Junior Cycle English: Oral Communication Teaching Unit - Hobbies

This engaging and enjoyable unit of work is designed to help build the skills necessary for success in both group discussions and in making a presentation to the class. It is a discussion based unit and explores skills such as asking questions, leading a discussion, researching and planning a presentation. It leads to two activities, a ‘meeting’ in which students discuss setting up a series of lunchtime clubs for other students followed by an individual presentation in which students showcase their own plans for a school club. I have included a set of detailed teacher’s notes, a well-presented 44 slide teaching PPT and all student resources in both word and pdf format. I hope your students enjoy taking part in this unit.

Junior Cycle Learning Outcomes include:

1. Know and use the conventions of oral language interaction, in a variety of contexts, including class groups, for a range of purposes, such as asking for information, stating an opinion, listening to others, informing, explaining, arguing, persuading.
2. Engage actively and responsively within class groups in order to listen to or recount experiences and to express feelings and ideas.
3. Listen actively in order to get the gist of an account or presentation noting its main points and purpose.
4. Deliver a short oral text, alone and/or in collaboration with others, using appropriate language, style and visual content for specific audiences and chosen purposes.
   7.Choose appropriate language, style and visual content for specific audiences and chosen purposes.