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The two passages are the same but the vocabulary is different depending on where the speaker is from. This activity could be exploited in a number of ways.
Procedure 1
- Give out the worksheets and ask learners to complete the gaps with appropriate vocabulary.
- Sts listen to the teacher to check.
Procedure 2
- Put the clues/definitions on the walls around the room. To make this easier you could also add the words to walls and use it as a matching activity.
- Learners walk around and complete worksheet 2 with two words in American and British English.
- Give out the gapped text.
- Learners complete the text with the appropriate word.
- Teacher reads, learners listen and check.
Procedure 3
- Put the clues/definitions on the walls around the room. To make this easier you could also add the words to walls and use it as a matching activity.
- Learners walk around and complete worksheet 2 with two words in American and British English.
- Teacher checks.
- Teacher reads the gapped text and elicits answers from the learners.
- Give out worksheet and learners complete to provide a written record.
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