Guideline: Seasons, Years & Months
The teacher introduces the target language. Prompt some possible answers.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Use gestures, role-play and repetition all the time.
Level: False beginner
Word Library: Seasons, Years & Months
Vocabulary that students should know to expand their language.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Individual activity.
Students need to memorize new vocabulary and how to use it in a sentence.
Pay attention to the pronunciation of the words.
Level: False beginner
Warm-up: Seasons, Years & Months
Class activity. The teacher asks questions about seasons. The teacher needs to emphasize that the USA uses the word ‘fall’ for ‘autumn’.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Students answer the questions about the four seasons.
Pay attention to pronunciation.
Duration: 10 minutes
Level: False beginner
Main Activity 1: Seasons, Years & Months
Class activity. The teacher elicits the answers from the students and writes the answers on the board.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Students talk about common things we do during the four seasons, things we buy, and clothes that we wear in the different seasons.
Duration: 10+ minutes
Level: False beginner
Main Activity 2: Seasons, Years & Months
Teacher-student activity. The teacher introduces ‘before’ and ‘after’ when it comes to months and elicits the answers from the students.
Talkmor Suggestions:
The students need to listen carefully to be able to answer the questions.
Pay attention to grammar.
Duration: 10+ minutes
Level: False beginner
Main Activity 3: Seasons, Years & Months
Teacher-student activity. The teacher elicits which months fall in which seasons. An introduction of years.
Talkmor Suggestions:
The students listen carefully and respond.
Students need to pay attention to the pronunciation of years.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: False beginner
Main Activity 4: Seasons Years & Months
Class Activity. The teacher introduces simple sentences using age and year + verb.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Students practice the simple past tense of the verb by using age and year.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: False beginner
Match the word: Seasons, Years & Months
Individual activity.
Talkmor Suggestions:
Students match the word to its description.
Duration: 5-10 minutes
Level: False beginner
Warm-down: Seasons, Years & Months
Class Activity. The teacher asks questions randomly.
Talkmor Suggestions:
The students listen carefully and use the correct grammar to answer the questions in full sentences.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: False beginner
