Speaking: On the phone

Level

What level is your class suitable for? What tenses are used – would your sts know these? Are there any idioms or phrasal verbs that will need explaining?

Age range

Is it suitable for younger children, teenagers or adults, or all ages? Explain before you start your class.

Resource for main activity

Sts will sit back to back to have a telephone conversation. Use an information gap exercise for this (ie one person has information that the other needs and vice versa)

Steps

Make sure you include the following:

• Lead-in

• Pre-teach vocabulary

• Set task

• Check understanding

• Do Task

• Feedback

And explain what your follow-on activity would be

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