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Introduction
Reading can sometimes be a very solitary experience and many teachers prefer to get students to do it at home, but with the right kind of text and the right tasks, reading can be turned into a fun, collaborative and communicative experience.
This lesson exploits an authentic text taken from a British Council 'UKinfocus' website and has a range of quite simple tasks that students work through in groups. There are also a range of suggestions for follow up tasks.
Note this is an old plan, so the webpage it links to is no longer available. You can print out the texts from the lesson plan below though.
Topic
Things to do in a city at night
Level
Intermediate and above
Time
60-90 mins
Aims
- To develop reading skills
- To develop the ability to work co-operatively in a group
- To develop the ability to deduce meaning from context
Materials
Lesson Plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.
Download lesson plan 101k pdf
Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:
- Pre-reading
- Jigsaw reading task
- Collaborative comprehension task
- Vocabulary development task
- Discussion task
Download worksheets 86k pdf
Audio - the complete text
Note: The audio is not essential for the lesson but you may like to use it in class as an optional element.
913Kb Mp3 - Newcastle
To download audio, right click on audio file in the Attachment below and save to your computer.
For more information about this topic you can visit these sites:
- http://www.newcastlegateshead.com/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne
Nik Peachey, teacher, trainer and materials writer, British Council
The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. Where indicated, there is also audio available to be downloaded. Audio is supplied in mp3 format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.
Copyright - please read
All the materials on these pages are free for you to download and copy for educational use only. You may not redistribute, sell or place these materials on any other web site without written permission from the BBC and British Council. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please email us at: teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org
Comments
Out of date
While this is a nice exercise in principle there is no example of the geordie accent and is very out of date now. The Tuxedo Royal has been gone for over a decade.
out of date
Totally agree with SLavr.
I used to use this exercise and I've looked it up. It's dated 2003 - 12 years old. The activities are still valid, but I feel it's important to up date materials where possible and here it's certainly possible!
Out of Date
Many thanks for the feedback. I'll pass this on to the team for discussion.
Cheers
Del
Nice exercise
Nice exercise. I enjoyed it a lot.
TEFL
After following British Council for almost 6 years, I have found that this is the best place to learn, share, interact, and teach. The authentic material they use is amazing and matchless. Having been inspired by the teachers working for the British Council, I did TKT in 2012. I have been using latest teaching techniques and strategies in my class for a long time. Thanks a lot for the support you provide in a different and more interesting way.
Life experiences and teaching about Newcastle
This lesson plan awoke me so many beautiful memories about the night life in Newcastle, though it was really out of time. I think: joining some participant-observations, experiences, photography from teachers' real life there would make the lesson much vivid and touched. Merely, about the policeman's part, I can't really agree more. They are somehow doing too many extra and over-controlled matters; might-be, their hearts are good, but who really did know? More helps and smiles are usefully for dealing with problems, in my opinion.
In conclusion, a very good course plan directly abstracted from true life-style in Newcastle, itself. Integrating it with students' life experiences, teachers would make more innovations in teaching
Seem to be out of date
Though the paragraph seems to be out of date, it still remains a useful material for reading in pronunciation and analysing grammar.
Thanks for posting.
Still useful!
Can't see the text
I can't see the text, I can only see the downloadable lesson plan and the worksheets..
Please help me find the text
CAN'T SEE THE TEXT
Hi there
You can find the text in the worksheet
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