Listening for gist and detail
Elementary, A1-A2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and detailed listening practice using a text about his job, her job game in the context of career
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review and clarification of jobs words in the context of career
Procedure (29-39 minutes)
* T puts the pictures on the board. * Ss will be divided into 3 groups and T gives each group Job cards * Ss have to talk, decide and match their words with the related picture on the board. ICQs: Are you writing something? No Are you matching your cards with the pictures? Yes Are you working alone? No
* T shows the pictures of "flight attendant", "administrator", "receptionist" one by one and ask CCQs to elicit the words. CCQs for flight attendant: Does she work in an airplane? Yes Is she a pilot? No What is her job? Flight attendant * Drilling and boarding the word and phonetic form. CCQs for administrator: Is he a manager? Yes Is he the supervisor of a company? Yes What is his job? Administrator * Drilling and boarding the word and phonetic form. CCQs for receptionist: Does she work in an office? Yes Does she answer the phone calls? Yes Does she write letters for the manager? Yes What is her job? Receptionist * Drilling and boarding the word and phonetic form. * T writes the name of the game on the board and ask the students to guess what the game is about in pair and the feedback would be open class
*T explains that they will listen to a radio game. David, Kate and Lorna ask Wayne questions about his job and his wife, Tonya's job. * T will write the names on the board and circle around W and T. * Chest the HO and give instruction for gist task: Listen and write "w" for questions about Wayne. ICQs: Are you writing a sentence? No Are you writing W for all of them? No Just for Wayne? Yes * Chest the HO, again and give instruction for gist task: Listen and write "T" for questions related to Tonya. ICQs: Are you writing "w" again? No Are you writing "T" for Tonya? Yes * Group check and then change members to check with each other. * Feedback will be given to them on a paper.
* T will chest the HO again and explains (tracks 2.10 & 2.11) Listen to Wayne's answers and write 'Y' for yes, 'N' for no, 'D' for it depends, alone. * T writes the instruction on the board to avoid confusion. ICQs: Are you writing his answers completely? No Are you working with your partners? No * Ss do the peer check and then in group. * Answers will be written on the board by T. * T ask the students if they can guess the jobs. * Ss listen to the track 2.12 and receive the answer.
* Ss will be paired and each student gets 2 job cards. * Instruction: Don't show your pictures to anyone. You have 4 minutes to ask questions about your friends jobs. ICQs: Do you show your pictures? No Do ask questions about your friend's job? Yes Do we have 10 minutes? No * T will do a model with a student. * Feedback on fluency will be: Who could guess? * Feedback on accuracy will be the error treatment on the board.