Assignment 1

TASK
MACROFUNCT.  
MICROFUNCT. 
GRAMMAR
The club of your neighbourhood is
organizing a competition. You and your
Likes and dislikes
friends have been invited.
Statements (PS)
You have to choose the most suitable
Socializing
Exchanging
Wh-Questions
sport/activity for each.
How often…?
Look at  sports magazines with
personal
Frequency Adv.
your partner. Ask your partner
information
Expressions of time
about his/her favourite free time
Prepositions of
activity/sport/hobby.
time


Step 1
Create a number of schema-
Look for clubs or places in which you
building tasks that introduce initial
can play/do your favourite sport/
vocabulary, language and context
activity (use your cell phone)
for the task.
Identify key words (nouns and verbs
related to them, such as do/play/go)
Step 2
Give  learners controlled practice
Listen to a model conversation between
in the target language
two people talking about their
vocabulary, structures and
favourite sports/activities and when
functions.

 and where they practise
Step 3
Give learners authentic
Interview
listening practice.
Listen to famous people who practise
different sports or do an outstanding
activity. Match the people with the
clubs/places.
Step 4
Focus learners on linguistic
Listen again and take the role of one
elements.
or more famous people to make
statements about what they do.
Note the intonation.
Step 5
Provide freer practice
Pair work. Role play
St A plays the part of a receptionist of
a club/place.
St B plays the part of a person who
wants to start an activity and needs
info.
Step 6
Survey
Pedagogical task
(All the students) - Discussion
Ranking of the most popular sports/
activities among students. Ranking
of the most suitables places to practise
them taking into account the interviews.
Pérez, Haydée

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