Marzie Naji Marzie Naji

Listening Comprehension
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students are going to listen to two women talking and gossiping about two other people's relationship problems.

Materials

Abc American English file 2-Student's book

Main Aims

  • To provide detailed listening practice using a text about gossiping in the context of other people's problems in their lives..

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of people gossiping about other people's problems in their lives.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

In this stage the students will be asked to look at the photo of two women(Rosemary and Iris) and say what they think these two women are talking about.

Pre-Listening (4-6 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

In this stage the students will learn the meaning of the words below which are used in the audio and match each word to its meaning. gossip-break up-argument

While-Listening #1 (3-5 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

In this stage students will listen to the audio and then answer the following question: -Who are Jack and Emma? -What has happened to them? the students need to back up their answers with reason.

While-Listening #2 (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

In this stage the students will first read the questions that have been provided and then listen to the audio file again and choose the right answer of each question among the given options. After that we will check the answers with the whole class and students will need to support and back up their answers with reason.

Post-Listening (4-6 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

In this stage the students will discuss the following question in groups of three: -Do you and your friends ever gossip? What about?

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