Language Learning- Likes and Preferences
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Students make language learning recommendations based on their partner's likes, dislikes and future desires, useful as like and would like practice and learner training, with strong and weak language of preferences, and freer practice.
Lesson Plan Content:
Language learning like and would like practice
Ask questions about your partner’s preferences and ambitions, then give them recommendations on a way to learn English which they would enjoy and which would be effective. You get one point for each thing that they haven’t done and would like to try.
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Asking about needs and wants Wh- questions What part of your English would you like to improve/ do you want to improve? Yes/ No questions Would you like to improve/ learn/ study/ revise…?/ Do you want to improve/ learn/ study/ revise/…? |
Explaining your needs and ambitions I (really) need to… I’d (really) like to/ (really) want to… I’d love to… My (main) aim/ goal is to… My priority is… |
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- Communicate online in English - Get ready to travel abroad - Give a speech in English - Improve your confidence - Improve your fluency - Improve your pronunciation/ intonation - Improve your TOEIC score - Learn Business English - Learn English in a more fun way - Learn grammar - Learn idioms - Learn polite English - Learn the “th” sound/ Learn the… sound - Learn vocabulary - Live abroad - Make foreign friends - Pass Eiken Level 2/ Pass… - Pause less - Read English fiction - Read more quickly - Read the news in English - Remember English vocabulary - Remember what you studied in the textbook - Speak with a British accent - Stop confusing l and r/ Stop confusing… - Stop making grammar mistakes - Stop making spelling mistakes - Study abroad - Understand English better - Understand English radio - Understand rapid speech - Write more polite emails - Write more quickly |
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Asking about likes and dislikes Do you like…?/ Do you enjoy…? What kind of… do you like?/ What kind of… do you enjoy? How do you feel about…? Have you ever tried…? How was it? - Action movies - (Smartphone) apps - Being (physically) active - Books - Chatting - Children’s TV/ books/ movies - Classic… - Comedies - Comics - Fiction - Graded readers/ Easy readers - International news/ International affairs - Karaoke - Learning… - Magazines - Meeting new people - Memorising - Movies - Murder mysteries - Music/ Songs - News/ Newspapers - Non-fiction - Podcasts - Politics - Radio - Reading - Slang - Songs by… - Studying… - Superheroes - Surfing the net - Technology - The movie… - Travelling - Watching movies/ Watching TV/ Watching… - Writing fiction/ Writing reviews/ Writing…
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Explaining your likes and dislikes I love… I really like… I quite like… I don’t really like… I don’t like… I really don’t like… I hate…/ I can’t stand… Yes, I do. (I love that/ I really like that). Not really. I’m afraid not. (I really don’t like that./ I hate that.) I’m not sure. I’ve never tried that. (What’s it like?)
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Useful phrases for making suggestions I think you would like… (because) it’s… If you like…, you would love… If you’d like to…, I’d recommend… I think it would be useful to… - Buy a phrasebook - Buy… - Download Business English podcasts - Download… - Go to… classes - Have free con - Have skype lessons - Join a conversation club - Learn by… - Learn the phonemic script - Learn… - Listen to… - Look at TED.com - Pay for coffee shop lessons - Pay for… - Practice English with your husband - Practice… - Read graded readers/ Penguin Readers - Read… - Record your own voice - Record… - Repeat… - Study in Cebu - Study in Malta - Study… - Try a conversation exchange - Try keeping a vocabulary notebook - Try shadow reading - Try… - Use a flashcard app - Use an English-English dictionary - Use BBC English - Use… - Volunteer for… - Watch movies with English subtitles - Watch Hulu.com - Watch The King’s Speech - Watch the same movie many times - Write an English diary - Write vocabulary flashcards - Write… |
Useful phrases for responding to suggestions Positive responses Thanks for your suggestion. I’ll do that (someday/ soon/ straightaway). That sounds like it would be useful. I’ll try it. Yes, I might like that. I’ll give it a try. Actually, I’ve already tried that. I… it.
Negative responses Actually, I don’t think I would like (very much) that because… No, I don’t think so. It’s not really my kind of thing. (I don’t like…/ I hate…) Actually, I’ve tried that (a few times/ many times) before. It… I definitely think I would like that, but…
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Grammar presentation
What’s the difference between “like” and “would like”?
What forms go after both verbs?
Which forms have the same grammar and meaning as these verbs?
- enjoy
- want
Like and would like freer speaking
Find out about your partner’s likes, desire and preferences and try to recommend something they have never tried, for example in one of the categories below:
- Books
- Countries
- Exercise/ Sport
- Food
- Magazines
- Movies
- Music
- Places to go
- Restaurants
- Things to study/ Ways of studying
- Websites
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Useful phrases for the activity “What kind of… do you like?” “Would you like to try something different, or would you prefer more of the same thing?” “If you like…, you will love…” “How do you feel about…?” “Would you like to improve your…?” |
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