Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

Material: handout 2
Time : 20 min
Ss are to get acquainted with some activities on the basis of authentic sources and to create their own activities with the authentic material and present them to the class.

Handout 2. Making materials

You can even use authentic materials with exam classes: Laura Plotnek uses real news with her IELTS classes. Podcasts are also an excellent resource for IELTS students, as are articles from magazines like BBC Focus magazine.
Packaging
Show examples, then let students create their own.
Menus
Match pictures of food to items on the menu.
‘In a restaurant’ role play.
Text messages
Focus on the connections between the messages and the development of the conversation.
Review websites
After working with the examples, students post their own reviews on the websites.
Resumés/CVs
Choose the most suitable candidate for a job.
Write a story based on the characters whose CVs you have.
Emails
Email your students with a problem you have. Get them to reply, then screenshot/print the replies and work on the language in them. They’re responding to a real text you’ve written. [Note from Sandy: I did something similar by asking friends on Twitter/facebook to tell my pre-intermediate students their problems so they could solve them – SS loved it!]