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Empower 4B Listening
Pre-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will listen to Mike visiting his friend Harry in Tokyo for one day. This is the first activity of the lesson. After listening to the "structure, will and won't" will be introduced.

Materials

Abc Book page copies
Abc Mentimeter
Abc Papers

Main Aims

  • By the end of this 30-minute lesson, students will be able to listen to a 3-minute authentic conversation about travel plans and correctly identify at least 5 out of 6 specific details (places, times, activities)

Subsidiary Aims

  • Listening for Detail: Students will be able to listen to the conversation and correctly answer comprehension questions related to the listening text
  • Students will be able to express and justify their personal preferences about the Tokyo activities in pairs
  • Listening for Gist: Students will be able to listen to the Tokyo conversation once and correctly identify 4 out of 5 places mentioned in the itinerary within 3 minutes.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

"Travel Preferences Speed Round" Students stand in a circle Teacher says a travel activity (e.g., "visiting museums," "trying street food," "shopping") Students quickly move to one side of the room if they like it, other side if they don't Quick justification: "I like/don't like... because..." (Warm-up) "Tokyo Associations" The teacher shows students the Tokyo Skytree image from the textbook. Then the students scan the QR code to the application Mentimeter where they write the words that come to their mind when they hear Tokyo. After brainstorming, the students can elaborate on what they know about Tokyo.

Pre-Reading/Listening (5-12 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

"Prediction Gallery Walk" The teacher writes these Tokyo places on separate papers around the room: Imperial Palace Noodle restaurant Yoyogi Park Akihabara (electronics district) Karaoke bar Fish market Students walk around and predict what they might do at each place. Each student writes one prediction on each paper. Quick class feedback on the most interesting predictions. In one minute, the students guess which places Mike and Harry decide to visit.

While-Reading/Listening #1 (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Students listen and check their guesses from the previous stage. If they have guessed correctly what they can do at each place and, which places Mike and Harry decide to visit

Post-Reading/Listening (9-12 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

The teacher asks the following questions and elicits some answers to discuss whether Mike and Harry are good travel friends. "What kind of person is Harry? What kind of person is Mike?" In a group of 3, the students imagine that they are travelling to Tokyo together and they only have 2 days to visit some places. They are expected to create a travel guide plan for two days, including the following places, and they are free to add any other activities. When they are done, they are expected to explain why they had that order of places. Noodle restaurant Yoyogi Park (cherry blossom) Akihabara shopping Karaoke until 3 am Fish market at dawn

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