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Listening - Vocabulary ( Disagreement and Quarrels) - Sonia
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson, Ss will watch a movie sequence about a quarrelling couple. They will then do a listening comprehension by watching / listening to a song video clip. They finally get engaged in a less restricted speaking activity where they work in groups of three to play the roles of two persons arguing together and a go- between who aims at helping the couple get over their conflict.

Materials

Abc Table handouts
Abc Slide pictures
Abc Song
Abc Cards
Abc Vocabulary notes
Abc Vocabulary handouts
Abc Questions on a slide

Main Aims

  • To provide practice of gist listening, listening for specific information and detailed listening comprehension in the context of disagreement and quarrels.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification of vocabulary words related to arguments in the context of disagreement and quarrels.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

- Ss put the four pictures in order and comment briefly on the ordering.

Pre-Listening (7-10 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

-Ss look at the paused on sequence to guess what the video is going to be about after getting introduced to Brooke and Gary. - Listening to tick the right table cell. - Ss check answers with their groups. - Ss take turns to practice a chosen utterance. - Ss guess the topic of the song - Ss work in groups to do the matching, Then they stand up to check the other group's work. - Ss check the key answer.

While-Listening #1 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information listening tasks

- Ss work individually on correcting the words in blue by supplying their opposites. - Ss check them in pairs. Then they listen to the song to check their answers. - Checking answers with the whole group. - Checking the key answer.

While-Listening #2 (14-16 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference listening tasks

- Ss re-listen to answer three questions about the song. - They discuss the questions to agree on answers. - Groups exchange their answers. - Backchaining and drilling individually and chorally.

Post-Listening (13-15 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

- Commenting on the picture to set the scene for the speaking activity. - Eliciting similar situations and possible utterances from the ss. - Selecting a card and forming new groups. - Performing the conversations with 'Don't Speak' as a background music.

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