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Interviews to reflect about regrets from the past.
lesson

By Wendy Marisol Figueroa Salinas, San Salvador, El Salvador

Student College students from 19-21 years old. Intermediate English (almost advanced)
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Class
14 students timing: one hour and a half
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-students will be able to express regrets from the past other people have by using third
Lesson
conditional, past perfect and expressions of regret or desire.
Objective
Target -third conditional grammar structure
Language -past perfect to express regret or wish
Structures - expressions to express regret or desire: she wishes, she had…; she could have…
Target Learners will have the opportunity to interact with other students in the campus while they
Content reflect on their own regrets and experiences.

Materials Notebooks, pencils, pens, smartphones or tablets (to record small interviews and take pictures)

Source Students will use their own materials since they all have and bring every day the material listed

Activity: Students will work in pairs and they will go around campus asking three different
people (or more) about something they regret from their past. Later, they will organize the
Procedure information they collected. Finally, when all the students come back to the classroom, they will
present their results to the class expressing the regrets from the interviewees using third
conditional, past perfect and expressions of regret.

Task 1 (5-- mins): Teacher provides instructions and the class is divided in pairs (7 pairs in total)

Task 2 (10-- mins): Teacher provides some examples on how they can address people to be
interviewed and questions they can ask after people have accepted to be asked those
questions. For example: “what is your name and age?”, “is there something you regret from
the past?”, “is there something you wish you could have done differently when you were
younger?” (students can change those questions depending on how the conversation flows).
Task 3 (45-- mins): Students will go around campus interviewing at least three people. If the
interviewees accept, they can take a picture of them and record their answers. Later, the pair

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 will sit down to put all the ideas in order with the target grammar. For example: Fernanda
Mejía wishes she had spent more time with her sister before she got married. If she had spent
more time with her, they would have had a better relationship when they were teenagers.
(Note that students have been studying this topic and its variations for one week). Students will
put the information of each person by using a graphic organizer that they will later show to the
class.
When the students come back to the classroom, some pairs will pass to the front and talk
about their findings (30 minutes). The pair will talk about the people they interview by taking
turns. Also, they will show the graphic organizers they have created on their
Assessment tablets/smartphones. Students will be the ones in charge to correct at the end the grammar
structure which is third conditional, past perfect and expressions to express regret or desire.
Teacher will assign some students to do that for each couple. At the end, the teacher will give
provide feedback as well.

Criteria

This activity is interesting because students will be excited to move outside the classroom and
Interesting talk to different people. It will be an opportunity to meet new friends and engage in interesting
and conversations. Also, they will use grammar and vocabulary in the real world. Besides that, I will
engaging tell the students to pretend they are one of those influences who interview random people in
the street.
Relevant to
This is relevant to learner’s life because we all have regrets and we can learn to empathize
learners’
with others who might have similar regrets as ours.
lives
This activity will involve different learning styles and multiple intelligences such as
Tailored to
interpersonal because students will have to talk and empathize with other young people.
different
Besides that, they will use linguistic intelligence as well since they have to focus on language
learning
too in order to execute the task successfully. Finally, collaborative work is being boosted since
styles
students have to work in pairs.
Empowers
critical Students will have to find the people to interview, address them, establish a connection,
thinking convince them to be part of the activity. They can also ask other questions of their own, always
and related to the topic in order to follow the conversation. Later, they have to put the information
problem and present their findings by using the grammar studied.
solving
Students will work on their own to find the people to interview and they will go through the
Promotes
steps alone (only with their partner) but with the supervision of the teacher who will be
learner
walking around campus and we will use the university’s web as a way of communication in case
autonomy
some students have a problem or questions.

PS. In this university, the campus is not so big and not so small. It is perfect for this activity. We have the
resources to establish a communication in case students need help from the teacher while they are
away interviewing people. Students and teacher will have the smartphones ready. Also, students have
been studying grammar and expressions to talk about regret for a while.