Crossing cultures Lesson 2
2 The plane journey Aims Analysis (+ Access) Discourse objective Develop the unit topic: chance meetings and their effects
Language objective Teach the third conditional Teach sentence stress – conditionals
1 Reading and speaking 1a
Have the students quickly read the story and underline all the coincidences they can find. Elicit feedback and check answers. ANSWERS: Khalil came from Riyadh and Mr Smithson traveled to Riyadh regularly; Mr Smithson knew Khalil’s uncle; Mr Smithson was President of the company to which Khalil applied.
1b
Elicit that the function of a story title is to interest the reader and to get them to want to find out more about the story. Put the students into pairs and have them come up with an appropriate title for the story. Have the pairs share their titles with the class. You could have the students vote on the title they like the best. Learner development You may want to have the students analyze the story in terms of other typical features of this text type, including the use of characters, the use of direct speech, narrative tenses, etc. Have students draw up a list of pieces of advice on writing a story and collate their ideas on the board. You may want to turn this into something that can be on permanent display in the classroom to help guide students when they write.
1c D Put the students into groups, and ask them to think of meetings or other events that have had an effect on their lives. Have each student describe such an event to the other members of the group. Encourage the other members to ask questions to clarify the story. Have each group report back to the class.
2 Listening, reading and writing 2a
Specific skills objectives
Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a conversation about Khalil’s interview. Play the recording.
Develop reading skills: reading for specific information Develop speaking skills: speculating about the past
ANSWER: In this instance, Khalil took the later plane and met the President because he overslept.
Audioscript Track 14 Ahmed: Hi, Khalil. How did the interview go? Khalil: Great! I got the job! Ahmed: What? They’ve told you already? Khalil: Sure. You remember that guy I told you about, the nice guy I was talking to on the plane down here? Ahmed: Yes … the man you poured your heart out to … Khalil: Well, it was him, the man who was going to interview me was him! He’s the President of the company. And he told the others that he didn’t need to interview me – he knew enough about me already. Ahmed: That’s amazing! Khalil: And to think, I was going to catch the earlier plane. It was only because I overslept that I caught the later flight! If I’d caught the earlier one I wouldn’t have met him, and I probably wouldn’t have got the job. Ahmed: Well, that’s great. You see, oversleeping can be a good thing … sometimes!
2b D
Direct the students’ attention to the email and elicit that it was written by Ahmed to a friend. Have the students read it quickly and elicit that it is about Khalil’s experience. Put the students into pairs. Point out that there are factual errors in the email, and have the pairs find the errors, based on what they remember of the conversation. Play the recording again for students to listen and check their answers. Have the students rewrite the email correctly. ANSWERS: Khalil was sitting on the plane when the guy next to him started talking to him; The man was interested to hear all about him and they chatted all the way to Houston. At the end of the journey, he wished him luck; Khalil applied for a job and the man was on the interviewing panel – he was the company President and gave him the job immediately!
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