The students complete a task in pairs or

groups using the language resources that they have as the teacher monitors and

offers encouragement.

The

teacher selects language areas to practise based upon the needs of the students

and what emerged from the task and report phases. The students then do practice

activities to increase their confidence and make a note of useful language.

Students

prepare a short oral or written report to tell the class what happened during

their task. They then practise what they are going to say in their groups.

Meanwhile, the teacher is available for the students to ask for advice to clear

up any language questions they may have.

Students

then report back to the class orally or read the written report. The teacher

chooses the order of when students will present their reports and may give the

students some quick feedback on the content. At this stage the teacher may also

play a recording of others doing the same task for the students to compare.

The teacher highlights relevant parts from

the text of the recording for the students to analyse. They may ask students to

notice interesting features within this text. The teacher can also highlight

the language that the students used during the report phase for analysis.

The teacher introduces the topic and gives

the students clear instructions on what they will have to do at the task stage

and might help the students to recall some language that may be useful for the

task.