument which guides us in our classroom behaviour,detecting

progress and learning difficulties,and helping to find appropriate ways to deal with the

specific needs of pupils.

On the one hand,it provides fundamental information related to pupils(if they are able to

reach the objectives established, knowledges, attitudes... ) and on the other hand, about

the learning- teaching process (objectives, contents,activities,methodology,

materials...).

8.1. Assessment criteria :( According to Royal Decree 1513/2006 of the 7th of

December)

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1. Participate in oral interaction such as dialogues, dramatisations, songs...etc, respecting

the basic norms of communication interchange.

2. Grasp the general meaning and specific information in oral and written text about

familiar topics with specific purpose.

3. Write sentences and short texts in everyday situations with a specific purpose, in both

paper and digital format.

4. Use and identify some aspects related to the Foreign Language such as phonetics,

rhythm, stress, accent, intonation...etc, in different communication contexts and

situations.

5. Value the Foreign Language as an instrument of communication and respect linguistic

and cultural diversity among English speaking countries.

6. Use some strategies to learn how to learn, such as accompanying songs with gestures,

searching and work on information related to the topics in different formats, or use games

and strategies to show pupils how learn and use the Foreign Language.

8.2. Assessment stages:

1. Initial assessment: at the beginning of the academic year and each of the didactic

units in

order to establish an initial pupils’ English level, pupils’ previous knowledge related to the

topic, and also become aware of their individual ways of learning.

2. Formative assessment: throughout the progression of each didactic unit by means of

different evaluation procedures and tools such as periodical revision, oral behaviour

(listening and speaking), individual reading skills, in pairs and team-work...etc

3. Summative assessment: at the end of each didactic unit a final examination in order

to check pupils progress and teacher performance. This final control is mainly directed to

listening, reading and writing skills examination.

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8.3. Assessment instruments:

*Pupil’s evaluation:

-Self-evaluation sheet (knowledge, participation, effort, cooperation...).

- Individual pupil assessment sheet.(Identifies, says, acts out, extracts information,

writes....).

- Individual test at the end of each unit in order to know if pupils have reached the aims

or not.

- English portfolio: it’s a document promoted by the Council of Europe where pupils

and teachers may register their learning-teaching experiences. Their pedagogical

functions are:

• Learn to learn in a reflexive way.

• Clarify the learning objectives and identify competences.

• Foster auto-evaluation and self responsibility.

The portfolio is composed by three mini-documents:

- Language passport: where pupils write their personal details, they also can update

their progress about language learning, and finally, they can inform and outline about

cultural and linguistic experiences.

- Language biography: it can be very useful to value their learning progress throughout

the different didactic units. It gives the chance of planning and reflecting about their

progress.

- Learning dossier: it’s similar to an English corner where pupils may the different

projects, related to four linguistic skills, worked on through the sessions.

*Learning-teaching process evaluation: Teacher’s evaluation of the unit.(objectives,

activities, materials, motivation...).

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9 . ACTIVITIES:

LESS ON 1

a/ Power point presentation: Watch and discuss about airport places . We’ll play a PP to

present the topic and the main vocabulary ( terminal, check point, airport signs...etc)

b/ Vocabulary Presentation. Pupils must be able to guess and find out airport places

when listening to different short descriptions we give them. i.e:

- “It’s a place where you can buy perfumes, chocolates and alcoholic drinks.”: DUTTY

FREE

- “People can have breakfast, lunch or dinner”: RESTAURANT

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c/ Listening: Where am I?: pupils listen to different explanations about where passengers

are inside de terminal, then they have to write on a piece of paper the right places.

- “Hello daddy, I’m checking my luggage next to the terminal building”

LESS ON 2:

a/ TPR Activities with directions: Perform the actions (turn right, turn left, go straight on...)

after listening to some instructions. Then, one pupil, blindfolded, follows the instructions of

his/her teacher in order to find the end of the maze.

b/ Follow instructions and find a place in the airport map: we’ll give our students a blank

airport map where, following teacher’s instructions, they mark the correct itinerary to

different airport places.

- “Get through the main airport door, go straight on, turn left on the third corridor and turn

right at the end of the security area. Where are you?”

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c/ Short dialogues to ask for information: In pairs, pupils may put into practise the

vocabulary previously worked out (Excuse me,where’s the...please?/Turn right at the.../

Thanks).

d/ Creating our own passport and flying tickets: by using recycling materials (used

cardboard and paper), they have to make their own passports and flight tickets, filling in

the blanks with their personal details.

LESS ON 3:

a/ Practice vocabulary. Order the steps to follow in an airport, in other words, they have to

order different sequences based on a time line, from the moment they arrive at the

airport till they are on board. i.e:

1) Walking to the gate.

2) Check the luggage.

3) Asking for check-in point.

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4) Buying a perfume

5) Show your passport or ID

b/ Order the sentences in the dialogue: they have to read a disordered dialogue related to

the topic and they’ll number the clauses in the correct way, i.e:

A:Can I have your flight ticket, please?

B:How much is it?

A:Hello, good morning, how are you?

A:Can I have your passport, please?

B:Fine, thank you.

A:It’s $20. Cash or credit card?

B:Here you are.

B:Here you are.

A:Place your baggage here, please.

B:Credit card, please.

A:Thank you. Have a nice flight!

B: Bye.

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c/ Practice in pairs the pronunciation of the previous conversation and act out the

dialogue.

d/ Performing the dialogue and final filming.

LESS ON 4:

a/ Plane Vocabulary such as door, cockpit, galley, toilet (engaged/vacancy), aisle, row,

line..etc The teacher hands out different pictures with the main places inside the plane;

pupils may number them after several oral descriptions.

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b/ Using a blank aircraft’s map, the children have to listen and write where each place is

in .

- ” The forward galley is located at the front of the aircraft, next to cockpit., the backward

toilet is just behind the row 31”

c/ Presentation of accommodation vocabulary ( turn left/right, go straight on, row 16 next

to the window/ aisle/ or in the middle...). By organising the classroom as the configuration

of a plane, the teacher shows them how flight attendants seat passengers. (Good

morning, your ticket and your passport please / Your seat is 4 on the right / Thanks /

Have a good trip).

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d/ “Welcome on board” dialogue performance

A: Good afternoon sir/madam. Could you show me your flight ticket, please?

B: Yes, sure. Here you are.

A: Go straight on and your seat is on the 6th row by the window.

B: OK, thank you very much.

LESS ON 5:

a/ Presentation of emergency demo vocabulary (seat belt, oxygen mask, life jacket,

safety card, emergency exit). Using the objects they have brought they have to guess

what can they be for in a plane.

b/ Realia creation. Giving the kids real emergency items photos, they will create similar

ones by means of recycling materials.

- Oxygen mask: allergy mask + plastic tube.

- Emergency life vest: reflective vest + 2 straws + 2 pieces of string.

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c/ Actions presentation. The children will practice different actions, related to the

emergency demonstration (fasten, fit, tie, put on, take off,...), with the realia items they’ve

just made.

d/ Fill in the blanks. Pupils have to fill in the blanks of the safety instructions text. They

have to write the right word while listening to the sentences

LESSON 6:

a/ Video: Emergency demo. The teacher will show a video demonstration about safety

rules within the plane, so the kids see the flight attendant performance during the security

demo: body language, gestures, postural echo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSbUd9QbbDc

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b/ Acting out as a flight attendant. The whole class, as a group, repeats the steward’s

performance using the safety items previously created. The teacher is the one giving the

speech.

c/ Safety demo dramatization. In groups of four (1 speaker and 3 attendants) we’ll

perform and record a real emergency demonstration.

NOTE: Children are asked to bring realia objects in order to use them in future sessions,

for example: packets of crisps, chocolate bars, plastic glasses, jars, toys food, ... etc.

LESS ON 7:

a/ On Board Sales Vocabulary. The teacher sticks on the blackboard a poster price list.

Pupils have to cut out and stick all the items sold on board on the right place. They also

have to write how much would they cost.

b/ Purchase Dialogue. In pairs, the pupils practice the shopping dialogue using the items

they’ve brought.

A: Hello, anything to have, please?

B: Yes, can I have a blueberry muffin and cup of tea, please?

A: Here you are. Anything else?

B: No, it’s fine, thank you. How much is it, please’

A: It’s 5 pounds. Cash or credit card?

B: Cash, please.

A: Your change, thank you.

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c/ Bar trolley creation. In order to make more real the last drama, we will divide the

students into 3 groups: one group will be in charge of setting up the bar trolley with, for

example, two big fridge boxes; the second group will be arranging the classroom

simulating an aircraft; the third group will clasify all the on board objects used on the

performance.

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NOTE: Children performing flight attendant’s role, would be asked to come smartly

dressed.

LESS ON 8:

a/ Drama warm up. Before carrying out the dramatization, the teacher will play a video so

the children can notice a steward’s performance during sales on board moment.

b/ Dramatization test. The children are organised in different groups (flight attendant and

passengers) in order to put into practice the previous vocabulary.

c/ “Sales on Board” role play. Once the classroom and the pupils are ready, we’ll start

recording the different groups performance.

LESSON 9:

a/ Buying a flight ticket: we’ll take the children to them computer lab to carry out the

following tasks:

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• To find a website where buying a flight ticket, filling in the blanks with their personal

details (name, surname, departure and arrival time...etc)

• “ Who wants to be a millionaire? ” game: we’ll share a worksheet with different

questions related to English spoken countries’ culture, geography and history. They

have to surf in the net in order to find the right answer between four options as in

the tv program.

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POSSIBLE NNTT. INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD AND THE INTERNET ACTIVITIES

On the interactive whiteboard, pupils do the following activities:

- Write the missing letters in words of places at the airport.

- Draw the itinerary: Read a route on a text and draw it on a captured airport map (inter

write)

- Listen and draw: Listen to the times and draw the hands on captured clocks.

- Choose the pictures: Listen to a passenger at the customs control, click on the pictures

of clothes and put them into the suitcase.

- Buy a ticket by the Internet: Following the teacher’s instructions, pretend to buy a ticket

by means of the Internet, filling in the blanks with their corresponding personal details.

10 . MANAGING DIVERSITY : Feed-back mechanismes:

• Reinforcement activities for pupils with learning difficulties.

- Word-tennis game: Pupil A “serves” by writing a word and pupil B answers back with

another.

-The Simpsons’ game: Give instructions to find The Simpsons’ relatives on an airport map

- Buddy, the clock: In pairs, pupil A says a time and pupil B moves Buddy’s clock hands.

- Game: Noughts and crosses: by using nine sentence cards (fasten/unfasten your belt...)

- Board game:Using a dice and counters, try to get your purchase sooner than your

classmates.

• Extension activities for faster and higher level pupils:

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- Writing directions: Look at the route on a map and explain it in written form.

- What time is it in....?: Search information about the time in different English countries.

- Sticky dictation: A pupil reads a sentence from a post-it, runs to his/her partner and

dictates it.

- One minute contest: Write in one minute all the words you remember from the “demo”

video.

- Write : Following a model, write a new comic .

What’s more, the teacher has prepared a bunch of funny extra reproducible sheets for

pupils once they are done with the class tasks.

11 .BIBLIOGRAPHY :

- Cant, A. and Superfine, W (1997)Developing Resources for Primary. Richmond.

- Approaches and methods in Language Teaching. (1996) C.U.P.

- Harris, M and McCann, P (1994) Assessment. Heinemann

- Lewis, G (2004) The Internet and young learners. O.U.P.

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