B 5:14 Listen to understand announcements B Pair work

Suggested 6–8 Your actual Suggested 10–12 Your actual

teaching time: minutes teaching time: teaching time: minutes teaching time:

• When you review, ask Was there a delay? Was there a • Ask the following questions and elicit answers from the
cancellation? etc. Students answer Yes, there was, or No, class. Write the answers on the board:
there wasn’t. What time is flight 58 going to depart? (17: 25)
When’s the next flight to São Paulo? (17: 50)
PRONUNCIATION What time does it arrive? (19: 50)
What time is your very important dinner? (20: 30)
A 5:15 Listen to the rhythm . . . • Remind students to practice the correct rhythm and
Suggested 1–2 Your actual intonation when they state alternatives.
teaching time: minutes teaching time:
• Remind students of language for discussing plans. Write
the following on the board:
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What should we do?
We should .
• Point out how intonation rises on the first of two We could .
alternatives and falls on the second. What about ?
Option: (+10 minutes) Have partners plan a trip together. Can we make the ?
They suggest alternatives to each other, practicing the
correct rhythm and intonation. To make the activity more C Discussion
interesting, students can choose from the alternatives their
Suggested 10–15 Your actual
partner suggests. (I’d like to go to Europe.) teaching time: minutes teaching time:

• Ask individual students What are you going to do? and

B Now practice saying . . . What’s your partner going to do? To encourage students to
Suggested 1–2 Your actual say more, ask Why?
teaching time: minutes teaching time:

• If students have a difficult time focusing on their own Possible responses . . .

I’m going to take flight 58. I have to be on time for the dinner. My
speech production, tell them to plug one ear as they partner’s going to volunteer. He wants a free ticket. He’s going to go
speak. They will be able to hear themselves better. to Rio in February.

Pronunciation Activities
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now you can Understand airport announcements
Speaking Activities: Unit 9, Activity 3
A 5:16 Read and listen . . .
Suggested 3–5 Your actual
teaching time: minutes teaching time:

• Remind students that when something is overbooked,

there are more passengers than seats. The airline sold too
many tickets.
• To check comprehension, ask:
What’s the problem with the flight? (It’s overbooked.)
What does the airline want someone to do? (Take a later
flight.)
What do you get if you volunteer to take a later flight?
(A free round-trip ticket for another flight.)
Option: (+5 minutes) Have students find and circle the words
volunteer and volunteers in the speech balloon. Ask what
part of speech volunteer(s) is in each context. (It’s a noun
in the first balloon, a verb in the second.) Ask How many
volunteers does the airline need? (Two.) Would you like to
volunteer? Why or why not?

T105 UNIT 9, LESSON 3