Jorge Carreon Jorge Carreon

W9 Listening Monday April 7
A1-B1 Vets level

Description

Students will practice listening comprehension by identifying the present perfect tense in conversations about veterinary experiences.

Materials

Abc Audio Clips
Abc Worksheets
Listening lab exercise 27 modal verbs Listening Lab

Main Aims

  • Students correctly identify and understand present perfect structures.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Students answer comprehension questions accurately.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (8-10 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Discuss: “What kind of veterinary experiences do you think are most difficult to describe in English?” Students share their thoughts in pairs.

While-Reading/Listening #1 (13-15 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Audio Clip 1: A vet explains their experience handling a difficult case. Comprehension Questions: “What was the patient’s issue?” “How did the vet handle the situation?”

While-Reading/Listening #2 (18-20 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Listening Lab Students listen and complete sentences with missing words. Example: “I have treated this type of infection ___ times before.” “We have never seen a case like this, ___.” Activity: Identify sentences using the present perfect.

Post-Reading/Listening (8-10 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Pair Work: Students summarize the case using the present perfect tense. Example: “The vet has worked with similar cases before.”

Feedback and Error Correction • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Instructor provides feedback on listening challenges and structure usage.

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