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1. LESSON PLAN OUTLINE
Jenny Chamorro
Advanced Conversation 3
Class Description: Level: Advanced
The students are between 20 to 26 years old. There are approximately 10 women and 5
men. They belonged to the English and French program 9th semester. Classes take place on
Monday and Wednesday from 4: 00 to 6:00 P.M
Recent work: The students are able to discuss about any topic. I consider it is an interesting
topic for putting in practice all English skills. The learners have been discussing different
topics and reviewing some grammar aspects they have known before. They have practiced
the target language making use of macro and sub-skills of the language emphasizing the oral
production.
Objectives:
Discuss about the topic of the unit: the art of complaining; analyzing the different
problems that make people have complains, in order to suggest solutions for those
problems.
To learn and apply the grammar of the unit: Noun clauses containing relative clauses
and Noun clauses beginning with question words.
Assessment: Since it is an ongoing process, everything in the class will be taken into
account, considering the students’ participation, interaction, involvement and engagement in
each activity.
Resources: video, slides, pictures, sheets of paper, CDs, carton.
Language: Vocabulary related with the art of complaining using expression such as:
One thing that annoys me is
Something that really bothers me is
What I can’t understand about others/people is
I can’t afford something
That is what gets me on my nerves.
1st Activity
Estimated time: 3 minutes
Specific objective: to familiarize students with the topic.
Context: The title of the unit. The art of complaining

2. Activity organization: the students are going to tell me why they think complaining could be
an art and then we can make a conclusion.
2st Activity
Specific Objective: to identify and discuss the topic and contextualize the class
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Context: Situations that bugs you.
Activity Organization: The learners will be organized in lines; they will fill the quiz in groups
of 4 people. So, they are going to share the answers and justify them to know the most
common situations that annoy them. Besides they are going to tell what other situations they
cannot stand.
Quiz
Situation1: your neighbors have loud parties late at nigh, they don’t matter if you want to
sleep or not.
How do you react?
Situation2: You are in the cinema, you want to see the film which is really interesting but
there are people who talk loudly and laugh a lot during the whole movie.
Do you want to continue watching the film?
What would you do in this situation?
Situation 3: You are quiet, reading a book or taking a rest, but there is a dog who is barking
all the night?
What would you do?
Is it annoying for you?
Situation 4: You go to an office or a supermarket the clerk doesn’t matter that there are
people waiting, she or he decides to take a rest?
How would you react?
Would you talk to this person?
Would you stay calmed?
2nd activity
Specific Objective: The students are going to listen to two dialogues, paying attention to
details about complaints, so they are going to express the agreement or disagreement with
what the characters say about irritating situations, and what they would do in those particular
situations.

3. Estimated time: 10 minutes
Context: Recording about irritating situations
Activity class organization: The students will be organized in two lines in a comfortable
way to listen the recording. Then, they will form groups of 3 to discuss if they agree or
disagree with Jane and Bob (participants of the recording) then, they will interchange their
opinions with the whole group. They also are going to answer the questions suggested in the
recording.
3rd activity
Estimated time 10 minutes
Specific Objective: To comprehend and apply the use of noun clauses containing relative
clauses and clauses beginning with questions words, whether and if.
Context: Grammar Explanation about the topic
Activity class organization: The students will be organized in lines while they receive a
paper with the grammar explanation and some examples. After that, they can do an exercise
which consists in making sentences to apply what they have learnt. I will make questions
related to the situations they mention.
4th Activity
Specific objective: Express opinions about ridiculous complaints.
Estimated time: 15 minutes
Context: Ridiculous complaints
Activity organization: Each student is going to read a ridiculous complaint and then answer
some questions about it. Like do you share this way of thinking? , do you think indeed it is
ridiculous complaint? , what could be one complaint that you could do about vacations? How
can you answer if you were the manager of the hotel?.
Estimated time: 20 minutes
5th activity
Specific objective: Talking about complaints using the grammar.
Context: Stressing situations
Activity organization: The students will play a game. We can play it with a dice. It is a game
in which the students will take a paper, it has a situation and they need to say what the role
they would take is and give examples.
Note: this activity is based on situations in page 88 and additional ones.
For example: your neighbors are having a loud argument, and you can’t get to sleep.

4. Student: In that situation I would be a silent sufferer. For example, I could try to sleep or
spent the time reading something until my neighbors stop their argument.
6th activity
Specific Objective: To apply conversational skills making use of the grammar and language
of the unit, and develop problem solving competences.
Estimated time 15 minutes
Context: problems where I live
Activity class organization: The students will work in pair’s. They will think of a situation
that bother them and then they are going to take the role of complainer and manager of the
complaints’ office. One will complain, the other will answer suggesting a solution. Also, if time
is enough, they will change the roles.
Note: Activity based on page 90
6th activity:
Specific Objective: listen to the video related with complains to talk about the topic and
understand the video.
Estimated time: 7 minutes
Context: Making a complaint.
Activity class organization: The students will listen to a video about complains, and then
they will answer some questions about the video.
Questions:
What have you understood from this video?
Do you think complaining is positive or negative and why?
Are you a complainer, what are you going to do to stop complaining?