Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Lead-in: Inviting and replying
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about inviting people to events and recall how to reply politely.
b) Content
Ss look at a photo of an international event at a school (or a slide with the words 'exhibition', 'cooperation', 'invitation') and answer the question: 'What do people say when they invite someone to an event, and how do they accept?'
c) Expected outcomes
Ss list 3 useful expressions for inviting and accepting, for example: Would you like to…? / I'd be delighted to. / Thank you for inviting me. Ss also name one international organisation they have heard of.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the slide and asks: 'What is happening in this picture? Who might invite you to this event?' T says: 'Today we will learn how to invite and reply politely, and read about an international organisation.'
Students
Ss look at the picture and listen to the task.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T gives 1 minute for pairs to brainstorm expressions for inviting and accepting. T walks around and prompts with: 'How can you accept politely?'
Students
Ss work in pairs and write down the expressions they remember. Expected answers: 'Would you like to come to…?', 'Yes, I'd love to.', 'Thanks for inviting me.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 2 pairs to share their expressions and writes the best ones on the board. T asks: 'Which organisation have you heard of?'
Students
Pairs read their expressions aloud. Expected answers for the question: 'UNICEF', 'the United Nations', 'WHO'.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the expressions on the board and links them to the lesson: 'These are the everyday phrases we will use in today's dialogue.'
Students
Ss copy the confirmed expressions into their notebooks.