Teacher: Viviane Pires

Subject:
Learn and talk about different kind of foods using the simple past and the
present perfect

Lesson duration: 1:50 min

Groups size: 10
Resources: Book, CD player and pictures

Target Situation:
This lesson would be a part of a course for students who want to study
general English in a language course. Since these students want to study a
foreign language to have communication and develop all the skills that the
process requires they must be able to read texts of any sort quite accurately.
Therefore, they take part in this course also to develop and improve their
reading, and to become more effective readers. Meaning is the focus and
content-oriented instructions are used.
The participants are pre intermediate level speakers of English, so all the
communication is done in the target language. The teacher is just a facilitator.
Procedures:

Warm-up (Whole class)

ACTIVITY
1)

After

OBJECTIVE / PURPOSE
greeting

students

TIME

DURATION
the This is an activity to help 20

teacher asks them to think about students

to

construct

places in the city that they usually meaning and activate their
go to have lunch, why and share schemata.
the information.

The

student

needs to have meaningful

2) Then teacher asks students activities, so they can relate

where they go when they want do

them

to

eat a different kind of food.

connecting

3) Have students to tell everybody knowledge

their

real

life

background
and

new

their personal opinion, and elicit experiences.

further details from them whenever
it is necessary.
4) SNAPSHOT Teacher writes on
the board the names of 4 ethnic
food (Feijoada, Meek rob, Won
ton

soup,

Cevich)

and

asks

students what they know about

them.
Teacher asks students to open the
book and set a time to Ss look over
the information in the Snapshot,
check understanding and answer
the questions in pair.

Presentation

ACTIVITY

OBJECTIVE / PURPOSE

TIME

1) CONVERSATION -

DURATION
The work with images is to make 30

Teacher put on the board students know and practice reading of

pictures and asks students different signs. It is a meaningful activity.
if they know how to say

The pictures help students to get the

them in English.

content,

acquire

knowledge

and

If they have ever eaten

motivate

them

participate.

The

them in a restaurant or

process of cognition and decode is

at home.

activated when students see pictures.

2) Teacher plays the audio The

and asks students:
What

are

the

questions

to

here

are

to

check

students knowledge background and

people

schemata, and to present and practice

ordering? What does the

the vocabulary that they will see in the

woman

conversation in order to improve their

want?

How

about the man? Repeat comprehension about the conversation.

at least three times

3) Students listen to the

rest of the conversation
and answer the following
question. Repeat at least
three times
3) Students practice the
conversation

Practice

ACTIVITY
1)

OBJECTIVE / PURPOSE

DURATION
- Expose students to the language in the 40

PRONUNCIATION

Teacher asks students to natural way that it is practice.

read the sentences in loud
voice in pair, then plays the Strategies to build comprehension are
audio and asks students to available to increase neural efficiency at
try

to

pronounce

in

a each

similar way. After that;

2)

Teacher

draws

TIME

step

process.
two

graphics comparing how

the actions are placed in
the simple past and in the
present perfect and then
writes on the board two
sentences: Did you eat
snails last night? Have
you (ever) eaten snails?
And asks sts to identify in
which graphic each one
fits. Teacher checks for
understanding and explain
about the topic and then
asks sts to answer the

of

the

comprehension

previous questions.
3) Sts have to read the
grammar focus. Teacher
checks understanding and
asks then to answer and
practice

the

following

activities
4- LISTENING activity.

Production

ACTIVITY

OBJECTIVE / PURPOSE

TIME

DURATION
WORD POWER - Cooking Provide students an opportunity to put 30
methods

knowledge and vocabulary studied into

use.

BUSYBODIES - Pair work