Stages in a Receptive Skills Lesson Receptive Skills lesson procedure 1

Activate schemata Receptive Skills lesson procedure 2

Set an achievable task to do (to bring out the overall meaning of the text) Example: How does Josh feel at the end? bored, happy, angry Which of the three pictures could be Clara’s island? A B or C Receptive Skills lesson procedure 3

Let the students read or listen in peace Receptive Skills lesson procedure 4

Students check answers with a partner Receptive Skills lesson procedure 5

Check together as a class Receptive Skills lesson procedure 6

Set the more detailed task Give students time to read the questions before they read or listen for the second time Receptive Skills lesson procedure 7

Read or listen again Receptive Skills lesson procedure 8

Students answer the questions individually Receptive Skills lesson procedure 9

Check with a partner Receptive Skills lesson procedure 10

Check together as a class Receptive Skills lesson procedure 11

Follow up stage: skills transfer From receptive skills to use of productive skills (writing and/or speaking) Receptive Skills lesson procedure 12

What stages are there ? What are they called? stages and names Receptive Skills lesson procedure 13

Stages Stage names Lead in Gist task Feedback Detailed task Feedback Follow up What you and students do Activate schemata Set an achievable task, sts do it alone Check in pairs, class feedback Set a task about the detail, sts do it alone Check in pairs, class feedback Skills transfer to Productive skills Receptive Skills lesson procedure 14

Now you try! Receptive Skills lesson procedure 15