Jorge Carreon Jorge Carreon

W8 Listening Monday March 31
A1-B1 Vets level

Description

Students will practice listening comprehension by identifying the past continuous and past simple in conversations about ongoing actions interrupted by other events.

Materials

Abc Audio Clips
Abc Worksheets

Main Aims

  • Students accurately identify past continuous and past simple structures.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Students understand how ongoing actions are described in past scenarios.

Procedure

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

Discuss: “What were you doing when you found out about your most difficult case?” Students share answers in pairs.

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

Audio Clip: A vet describes an unexpected event during a routine examination. Comprehension Questions: “What was the vet doing when the problem occurred?” “How did the vet respond to the interruption?

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

Activity: Gap-Fill Exercise Students listen and complete sentences using the past continuous or past simple. Example: “I was examining the dog when it suddenly __.” “The power went out while we __.”

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 describe an incident that happened during their work, using both past continuous and past simple.

Feedback and Error Correction (3-5 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Instructor provides feedback on listening and speaking skills.

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