Copy of Listening lesson
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To practice listening for gist,details and specific information in the context of education .
Subsidiary Aims
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To practice speaking and giving opinion about the educational system in Turkey .
Procedure (31-45 minutes)
-T will show a question and a statement on the board. (Have you ever thought that girls are better than boys in reading and writing?) (Girls and boys learn better in a single-sex school.) -Ss will answer and comment in pairs. -WCF
-T will show two pictures of a man with a group of students(boys) singing. -Ss will describe the pictures in pairs. -T will get some ideas from students as WCF and tell them the name of the guy preparing them to watch the video.
Note: the video will be the lead-in to the listening. -T will ask gist question before showing the video to get an overview of the listening text: (What is Gareth Malone's extraordinary school?) -Ss will watch a 1 min video about the extraordinary school of Gareth Malone. -WCF
T will test the students' knowledge to see if they know the vocabulary or not through a matching activity. -Ss will do the matching activity in pairs. -WCF -T will focus on MFP of the new words.
-Ss will listen to specific information to answer 3 comprehension question. Exercise 3a-p65 -T will go through the questions with the students before the listening. -Peer check -Ss will be given the answer key.
-Ss will be given a chart to complete while listening to the record. Exercise 3-b,p65 -T will go through the activity with the whole class before the listening. -T will divide the class so Ss work with other partners. -Peer check -Ss will be given answer key.
-SS will listen to part 3 of the text and will answer the question in activity 3-d,p65. -T will show the question on the board and read it before the listening. -WCF
-T will divide the class into two groups. -Each group will create an extraordinary school and will include 3 unique and new activities. -The two groups will compete to come up with the most creative concept with unique activities that'll be included in the school and they will be given 7 minutes to do so . ICQs: will you create a boring concept for boring school ?(no) How many new activities will you include?(3 activities) How much time do you have? (7) -T will monitor and take notes of any errors. -WCF; each team will present their concept and activities.(4 minutes) -DEC (1min)