Introduction
A city is a community of a large number of human settlement that comes up with lots of advantages and drawbacks as well. There are no exact rules how a city form. But most of the globalization experts are agreed, a town gradually converts into a city to adopt huge population pressure and offer them all modern facilities.
A rural or countryside living is popularly known as village life. A village is a community of aclustered human settlement that is smaller than a town but larger than a hamlet.
Basically, a village is a natural growth of a human community, where people lives generation after generation. Thus the base of rural life is strong and powerful.
Task
Teacher asks for 3 volunteers to role play different types of people’s case in their living place. She explains what to present to the students as they should guess the people who are city lover, countryside lover and a student
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Role A – City lover You think living in the city is much better than living in the countryside. Tell the other three reasons why. Tell the people who live in rural areas to move to the city. Tell them the city makes them think about more things. |
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Role B – Countryside lover You think living in the countryside is much better than living in the city. Tell the other three reasons why. Tell the people who live in the city to move to the countryside. Tellthemthecountrysidemakesthemthinkbetter. |
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Role C – Student You are studying English but are having big problems concentrating. You cannot study in the countryside or city. Tell the other three reasons why. Ask the others for advice on how and where to study.
Teacher asks the definitions of topic related words from students which is why there is an interaction between teacher and students. Moreover, they develop their pronunciation as well (5 minutes).
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Process
Students will be given the differences of living city and country life. After this they will be given home task of writing an essay about pros and cons of living in a city. (word limit 250)
Comparison of the blessing and drawbacks of City and Country Living
| The basis for comparison | City | Country |
| Life | Fast and complicated | Simple and relax |
| Pollution | Associated with pollution | Less pollution |
| Convenience | Enjoy modern exposures | Away from modern facilities |
| Personal Fitness | More Incorporate With it | Less Required |
| Cost of Living | Expensive | Cheap |
| Collective Mentality | Break down the traditional value | Put uphold their cultural heritage |
| Employment | Better job opportunity | More prone to blue color jobs |
| Marriage and Divorce | Drastically changing | Dominated and deeply rooted the local culture |
Evaluation
Poor, very good or excellent scores
well organised, no grammatical mistakes and wide range of vocabulary - 5
uses simple structures and common vocabulary, logically not organised -4
makes some grammatical errors and lack of task response -3
Conclusion
At the end of the lesson students will be aware of the comparison between city and country life and improve vocabulary around the topic
Teacher Page
Students will be given time to learn about the statistics of country and city lives beforehand. Therefore they can write essay easily.