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VOCABULARY
REVIEW
In this lesson, you will increase your vocabulary by learning words
to talk about reusing software.
Warm-up:
Read the de nitions below to your class and get them to tell you what word you are talking about. As they come up with the vocabulary write it on the whiteboard. For higher level classes you can reverse this process by giving students the vocabulary and have them give you correct de nitions. Do not write the vocabulary on the whiteboard in the order that it is shown below.
start work on to begin a new piece of work. start from scratch to begin something completely new, without any earlier versions to help you.
follow a procedure to do something according to rules, or in the way that it is usually done.
work closely together to work with another person or other people, on the same piece of work, so that you are always sharing ideas and knowledge.in the early stages during the first part of a process.
work to a tight deadline to have to finish a piece of work by a particular date, which means you must work very fast. obtain good results to finish a project successfully. down the line at a later stage of a process. come to an end to finish (used about a process).
ship to finish developing something and deliver it to customers.
The learning objective for the lesson was:
Think of a sample sentence for each one. For example:
In the early stages:
We had a few problems in the early stages of the project, but after a few months things went very smoothly.
Now think of a sample sentence for the other vocabulary items.
Students work in pairs/groups to create sample sentences – teacher then asks students to give sentences/corrects and puts good examples
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In the online lesson the student heard a conversation between a man and a woman about working in a team. Pick a student to help you model the
dialogue again and tell the class that you want them to note down the order in which you read the new vocabulary.
Man: There’s nothing as exciting as this moment!
Woman: When you sit down together to start work on a new project. Man: Something brand new that you’re starting from scratch. You’ll have
to create it from your own ideas, because there are no rules or
procedures to follow.Woman: Working closely together can be hard…
Man: …especially in the early stages, before you get used to working
together.
Woman: …but your team spirit grows and grows as you work to the tight
deadline. You know that if you work as a team, you’re sure to obtain good results!
Man: Then, a few months down the line, when it all comes to an end...
Woman: …when you’re nally ready to ship the product…
Man: …you feel so happy and so sad at the same time!Woman: Yes!...No procedures to follow.Man: Nope, just our own ideas.Woman: Scary.Man: Co ee?Woman: Yeah.
In whole-class mode ask students to tell you which vocabulary item was mentioned rst, second etc. Alternatively you could use this dialogue as an information gap exercise.
Expansion:
Check students comprehension of the online lesson by reviewing the following information gap exercise:
1. If you don't plan a project carefully at the beginning, you won't be successful and _______.(obtain good results).
2. We _______ on that last project, because the product had to be ready by 10 December. (worked to a tight deadline).
3. I like to _______ when dealing with a problem, and I always do what it tells you to do in the company manual. (follow a procedure).
4. We had a few problems _______ of the project, but after a few months things went very smoothly. (in the early stages).
5. I will probably nish working for the company in April, because that is when my project should _______. (come to an end).
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LISTENING REVIEW
In the online lesson students had to select the correct phrase to complete 10 sentences. If you plan to review this activity don’t o er choices as this will make it a little harder.
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You are now going to do a speaking activity to help you to use the vocabulary in this lesson. This is the situation:
Preparation:
Put students in pairs and assign student A to be Project Manager and student B to be a Senior Manager.
Situation:
Student A has been in charge of a project to design a new piece of software (students can choose what kind of software). The project has now nished and the product is about to be shipped.
Student B is the Senior Manager who calls student A in to discuss how the project went.
Remind students that as well as using the vocabulary from today’s lesson they can also expand and practice other language.
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SPEAKING ACTIVITY
Students prepare in pairs for a maximum of 5 minutes Students role play. The teacher monitors and notes down language/pronunciation problems
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____________________6. On average, we are ready to _______ a product about six to ten months after we begin work on it. (ship).
7. The software developer had to _______ with the designer to produce the website. (work closely together).
8. I'm afraid I won't be able to _______ the new project before next week. (start work on).
9. If you don't solve this problem near the beginning of the project, you are going to have problems _______. (down the line).
10. Nobody had ever written this kind of program before, so we had to _____ __. (start from scratch).
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CORRECTION
OK. Let's look at some language problems from the speaking activity.
The next lesson for you to study online is:
In this lesson, you will increase your vocabulary for Before you take the lesson, think of what vocabulary you already know connected to this topic. This will help you to prepare for the lesson. For example:
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NEXT LESSON:PRE ONLINE PREPARATION .................................................................................................................
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Use the whiteboard to correct 5 common mistakes
from the speaking activity. Focus could be on grammar,
pronunciation, vocabulary or a combination of all three.
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LESSON:
Reusing software
In this lesson, you will increase your vocabulary by learning words to talk about reusing software.The learning objective:
start work on start from scratch follow a procedure work closely together in the early stages work to a tight deadline obtain good results down the line come to an end ship
Sample sentence:
In the early stages:
We had a few problems in the early stages of the project, but after a few months things went very smoothly.
In the online lesson the student heard a conversation between a man and a woman about working in a team. Your teacher will model this
dialogue and ask you to note down the correct order that he/she mentions the new vocabulary.
VOCABULARY REVIEW
LISTENING REVIEW
SPEAKING
ACTIVITY
LANGUAGE ZONE。