Jorge Carreon Jorge Carreon

W8 Listening July 2 - Wednesday
A1-B1 Vets Gen2 level

Materials

Abc Worksheets
Abc Audio Clips
Abc Vocab List

Main Aims

  • Identify and understand actions and interruptions in a past narrative

Subsidiary Aims

  • Build a personalized glossary of useful terms from the class

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (8-10 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Board incomplete sentences (e.g., I was walking through the clinic when…). Ask: What do you think happened? What are some common accidents or funny mishaps? Students complete one sentence and share in pairs.

While-Reading/Listening #1 (13-15 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Task: Listen and answer: What happened? Who was involved? What caused the problem? Quick group confirmation after.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (18-20 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Procedure: Students listen again and complete: Left column: verbs/actions in past simple/past continuous Right column: people/situations associated Bottom: summary of what happened in 2–3 sentences

Post-Reading/Listening (8-10 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Procedure: In trios: Retell the story using their notes Add one sentence with past simple, one with past continuous Add a new twist or solution (e.g., what they would have done) Each group shares one complete retelling to class.

Feedback and Error Correction (3-5 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Procedure: Instructor asks: What words or phrases did you not understand today? Students nominate terms from the clip or their notes. Instructor: Writes the word on the board Defines and explains it Provides pronunciation + a sample sentence if needed

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