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Here is a third-grade example in teaching food items which illustrates this
procedure.
Presentation: Teacher sticks the following flashcards on the blackboard:
fairy cakes
French fries
carrots
sandwiches
eggs
ice cream
The teacher points to the food items and says the words. The learners listen and
repeat, chorally and individually. Then, the teacher points to the fairy cakes flashcard, says
the word, draws a smiley face and writes up on the blackboard: I like fairy cakes. Yummy!
rubbing her tummy at the same time. After that, she points to the eggs flashcard, says the
word, draws a sad face and writes up on the blackboard I don’t like eggs. Yuk! making the
appropriate facial expression The learners listen and repeat, chorally and individually. The
teacher introduces the dialogues and elicits responses from the learners to keep them
engaged.
A: Do you like fairy cakes?
B: Yes, I do. Yummy!
A: Do you like eggs?
B: No, I don’t. Yuk!
Practice: The teacher gets the learners to repeat the dialogues in chorus. Then she
nominates certain learners to repeat the dialogues individually, and she corrects any
mistakes she hears. After that, the teacher asks the learners to stand in a circle. The
teacher passes the French fries flashcard to the learner on her left and asks him/her the
question Do you like French fries? The learner answers Yes, I do. Yummy! or No, I don’t.
Yuk! and passes the flashcard to the child next to him / her in the circle and asks the
question in the same way. When the first flashcard is about three learners away from the
teacher, the teacher passes the next flashcard to the learner on her left and asks the
question Do you like ice cream? The learner answers again Yes, I do. Yummy! or No, I
don’t. Yuk! and passes the flashcard to the child next to him / her in the circle and asks the
question in the same way. When all the six flashcards (fairy cakes, carrots, eggs, French
fries, sandwiches, ice cream) have gone round the circle and back to the teacher, the
activity ends. This activity provides learners with multiple opportunities to practise the new
vocabulary items.
Production: The teacher asks two learners to demonstrate the controlled dialogue
and encourages them to participate in the dialogue. Then, the teacher gives each pair of
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