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Unit

2b

Unit 2b

Organizing a Debate

Organizing a Debate The Beginning

1 Read and discuss.

Answers may vary.

Do you ever listen to the radio? How often? What types of radio programs do you like?

Social Practice Interpret and convey information published in various media. Environment Familiar and community

Objectives

2 Listen to a radio program and circle the correct options.

19

1. The show is about the local library / facilities for teens / chips . 2. It’s a news / music / talk  show.

Listen to a radio program.

3. The show is for teens / parents / little kids.

Establish subject matter, purpose and intended audience.

4. The show consists of a presenter, some students and an advert song  / a presenter, some parents and a love song / a presenter, some students and advert poem.

Discriminate advertisements from program contents.

3 Listen to the radio program again and match the information.

Distinguish intonation and tone of presenter and other participants.

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Write the word radio in the middle of the board. Elicit related words and write them around the word. Accept all ideas. Leave the words on the board.

Listen to a radio program and circle the 19 correct options.

Ask students if they have ever listened to a radio interview. Elicit the format of an interview, including elements such as the number of participants, type of questions, time, and so on. Read the sentences and the options together with students and address any questions they may have. Play Track 19. Have students circle the options that correctly complete the sentences. Check as a class. 3

Listen to the radio program again and match the information.

Direct students’ attention to the parts of the sentences and ask them to read them. Have students match the people with their corresponding roles. Play Track 19 again for students to check their answers. Invite three volunteers to read one sentence each to check them.

answer questions. tell people what to do.

The singers

give their opinion and …

asks questions.

In this unit you will:

1.

I

4.

A

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revise all aspects of radio programs

2.

A

5.

Q

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3.

Q

6.

I

understand the contents of a radio program

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exchange opinions about a radio program

Listen and check. Then listen and 21 repeat.

Listen to a radio pr ogram. Establish subject matter, purpose and intended audience. Discriminate advertisements from program contents. Distinguish

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1 Read and discuss.

2

moderates the show and …

The Plan

The Radio

Direct students’ attention to the picture. Form pairs and have them guess the meaning of the words. Tell them to check their guesses in the Dictionary. Then invite students to discuss the questions as a class.

advertise some chips and …

The students

4 Listen and write Q (question),  A (answer) 20 or I  (instruction).

Before the Book 

The Beginning

The presenter

Unit 2b

intonation and tone of presenter and other participants.

Listen and write Q (question), A (answer) or I  20 (instruction).

Play Track 20. Explain that students will hear people hum parts of a radio interview. They should listen to the intonation and decide whether it is a question, an answer or an instruction. 

Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. 21

Play Track 21. Have students check their answers. Then play the track again. Direct students’ attention to the intonation used when asking and answering questions, and to the intonation used in the advertisement. Next, have them repeat the sentences imitating each intonation. Finally, point to the words on the board and elicit which ones were mentioned in the lesson. The Plan Invite volunteers to read the objectives one by one. Then get students to share their ideas about the meaning of each objective. Encourage the class to say what expectations they have of the unit.

Five-Minute Activity Choose an activity from page x and do it with the class.

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