Muhammad Jawad Muhammad Jawad

Listening
Elementary level

Materials

Abc Multimedia projector
Abc Whiteboard
Abc Diet-guessing Worksheet
Abc Reading Passage HO
Abc Listening 1 feedback handouts
Abc Post-listening QA worksheet
Abc Listening 2 Edibles on Cards

Main Aims

  • To provide specific information listening practice using a text about Miracle diets in the context of food

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist reading practice using a text about miracle diets in the context of food
  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of food

Procedure

Warmer (3-5 minutes) • To introduce the concept of diets

T asks the students what they had in breakfast and tries to elicit the words like healthy breakfast and unhealthy breakfast. T shows various pictures to lead the students into the idea of a good diet T asks students to come up with different ideas regarding good or bad diets

Lead in (5-7 minutes) • To get the students used to the idea of various diets and get familiar with the related vocabulary and sentence structure

T regroups the students into pairs T asks the students to play a diet guessing game. The students work in pairs to guess their partner's diet by asking related questions T gives instructions by role-playing the start of the activity T distributes the hand outs T monitors and tries to control any undesired use of L1 T conducts FB

Pre-Listening (5-7 minutes) • To provide the students with the background information and also activating their schemata to understand the forthcoming listening activity

T explains that the students will read a small passage for its general understanding T writes various questions on the whiteboard to guide students to the gist of the passage T distributes the reading passage HOs in pairs T conducts WCFB

Listening for specific information (Listening task 1) (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with the opportunity of getting familiar with the text and the cotext of diets by listening for specific information

T explains that the students will listen to the text for finding specific information T demonstrates and asks ICQs to make sure the students understand the instructions T distributes the Listening 1 feedback handouts after the instructions and conducts a WCFB

Listening for vocabulary (Listening 2) (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with the listening practice for identifying specific words

T regroups the class into small groups of 5 to 6 students T gives students different cards containing food and drink items T tells students to hold up the appropriate card while listening to the text for the second time to identify the correct word T makes sure the students have different cards to avoid any chance of copying among the students

Post listening (Answering the questions) (4-6 minutes) • To provide students with the opportunity of writing and speaking with controlled practice

T divides the class into pairs and asks them to write answers to the questions regarding the diets from the audio track T distributes the handouts containing the questions and monitors closely to check if the target language is used among the pairs

Post-Listening (Speaking fluency practice) (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with the opportunity of freer practice of speaking fluency

T divides the class into pairs and asks them to share their real life experiences related to good diets and healthy life T asks students to take notes for reporting back in the FB session

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