Teaching Speaking. Wh-questions (Englisch 6. Klasse Gymnasium‪)‬

The class takes place in a 6th grade at a Allgemeinbildendes Gymnasium (Grammar School). The lively, smart and vivid class involves 16 girls and 10 boys. The topic of the lesson is a role-play concerning a car crash. The advantage of this topic is that the students don’t need a lot of pre-knowledge in order to fulfill the task. Furthermore, the lesson can be placed freely within the curriculum. The teacher should consider at least three 45-minute lessons for this topic. Our task cycle already takes up 90 minutes, so there will be one 45-minute lesson for practicing. In the class, the students ought to practice their speaking as well as the use of the wh-questions. The lesson takes 90 minutes