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Topic: Advertising
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
- name some methods of advertising;
Procedure
I Introduction
1. Warm-up
Good morning everybody. Nice to see you. How are you today? (They ask me: How are you?)
(Students give their predictions)
What feelings do you have related to adverts?
Are there any kinds of advertisements that irritate you?
(I think TV commercial bother me the most. It’s very irritating to be watching something on TV when it is interrupted every ten or even twenty minutes by the show’s sponsor. Because you want to see the rest of whatever it is that you’re watching, you have to watch the commercial as well.)
Thank you.
Slide 1
So today we are going to speak about advertising, its black and white side. At the end of our lesson you will be able to name methods/kinds of advertising and present and evaluate your own created ads.
II. Main body
1.1. Vocabulary brush-up
So what methods of advertising do you know? (spidergram)
Hoarding Brochure Product placement
Neon lights/signs Full-page spread =full-page advert
Commercial Poster Subliminal advertising
Commercial break Slogan Radio ad
Jingle Spam
Flier (flyer) Leaflet
Junk mail Ambient advertising
1.2. Definitions
Listen to the definitions and say what kind of advertising this is:
Hoarding – a large board fixed high on a wall outside on which large advertisements are shown (syn. billboard)
Neon lights/signs – signs that use gas to produce a bright light in electric advertising
Commercial – an advertisement on television or radio
Commercial break – the time when advertisements are broadcast during a television or radio programme
Jingle – a short song used in advertisements
Flier (flyer) – a small sheet of paper advertising something
Brochure – a thin book giving information or advertising something
Full-page spread =full-page advert – covering all of one page in a newspaper or magazine
Poster – a large printed notice, picture, or photograph, used to advertise sth or as a decoration
Slogan – a short phrase that is easy to remember and is used in advertisements, or by politicians, organizations etc.
Spam – email messages that a computer user has not asked for and does not want to read, for example from someone who is advertising something
Leaflet – a small book or piece of paper advertising sth. or giving information on a particular subject (hand/pass/give/send out a leaflet)
Junk mail – old or unwanted mail that have no use or value
Ambient advertising – the practice of putting ads in unusual places (everywhere) to make the product stick in people’s minds.
Product placement – it’s when companies pay for their product to be in a film, book, show etc.
Subliminal advertising – it’s when the ad is so subtle хитрий, ледь відчутний) that your conscious mind doesn’t know it has seen a word or a picture but you have a subconscious memory of it.
1.3. (Fill in )Let’s work in small groups. Your task is to complete the sentences using words from the spidergram. You have 2-3 min
Slide 2
- Let’s check. Look at the board and read sentences with your variants to see if you are right.
2.1. Listening and reading SB’s p. 110
Now you are going to hear an ad for Gibson’s Mall.
Slide 3
What kind of ad is it? What method was used in this ad? (radio ad)
Listening 1st time
S’s Answers
Do you like this ad? Do you think it’s effective? Would you visit this supermarket?
Now open your books on p. 110 Ex. 1
(reading)
Listening 2nd time
Let’s read the completed text. Count your mistakes. How many mistakes do you have? (none)
3.1. Speaking
How important do you think advertising is to the success of a business?
(Advertising is incredibly important to the success of a business. In today’s competitive world the only way to sell your product is to make yourself visible to consumers. Advertising is a way to make yourself known to the buying public).
5.1.Presentation
Now when you are experts on advertising let’s present your ads.
Your H/T was to decide on a product or service to advertise and to prepare an ad for it. Now it’s time to present your adverts to the class.
Your task is to persuade us (our guests) to buy your product.
Our guests and you - students, please, be attentive, try to evaluate the presentations with the help of the evaluating chart and say which product you are ready to buy thanks to advertising.
Slide 4
Evaluate the presentations with the help of the evaluating chart and say which product you are ready to buy thanks to advertising.
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5th presentation |
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Originality
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Practical value |
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Work in groups and share your opinions
Who wants to comment on the completed chart?
Which ad do you like the most and why?
(We think that ….)
III. Conclusion
Thank you for your work at the lesson. You were great! And at the very end of our lesson I would like to present my ad.