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TEACHER DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION Strategy 2: Memorizing new language – Memory games Memory games – whether Ss play against each other or test themselves – are an enjoyable way both to practice particular language points through intensive exposure and repetition and to develop Ss’ memorization skills. In this unit we look at two classic memory games that can be used to present and practice language in the modern language classroom. The chain game (Activity 1): Ss are challenged to remember a growing list of language items. You will have the opportunity to try this in lesson 11.1. Can you remember? (Activity 2): Ss see a set of pictures or objects and then have to remember as many as they can. You can try this in lesson 11.2. To find out more about the value of memory games and different memory game ideas, read Chapter 7 of Nick Bilbrough, Memory Activities for Language Learning, pp. 187–210. Please go to www. cambridge.org/evolve to download this material.
INTRODUCE THE THEME OF THE UNIT Have a brief discussion on sharing life events on social media. On the board, write social media. Ask Ss if they enjoy sharing their activities on social media. Ask for examples of social media sites that they use. If any Ss don’t enjoy social media, ask them why. Ask Do you think that social media helps people feel closer to each other? UNIT OBJECTIVES Read the unit objectives aloud. Tell Ss to listen and read along. Ask Ss to say any vocabulary they think they will use in the unit. Write their answers on the board. Ask them to write the words in their notebooks. Tell them that at the end of the unit, they can check if they used the words.
START SPEAKING A Ss look at the picture. • Ss discuss the questions in pairs. • Ss share their answers with the class.
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B Read the questions aloud. • Ss discuss the questions in pairs. • While Ss are discussing the questions, write the types of screens from the box on the board. • Ask Ss to share their answers with the class. As they share their answers, put a check mark next to the screens they mention. • See what the most popular and least popular answers are. • Ask follow-up questions: What is the one screen you can’t live without? Which screen makes your life easier? C Ss discuss the questions in small groups. • OPTIONAL ACTIVITY Ss use their phones to access the video and then discuss if they use their phones in the same way as Ali. REAL STUDENT
Hello, my name is Ali. I usually use my phone to take photos and videos, but I don't share them because they are private.
The people are at a restaurant. They are recording their meal on their phones while they are eating it.
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