W3 Listening May 26 - Tuesday
A1-B1 Vets Gen2 level
Main Aims
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Recognize and understand past regular verbs in context
Subsidiary Aims
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Improve recognition of pronunciation patterns in natural speech
Procedure (52-60 minutes)
Activity: Ask students to brainstorm in pairs: What tasks did you complete at work yesterday? Which ones were routine, and which were unexpected?
First Listening (with subtitles) Students listen and identify 3–5 completed tasks using the Cornell format: Left Column: new vocabulary or past verb forms Right Column: what happened and when Bottom: one-sentence summary Second Listening (no subtitles) Students listen for pronunciation of -ed endings: /t/, /d/, /ɪd/
Each student selects 3 regular verbs from the video. Sort the verbs into pronunciation categories Create 1 short sentence for each Quiz their partner: say the verb, partner guesses pronunciation and corrects
Class shares 3 new verbs from their notes. Instructor writes a few model sentences on the board and reviews pronunciation as a class.
