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Likes and dislikes (The third person)

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Beginner/A1
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Functional Language
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45-60 min
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Overview

In our second lesson about preferences, your students will learn how to talk about someone else's likes and dislikes. This skill will help them broaden their conversations beyond just talking about themselves. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to discuss preferences in the third person.

Our lesson plan includes suggested boardwork that offers one way to teach the target language, as well as classroom activities where students gather and report on their classmates' preferences. We will end with a fun game related to the topic.

Lesson Outline
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Boardwork
1Food item warm-up
2Preference table
3Does he/she like...?
Games
1Memory: Class preferences
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Classroom activities

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Use of the board

The students learn to describe another person's preferences.

The board work below offers one suggestion on how to lead-in with this topic. Start off by reviewing/revising the more familiar first and second person constructions (I do, You do etc.) before introducing the third-person form of the verb do. As always, use the colour-coded text on the boards to give you an idea of what you should be trying to elicit.

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Food item warm-up

A warm-up activity where students review food vocabulary and give their preferences.

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Preference table

The students will create and complete a table of their food preferences.

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Does he/she like...?

Students have to switch tracks and report on a partner's preferences in the third person singular.

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Classroom games

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Memory: Class preferences

A fun memory game that uses the target language for the lesson.

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