Jorge Carreon Jorge Carreon

W1 Listening May 22 - Thursday
A1-B1 Vets Gen2 level

Materials

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Main Aims

  • Recognize connectors (and, but, so, because) and understand how they link ideas in spoken English

Subsidiary Aims

  • Practice identifying simple cause-effect and contrast in context using real audio input

Procedure

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

Activity: Write the connectors on the board: and, but, so, because Ask in pairs: Which of these do you use when you speak Spanish? What do they mean? Can you give one example for each in your own words? Instructor collects ideas and boards 1 sample sentence per connector.

While-Reading/Listening #1 (23-25 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Guided Listening – Song: Count on Me by Bruno Mars (20–25 mins) First Listening (with lyrics) Distribute a lyrics handout with selected connectors blanked out. Students listen and: Fill in the blanks with and, but, so, because Circle any phrases they recognize from class or daily life Second Listening (without lyrics) Students listen again and mark: Tone and emotion How the connectors help give meaning to each line

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

Connector Categorization After reviewing the lyrics: Students highlight all connectors in the song In pairs, categorize them into 4 types: adding (and), contrast (but), cause (because), result (so) Each pair writes 1 new sentence using each connector in a clinic-related context Optional: share one example per group with the class.

Post-Reading/Listening (3-5 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Ask: Which connector was easiest to hear? How did the music help you understand the meaning?

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