Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

3. Vocabulary and expressions:
• Asking for directions:
“How do I get to ....?”
“Can you tell me the best way of getting to ...?”
• Giving directions:
“ Walk to the corner and turn left”
turn right
make a left turn
make a right turn
“Walk two blocks to the traffic lights”
“Walk straight ahead to the second set of lights”
“Walk along San Martin Street for three blocks and then turn right”
“The hospital will be on your right”
“You will see the hospital on your left, next to the supermarket”
“The hospital will be on your left, between the library and the Post Office”
“Go straight on Main Street until you get the first set of lights.


4. As most of the sentences are imperatives, they do not follow the structure of a simple sentence. This will call the students’ attention, as they know that in English the subject has to be present in every sentence. After eliciting ideas from the students to justify this change in structure, the teacher explains the Imperative and its function.
5. After giving all the expressions and vocabulary and having explained the Imperative, the teacher asks the students to work with their partners. Each student is supposed to direct his/her partner to get to different places in their city.
6. After giving them some time to work on the new vocabulary, the teacher gives each student a copy of a map for a listening activity.
Note: All the expressions given at the beginning of the class will serve as a scaffold for the following activities. This will enable students not only to identify and understand the nstructions, but to follow them with more confidence.

Traffic lights Telephone Entrance sign
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