Description:

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Level: A2

Israeli level: pre-basic1, pre-basic2

Target audience: all college level students

General goals/objectives: (reading comprehension; speaking)

Specific goals/objectives:

1. Read and understand two short articles about relationships in the family
2. Discuss what people consider as nuclear vs. extended family

Materials needed for activity: (check the following)

• Internet access
• projector

Time: 45 minutes

Procedure:

Read short articles about relationships in the family, answer reading comprehension questions about these articles, discuss what people consider as nuclear vs. extended family, and play a competitive game involving vocabulary learned in the unit.

Activity 1

1. Students read the the entry Nuclear family in simple wikipedia and answer questions 1-2.
2. Check and discuss answers.

Activity 2

1. Students read the the entry Extended family in simple wikipedia and answer questions 1-2.
2. Check and discuss answers.

Activity 3

1. Students divide words into these two categories (nuclear / extended family).
2. Students discuss other terms and think what people consider as nuclear vs. extended family.

Activity 4

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1. Reception / Reading; Overall reading comprehension; Can understand short, simple texts on familiar matters of a concrete type which consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language (A2+)
2. Reception / Reading; Reading for information and argument; Can identify specific information in simpler written material he/she encounters such as letters, brochures and short newspaper articles describing events (A2)
3. Interaction / Spoken; Information exchange: can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information. Can ask and answer questions about personal opinions (A2)

[/tabcontent][tabcontent]By the end of this LO, you should be able to:

• read and understand two short entries about Nuclear and Extended families
• Discuss some other lexical terms in this field

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