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Funky
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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Funky
CONTENTS
1.
Level, topic, language, aims, materials
2.
Lesson stages
3.
Answers
4.
Audio script
5. Student worksheets 1, 2, 3
Level:
Intermediate and above
Topic:
Music and what’s cool
Aims:
Listening skills – A short talk
Language –
‘
Funky’ and other ‘cool/uncool’ words
Materials:
Worksheet 1 – Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,
Listening section 1
Worksheet 2 – Listening section 2
Worksheet 3 – Extra work: Vocabulary, language and discussion
Audio script – Available in teacher’s notes
Recording of the talk – Available online at
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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Funky
LESSON STAGES
A
Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a talk by Professor David Crystal, an
expert on the English language, and that the talk is about the way English is changing. This
particular talk is about the word ‘funky’.
B
Hand out
Student Worksheet 1
. Students do
Speaking, Exercise 1
in small groups or
pairs.
C
Students do
Vocabulary, Exercise 2
- without dictionaries at first.
Practise the pronunciation of the vocabulary, as they will hear it in the talk.
D
Students read
Listening: Section 1, Exercise 3
and then listen to Section 1 of the talk.
They answer question ‘a’.
Students listen again and do
Listening: Section 1, Exercise 4
.
E
Hand out
Student Worksheet 2
.
Students read
Listening: Section 2, Exercise 5
and then listen to Section 2 of the talk.
They answer question ‘a’.
F
Students try to answer
Listening: Section 2, Exercise 6
. They listen again to Section 2 to
check/complete their answers.
G
If you wish to do some extra work with the class, hand out
Student Worksheet 3
.
For the vocabulary exercise, give the students copies of the audio script and play the
complete talk as they read.
The language work focuses on other words which have similar meaning or use as funky
e.g. cool.
The final discussion continues to explore the theme of coolness, with a little extra practice
of the language from the lesson.
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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Funky
AUDIO SCRIPTS
Listening Section 1
Funky – that’s been around a long time. It’s one of those slang expressions which has
stayed for decades. I think it goes right back to the 19
th
century. Funk - the United States’
black dance blues and soul, any music with a strong dance rhythm, ‘it’s got a funky beat’ –
that was the earliest dominant usage in the first decades of the 20
th
century.
And then, the use generalised to any kind of modern stylish - especially unconventional –
thing, something that’s off-beat. People had funky clothes, funky cars, funky food. So it all
had that very positive kind of meaning for a long time.
Listening Section 2
But it has developed some other meanings too. I mean, funk, in British English goes back a
long time meaning, you know, cowardly, or something like that. ‘I’m in a funk’ means
‘I’m afraid’. And so you get this sense of cowardly and panicky, ‘somebody’s being very
funky’, which is also around still. And in the United States, it has another range of
meaning. To say that something’s funky can mean that it’s smelly or it’s musty – ‘that
smells funky’. Or ‘I’m feeling funky’ might mean ‘I’m feeling uncomfortable or
awkward’. And I’ve actually heard some people use it as a put down, saying, you know,
tasteless – ‘that’s funky! Go on, get rid of it!’ – tasteless, useless.
But, having said all that, usually it has a positive meaning. And you’d listen to the tone of
voice to really notice the difference between a positive and the negative meaning – ‘hey,
that’s funky’, meaning that’s wicked, that’s great. It’s clever slang, in other words – funky
slang!
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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Funky
ANSWER KEY
VOCABULARY
Exercise 2
a. slang expressions
colloquial or very informal language
b. blues and soul
types of popular music
c. stylish
fashionable or trendy
d. unconventional
different from the normal way of doing something
e.
cowardly
not brave
f. musty
the smell of a room that is damp or has not had any fresh air
LISTENING: SECTION 1
Exercise 3
a.
A generally positive meaning
Exercise 4
a.
True – ‘It’s one of those slang expressions which has stayed for decades. I think it
goes right back to the 19
th
century.’
b.
False – ‘Funk - the United States’ black dance blues and soul, any music with a strong
dance rhythm, ‘it’s got a funky beat’.’
c.
False – ‘the use generalised to any kind of modern stylish - especially unconventional
– thing, something that’s off-beat.’
LISTENING: SECTION 2
Exercise 5
a.
i. scared and nervous – ‘cowardly and panicky’
iii. having a bad odour or smell – ‘smelly or musty’
iv. not useful or desirable – ‘tasteless and useless’
vi. feeling uncomfortable or a little embarrassed – ‘uncomfortable and awkward’
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