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Listening
Upper-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students will listen for gist, specific and detailed information in the context of a horror movie review in question-answer conversations. First they will look at and talk about some pictures related with the listening tasks. Then they will listen for gist by finding the thing each speaker in the audio is talking about. After that they will listen for more specific information by finding which life circle each person is talking about. Afterwards, the students will listen to the recording one more time for details. At the end, they will do the same life circles for them and tell them to each other.

Materials

Abc Handout 1
Abc audio track
Abc Pictures
Abc Handout 2

Main Aims

  • To provide gist and specific information listening practice using a recording about important things in life

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a pair conversation in the context of life circles

Procedure

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

I will show some pictures to the students ans ask what they see in the pictures. I will try to elicit 'sentimental value' from them. I will ask CCQs like: Why do the people keep these photos? Do the people keep them because they are expensive? etc. I will ask them if they keep old photos and if so, why.

While-Listening #1 (8-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information listening tasks

I will tell the students that they are going to listen ten people talking about important names, dates and places in their lives. Before listening, I will give them a list about each person. I will give them some time to read the list. Then, I will tell them that they need to write what each item is. I will do a demo by playing the recording and doing the first example with them. Afterwards, I will play the rest of the recording. After the students have finished listening to it, I will have them check their answers in pairs and then we will check as a class.

While-Listening #2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with a specific information listening task

I'll put the students into small groups. I will give them a handout of life circles. I will tell them to look at it and I will ask them to find which life circle each person is speaking about. They will match each item to a circle. After that, they will listen to the recording again and check their answers.

While-Listening #3 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with a detailed listening task

I will tell the students that they will listen to the audio for the last time to note more information from each person. I will ask them to write what else we learn about them. I will explain that they should write short notes, not sentences. I will pause after each speaker if necessary. I will do a demo with the first one for the students. After they have finished listening, they will check their answers in pairs and we will have a WC FB.

Post-Listening (6-8 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

I will ask the students to complete the same life circles with information from their own life. I will tell them to write notes, not full sentences. After each has completed the life circles, I will get them to explain their life circles to each other in pairs. Then we will have a WC FB.

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