Future words
Learning goals:
Using the new lexis with correct meaning
and pronunciation
Contents
Aims
Year 7
Lesson 51
Vocabulary
Keywords
college, computer, home, laptop,
megastore, school, shop, smartphone,
tablet, traffic
Language Analysis
college /ˈkɒlɪdʒ/
computer /kəmˈpjuːtə(r)/
home /həʊm/
laptop /ˈlæpˌtɒp/
megastore /ˈmeɡəˌstɔː(r)/
school /skuːl/
shop /ʃɒp/
smartphone /ˈsmɑː(r)tˌfəʊn/
tablet /ˈtæblət/ OR tablet computer OR tablet PC
traffic /ˈtræfɪk/
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Word stress
Word stress is the key to correct and well-understood English. Stress means that one of the syllables is
pronounced stronger and louder. All the other syllables are pronounced quietly. One rule that may be
helpful here is that stress is always put on a vowel.
In order to understand word stress it is important to understand syllables. Please note that not for all
languages it is important and may cause some problems for students whose languages do not recognize
word stress, e.g. French or Japanese.
An example of a one-syllable word: shop (clap your hands – you will see you can only do it once and the
word is said).
An example of a two-syllable word: laptop (you need to clap your hands twice for the word to be
pronounced) and the natural division is: lap-top.
An example of a three-syllable word is: computer (you need to clap your hands three times): com-pu-ter
Note: there are some words in English that only differ in their stress to show different meaning, e.g.
progress – if pronounced with the first syllable being stressed it is a noun, and when we stress the
second syllable it becomes a verb.
Below you will find words used in the lesson and their stress patterns:
oOo (three syllable, stress on the middle)
computer
Oo (two syllables, the first is stressed)
laptop
smartphone
traffic
college
tablet
Ooo (three syllables, the first is stressed)
megastore
O (one syllable = it is stressed)
school
home
shop
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Procedure
Lead-in
Key:
Ask students to read and match the words to the
pictures.
Extension: Ask students which items they use to
talk to other people.
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Main input
Audio:
1 I love my new laptop – I take it with me
everywhere and I can do my homework on it.
2 My mum has a smartphone and she says it’s
great because she can take photos on it.
3 A school is more like a family –you have one
teacher who organizes your class and you have
most subjects with the same people.
4 My mum and dad like shopping at megastores you can get everything in one place, even
furniture.
5 My sister likes her tablet computer because she
can read books on it when she’s travelling to work
and it’s very light (she can hold it in one hand).
6 My dad doesn’t like coming home at 5pm
because of the traffic – he’s usually on the main
road for about an hour.
Key:
1 laptop 2 smartphone 3 megastores 4 tablet
5 traffic
The aim of the screen is to practise vocabulary
connected with Science and Technology.
Ask students to choose the correct words. Then
listen to the sentences and check their answers.
Extension: Ask students (individually or in pairs)
to make sentences with the 5 words: laptop,
smartphone, megastores, tablet, traffic.
Ask some of the students to read their sentences
aloud.
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Practice 1
Key:
(random order)
Give the Ss these instructions for word search
activity.
The aim of the game is to find all the words.
There are pictures on the right to help students.
Extension: when the word search is done ask
students (if appropriate) to go online and find
other pictures / photos to represent the words.
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Practice 2
Audio:
Computer, laptop, smartphone, tablet, traffic,
school, college, home, shop, megastore
Key:
oOo
computer
Oo
laptop
smartphone
traffic
college
tablet
Ooo
Megastore
O
school
home
shop
Ask students to put the words under the correct
column according to their syllable stress.
Extension: Ask students to practise saying these
words. First, they should practise on their own or
in pairs. Then ask a few students to say the
words aloud.
In weaker groups you may need to use the
clapping technique to help students understand
what a syllable is. Remember that some
languages do not differentiate between syllables
and stress is not important at all.
First, ask students to count the number of
syllables in each of the words (clap your hands
and encourage students to clap too).
Then ask students to identify the stressed syllable
in each of the word. You can also clap louder for
the stressed syllables or ask students to slap their
thighs.
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Practice 3
Audio:
William: Kate, let’s talk about the future.
Kate: OK.
William: What do you think will be different?
Kate: Schools for a start. I think they’ll be like
colleges.
William: What about teachers??
Kate: They’ll use more tablets, smartphones and
laptops in the classroom. I think schools should
give children smartphones for free to use in class
– that would be fair.
William: What about the home?
Kate: Yes, I think so. House will be smaller and
with less furniture, I think. Like Japanese flats.
Key:
The screen focuses on pronunciation. Encourage
students to listen and repeat as well as chose the
correct answers.
Extension: Ask students to work in pairs and
come up with ideas what school will be like in the
future. Then students report to the whole class.
traffic, shops
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Practice 4
Key:
(From left to right)
1 computer 2 laptop 3 smartphone 4 tablet
5 traffic 6 school 7 college 8 home 9 shop
10 megastore
Ask students to look at the pictures and complete
the words.
Extension: Enlarge the pictures and practise
saying the words. Pay attention to stressed
syllables.
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Practice 5
Key:
1 traffic 2 computer 3 smartphone
4 megastore 5 building
The aim of the screen is to practise vocabulary.
Ask students to choose the odd one out. There
are clues to help students.
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English to take away
Audio:
Computer
Laptop
Smartphone
Tablet computer
Traffic
School
College
Home
Shop
Megastore
Key:
See the audio above. Words appear in random
order.
Give the students these instructions for the
Shooting game: The aim is to match written words
with their sounds.
Look at the screen and read the words as they
appear.
Listen and ‘shoot’ the words you hear. They will
disappear from the screen.
Repeat until you have ‘shot’ all the words.
Extension: Handout
Ask students to complete the text with the missing
words from the box. In stronger groups cut this
part of the handout off so that there are no clues.
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Key:
1 future 2 different 3 laptops 4 free 5 fair
6 smaller 7 furniture 8 flats
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Handout
different
free
laptops
fair
furniture
smaller
flats
future
William: Kate, let’s talk about the (1) _________________________.
Kate: OK.
William: What do you think will be (2) _________________________?
Kate: Schools for a start. I think they’ll be like colleges.
William: What about teachers?
Kate: They’ll use more tablets, smartphones and (3) _________________________in the classroom.
I think schools should give children smartphones for (4) _________________________to use
in class – that would be (5) _________________________.
William: What about the home?
Kate: Yes, I think so. House will be (6) _________________________and with less
(7) _________________________, I think. Like Japanese (8) _________________________.
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