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Teaching listening
Pre intermediate level

Description

Improve comprehension of meaning, not just individual words Develop listening strategies (predicting, listening for gist, listening for detail) Support accurate speaking and pronunciation through exposure

Materials

Abc Audio file
Abc Handout sheets
Abc Flash cards and picture

Main Aims

  • To provide gist, detailed and deduction listening practice using a text about Food in the context of Breakfast

Subsidiary Aims

  • To practice vocabulary related to food, cooking states, and quality (e.g. undercooked, burnt, mouldy, misshapen). • To improve speaking fluency through picture-based description and opinion-giving.

Procedure

Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • Get students interested and prepare them for topic

Ask them questions in pair works

Pre listening (4-5 minutes) • Active background knowledge,pre teach essential lexis

Use a practice to teach vocabulary Focus on pronunciation and meaning Use repetition Provide CCQs

First listening (gist) (3 minutes) • Listen for main idea without worrying about details

Ask questions What were they talking about? What did the girl want?

Second listening(detailed task) (4 minutes) • Listen for specific information

Give them the questions Skim them and under line key words Then listen and answer

Free production (4-5 minutes) • Extend the topic into speaking

Provide the picture and cards And ask them to use the topic and linking words in order to make conversations

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