Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
AMAN 18-11-2020 UPPER-INTERMEDIATE B2 60 MINS
Lesson Type:
Four Skills: READING
Lesson Topic:
Plans for a government support package in Spain aimed at helping the hostelry sector, amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Advance their reading techniques from reading for gist to reading for specific Practised reading the text by adopting 3 different logical progressive techniques
information, finally moving on to reading for detail, in the context of an information being: ‘reading for gist’, ‘reading for specific information’ and finally ‘reading for
text based on a Spanish newspaper article. detailed understanding’ enabling them to get a full comprehension of the reading
text presented to them.
Students will have engaged in a variety of different activities throughout the lesson
and will have finally concluded the class on a brief discussion about their personal
viewpoints on the current coronavirus pandemic.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Some students might find the text difficult to comprehend because of the 1. After giving students a brief introduction and glimpse into the topic of the text, I
presence of some unfamiliar/complicated Economic terminology (e.g. subsidies, will pre-teach the target vocab, consisting of the terminology they will need to
waiver) that they will encounter in the text. At first glimpse of the text they may find understand, to effectively comprehend the text and complete the activities.
it boring and tiresome. Although not included in the target vocab, I will also briefly explain terms like
2. Since all the students share the same L1, they may revert to speaking in Spanish Finance, Industry, Labor and Social Security ministries are all Economic and finance
while in class. related departments in the government and that they are not required to get into
3. Some of the students may be shy and may lack confidence. too much detail.
4. Spanish word order is generally Subject-Verb-Object, like English. However as 2. Upon students entering the class at the start of the lesson, I will hand out 2 pre
Spanish have more verb endings than English, a complete sentence in Spanish does prepared passes (2 strips of paper with SPEAK SPANISH written on it) to them. I will
not always need a subject. As a result students tend to omit subject pronouns from advise the students to try to only speak in English at all times and that they only get
their English sentences i.e. copy Spanish word order, departing from the required 2 instances in case they slip up. If they have spoken in Spanish more than two times,
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, subject-verb-object order of English structure, resulting in a non-standard syntax. then they have used up their passes and MUST then only speak in English.
3. I will get students to work in groups/pairs, so that shy students get a chance to
participate with peers rather than only the teacher. Also care will be taken to pair up
students with mixed abilities together. I will offer a lot of praise and encouragement
while gently correcting mistakes, ensuring that no one student is singled out.
4. As the students’ progress along each stage during the lesson and are exposed to
the text repeatedly engaging in the activities requiring them to read (gist/specific
information/detail) they will become more familiar with the grammatical structure
that English as a language adopts. I will be monitoring, eliciting and gently correcting
grammatical errors when needed during the lesson.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
Spain prepares support package to aid bars and restaurants hit by coronavirus crisis
Businesses are calling for urgent help as new restrictions threaten to cause more damage to the already ailing sector
Hugo Gutiérrez
Madrid - 13 nov 2020 - 08:34 CET
The Spanish government is preparing a support plan aimed at helping the hostelry industry deal with the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis.
The plan has become increasingly urgent as Spain’s regions introduce new restrictions to contain the second wave of the pandemic – many of which affect the sector. In
Asturias, Castilla y León, Navarre, Murcia, Galicia and Catalonia, the entire hostelry industry has been shut down, while in Andalusia, bars and restaurants must end table
service by 6pm. Other measures, such as the night-time curfew and earlier closing times, have also hurt businesses in the hostelry industry.
The support package is still under review and will not be launched until it is approved by all responsible departments: the economy office of the deputy prime minister, as
well as the Finance, Industry, Labor and Social Security ministries.
‘Funding lines alone will not be enough because businesses are already heavily in debt’.
José Luis Yzuel, president of the Spanish Hostelry Association
According to sources, the measures under consideration include: subsidies and waivers on Social Security payments, increasing the soft loans available through the state-
owned bank Instituto de Crédito Español (ICO), helping businesses re-negotiate their rental contracts and opening completely new lines of funding for projects and specific
needs. Another option is direct money transfers, which is what has been demanded by the industry’s main associations. “Funding lines alone will not be enough because
businesses are already heavily in debt,” said José Luis Yzuel, the president of the Spanish Hostelry Association, which represents bars, restaurants and cafés in the country.
According to the Spanish Hostelry Association, the industry will lose half of its annual €123 billion earnings in 2020, and one-third of the 300,000 businesses that were open
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AMAN 18-11-2020 UPPER-INTERMEDIATE B2 60 MINS
Lesson Type:
Four Skills: READING
Lesson Topic:
Plans for a government support package in Spain aimed at helping the hostelry sector, amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Advance their reading techniques from reading for gist to reading for specific Practised reading the text by adopting 3 different logical progressive techniques
information, finally moving on to reading for detail, in the context of an information being: ‘reading for gist’, ‘reading for specific information’ and finally ‘reading for
text based on a Spanish newspaper article. detailed understanding’ enabling them to get a full comprehension of the reading
text presented to them.
Students will have engaged in a variety of different activities throughout the lesson
and will have finally concluded the class on a brief discussion about their personal
viewpoints on the current coronavirus pandemic.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Some students might find the text difficult to comprehend because of the 1. After giving students a brief introduction and glimpse into the topic of the text, I
presence of some unfamiliar/complicated Economic terminology (e.g. subsidies, will pre-teach the target vocab, consisting of the terminology they will need to
waiver) that they will encounter in the text. At first glimpse of the text they may find understand, to effectively comprehend the text and complete the activities.
it boring and tiresome. Although not included in the target vocab, I will also briefly explain terms like
2. Since all the students share the same L1, they may revert to speaking in Spanish Finance, Industry, Labor and Social Security ministries are all Economic and finance
while in class. related departments in the government and that they are not required to get into
3. Some of the students may be shy and may lack confidence. too much detail.
4. Spanish word order is generally Subject-Verb-Object, like English. However as 2. Upon students entering the class at the start of the lesson, I will hand out 2 pre
Spanish have more verb endings than English, a complete sentence in Spanish does prepared passes (2 strips of paper with SPEAK SPANISH written on it) to them. I will
not always need a subject. As a result students tend to omit subject pronouns from advise the students to try to only speak in English at all times and that they only get
their English sentences i.e. copy Spanish word order, departing from the required 2 instances in case they slip up. If they have spoken in Spanish more than two times,
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, subject-verb-object order of English structure, resulting in a non-standard syntax. then they have used up their passes and MUST then only speak in English.
3. I will get students to work in groups/pairs, so that shy students get a chance to
participate with peers rather than only the teacher. Also care will be taken to pair up
students with mixed abilities together. I will offer a lot of praise and encouragement
while gently correcting mistakes, ensuring that no one student is singled out.
4. As the students’ progress along each stage during the lesson and are exposed to
the text repeatedly engaging in the activities requiring them to read (gist/specific
information/detail) they will become more familiar with the grammatical structure
that English as a language adopts. I will be monitoring, eliciting and gently correcting
grammatical errors when needed during the lesson.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
Spain prepares support package to aid bars and restaurants hit by coronavirus crisis
Businesses are calling for urgent help as new restrictions threaten to cause more damage to the already ailing sector
Hugo Gutiérrez
Madrid - 13 nov 2020 - 08:34 CET
The Spanish government is preparing a support plan aimed at helping the hostelry industry deal with the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis.
The plan has become increasingly urgent as Spain’s regions introduce new restrictions to contain the second wave of the pandemic – many of which affect the sector. In
Asturias, Castilla y León, Navarre, Murcia, Galicia and Catalonia, the entire hostelry industry has been shut down, while in Andalusia, bars and restaurants must end table
service by 6pm. Other measures, such as the night-time curfew and earlier closing times, have also hurt businesses in the hostelry industry.
The support package is still under review and will not be launched until it is approved by all responsible departments: the economy office of the deputy prime minister, as
well as the Finance, Industry, Labor and Social Security ministries.
‘Funding lines alone will not be enough because businesses are already heavily in debt’.
José Luis Yzuel, president of the Spanish Hostelry Association
According to sources, the measures under consideration include: subsidies and waivers on Social Security payments, increasing the soft loans available through the state-
owned bank Instituto de Crédito Español (ICO), helping businesses re-negotiate their rental contracts and opening completely new lines of funding for projects and specific
needs. Another option is direct money transfers, which is what has been demanded by the industry’s main associations. “Funding lines alone will not be enough because
businesses are already heavily in debt,” said José Luis Yzuel, the president of the Spanish Hostelry Association, which represents bars, restaurants and cafés in the country.
According to the Spanish Hostelry Association, the industry will lose half of its annual €123 billion earnings in 2020, and one-third of the 300,000 businesses that were open
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