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Listening - B1 level

Listening
B1 level

Description

In this lesson, the students are going to listen to a man and a woman who are talking about their experiences when they really wanted sth but it did not go according to their wishes. It is related to Murphy s Law that says if there is sth that can go wrong, it will go wrong.

Materials

American English File 2(SB)

Audio File(American English File 2, SB)

American English File 2(SB)

Audio File(American English File 2, SB)

Main Aims

To provide specific information and detailed listening practice using a text about do they believe that if there is sth that can go wrong, it will go wrong in the context of Murphy s Law

Subsidiary Aims

To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of Murphy s Law

Procedure (35-48 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (4-6 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

The students will be asked if they have ever experienced waiting in a long line at the traffic and change to another the line, what has happened? What about they got to the airplane early? Do u know sth about Murphy s Law? Do u believe that if there is sth can go wrong, it will go wrong?

Pre-Reading/Listening (10-12 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

I will play the first audio once to listen and complete the task in part a, page 65. Then students will check their answers with the whole class. After that I will put students in pairs to discuss what they think the words and the phrases they circled mean for 2 minutes. Then I will explain the vocab and use CCQ and drill pronunciation. recession, apply for, get cut off, in the wild, the whole

While-Reading/Listening #1 (5-10 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

The students are going to listen to the second audio(Peter and Sue stories) and then talk about why are they examples of Murphy s Law? What happened to Peter? What happened to Sue?

While-Reading/Listening #2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Students will be asked to read the Q on page 65, part b for 2 minutes and then the second audio will be played again. The students need to mark the sentences T or F and correct the F sentences. They will have 2 minutes to check their answers in pairs then we will check them with the WH. I will ask them about the reason that why they have marked each sentence T or F.

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

Students will be asked to talk to each other in groups of 4 about whose experiences was more annoying, Have they ever had Murphy s Law experience. (part d)