Listening lesson
intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and specific information listening practice using a text about meeting people for the first time in the context of first meetings
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion and narrating in the context of first meetings
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
Put the picture on the wb, and have an open discussion about: what do you notice when you meet people for the first time? personalize the topic.engage the students in the topic an open class discussion.
now discuss in groups for 4min:(write the Qs on the wb) what do you notice when you meet people for the first time? heir voice, their hair and face, their clothes or something else? Are your first impressions of people accurate? have you ever been completely wrong about someone? clarify the meaning o accurate and impression, drill nominate groups which had interesting answers to report to the class for feed-back " now we are going to listen to three people *show* discussing how they met one o these people, Nixon/Vieri? before you listen look at these photos and try to predict which person met which one o these people? "
Now listen and match the people. peer-check feeback
"listen again and make a note of where and when these people met and what they said to each other?" peer-check give out the text to check the answers. " here is the transcript of what you heard, check your answers and then read the transcript and see if you have any problems with it and if you don't understand a word."
in groups discuss: "Have you ever met anyone famous? where were you? what do you remember about them?" feedback