The usage of role play technologies in developing pupils discourse competence. Abstract

Procedure:
Engage:
The teacher asks students to get into four groups consisting of four students and brainstorm for different types of addictions. Then, one student from each group goes clockwise the classroom and compares his/her group‟s ideas with the ideas proposed by the friends. Next, one representative from each group reads his/her group‟s results aloud. Study: The teacher asks students to look at the picture on page 101 and describe it to a friend sitting next to him/her. Then, learners read the text and do exercises two and three. Students listen to a dialogue and decide which option (a or b) is correct. Activate: The teacher gives instructions to the role-play: Now, listen everyone; you will be working in pairs: one person will be a mum/dad ant the second student will play the role of a daughter/son. The child is addicted to something and she/he tries to persuade his/her mum/dad that the addiction is not dangerous. A mum/dad tries to make his/her child resign from the addiction. If you finish, please change your roles. The teacher asks questions to students: Adam, can you tell me whose roles you are going to play? Kasia, can you briefly describe the exercise in Polish? The teacher distributes the role cards.
Evaluation of lesson four:
The students again took part in the lesson actively and they were quite engaged in the topic since the theme was to some extend connected with problems teenagers face nowadays. The role cards turned out to be a very helpful teaching aid because the students could refer to them to make sure what the activity is about. Overall, the learners were willing to speak in English.
Lesson five: Ordering food at a restaurant- preparation.
Aims:
Students will have known how to order food at a restaurant
Students will be able to ask and answer questions to a friend on eating and then tell the rest of the class what they found out
Teaching aids: flashcards with various food items (See Appendix N, p. 59), sample restaurant dialogue (See Appendix O, p. 60), a sample restaurant menu (See Appendix P, p. 61), dictionaries.