Objectives

OBJECTIVES:

The main objectives of this lesson are:

- To make students aware that English language can be learnt by different means, as for example, listening to songs. - To use the different IT resources available as part of the learning process. - To make students aware of their second language abilities and how to use them. - To be able to communicate themselves in English, either written or orally, in real communicative situations. - To improve students' communicative competence in the second language.


 * These main objectives can be subsequently subduvided into: **

CONTENTS:  Oral and written communication: - To be able to describe a person using the second language - English in this case -, both physically and their character. - To be able to talk about their likes and dislikes in English, and someone else's.

- To be able to express someone's habits and routines, using the appropriate grammatical patterns

Linguistic Awareness: - To learn the appropriate vocabulary related to music in English: instruments and musicians. - To learn the appropriate vocabulary related to describing people.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Social and Cultural Aspects: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To get to know different aspects of the target language culture: different types of music, people's musical likes and dislikes in other English-speaking countries, etc.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Learner Autonomy: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To participate actively in class, in pairs/groups or individually. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To use the different resources - IT, dictionaries, reference books, etc. - in an autonomous manner.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">PROCEDURES <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To use the appropriate vocabulary to talk about their musical tastes: likes and dislikes, their favourite singer/group, etc. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To make use of the appropriate vocabulary and grammatical patterns to talk about daily habits and routines. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To communicate with others using English in the classroom, in dialogues or monologues, using their own knowledge on the topic: vocabulary, grammatical patterns, functions, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">etc., effectively althoguh not necessarily accurately - communication over grammatical accuracy -.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">ATTITUDES <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To have a possitive attitude towards the English language and their peers. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To respect other people's opinions and express their own. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">- To get to know other people's lifestyles and respect them.