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A topical lead-in

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1900 Objects

Type:

A topical lead-in

Level:

Pre-Intermediate

Time:

20 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Lead-in

This speak-and-guess lead-in concerns what people used to use in their life and homes in 1900, and their modern technological equivalents. Students explain what was used before common items such as fridges, contact lenses, and TVs.

1. Copy one sheet for each pair of students, and cut the sheets in two.

2. Put the students into pairs, and distribute a half sheet to each individual student.

3. Focus students' attention on the instructions and tell the students must describe to their partner the objects used in 1900 that performed the function of the modern technology in 1-12. They must not tell their partner the modern technology; their partner must guess.

4. Allow students around ten minutes each to describe the 1900 objects that were used before the items 1-10.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.