Susan Susan

TP2 LP Susan Davis
Upper intermediate level

Description

Listening lesson

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide listening practice for gist and detailed understanding in the context of trusting your instincts.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification of vocabulary through the MPF method as well as to provide the opportunity to develop productive skills (speaking).

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (4-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Send the Google Slides link through the chat so students can access it (giving them the permission to edit so they can do the matching exercise themselves directly in their computer). I will introduce them to the topic which is "At a glance" and make them think what the title means. I will show them some images and make them ask me questions to deduce the meaning by themselves. I will go giving them some hints if I see their having trouble guessing the meaning.

Pre-Reading/Listening (5-6 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

The four expressions we'll work on during this part of the lesson are: *to have a hunch *to go with one’s gut feeling *put one’s finger on something *to make up one’s mind MEANING I'll explain "to have a hunch" and "to go with one's gut feeling" together because they are similar. I'll mention situations in which these phrases are used so they can relate and try to understand their meaning. PRONUNCIATION I'll ask ss to count the number of syllables each word has and we'll drill the words that link together because they end and start in a vowel or because they end in an "r" and the next word starts in a vowel. FORM Here I'll explain the different ways in which these phrases are used. If they are used in the past/future, in the affirmative/negative form. CCQs: *When pronouncing the phrase "have a hunch" do I link the first to words? *Can "hunch" be used in the future? *Can “put one’s finger on something” be used in the negative form too? *If I can't put my finger on something, do I know the reason? *If I made up my mind, does it mean I haven't taken a decision yet?

While-Reading/Listening #1 (6-6 minutes) • To provide students with a listening for gist task

I will send them first the Google Forms Activity #1 and then I will put the audio for them to listen for a general understanding (gist). I'll then group ss in pairs and tell them to justify their answers talking through private messages in the chat with their assigned working partners for 1 minute so they can justify their answers before opening a OCFB discussion.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference listening task.

I will send them first the Google Forms Activity #2 and then I will put the audio for them to listen one more time but this time, more in detail. I'll then group ss in pairs and tell them to justify their answers talking through private messages in the chat with their assigned working partners for 1-2 minutes so they can justify their answers before opening a OCFB discussion.

Post-Reading/Listening (16-18 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned through speaking practice.

I will ask my students to read the following questions: *Have you ever felt that you instantly liked or disliked someone you just met? *Have you ever changed your initial opinion of someone? If so, why? *Do you believe in love at first sight? Why? / Why not? *Do you generally trust your instincts? Then to think for 1-2 minutes on a situation they've experienced. If they haven't experienced one they can imagine it. I'll tell them: "Talk about a situation you experienced where you had a hunch, couldn’t put your finger on it, went with your gut feelings and made up your mind in a few seconds. (or the opposite, or imagine one!) You have 1-2 minutes to think about it and then we’ll start the conversation. Once they finished thinking, I'll send them to BOR in pairs so they can tell each other their stories. I will tell them they have 5 minutes and to try to make sure each one has the opportunity to talk. Then I'll bring them back to the Main Room so they can share what they discussed with the rest of us. While they are in the BOR I'll go in to check how they are doing and see if they need anything or have a question. Provide DEC (delayed error correction) to ss giving them feedback and mentioning what they did correctly and what they need to correct.

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