Zahra Zahra

Listening
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students develop their Listening and speaking skills and they also learn about the subject of "Coincidences". The lesson will begin with the students being shown two images and asked to discuss the pictures and guess the subject of the lesson. This will then lead on with the teacher telling them a short story to elicit the word "coincidence" from the students. This will prepare the students for the picture they will be presented with for the listening exercise. First they discuss the pictures in groups, deciding what is happening. After a whole class feedback, some of the blocking words in the listening will be discussed. They will then be asked to look at the topics and listen to the listening for the first time to decide which two topics are not related to the conversation. After a whole class feedback, they will be asked to listen again more carefully and make a note of what Linda and Clive have in common. I will have the students first check in pairs if they have missed any similar points between the speakers and then I will ask some of them to share their ideas with the whole class. The conversation will be played again to check the answers and try to figure out the meaning of a couple of expressions. In the end, students will be asked to walk around and meet four people with each person they should talk about any one of the topics on the board and try to find out one similarity and difference between them and note this down. We will then discuss the things they have found at the end of the exercise.

Materials

Abc New Words Handout

Main Aims

  • The main aim of the lesson is to give students practice on "Listening". In particular, "Skim Listening for Gist" and "Listening for Detail" through the context of "coincidences".

Subsidiary Aims

  • There are also two sub aims, Speaking and Vocabulary. After this lesson students will be able to talk about what they have in common with some one and will know the meaning of "coincidences" in English.

Procedure

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

At the beginning of the lesson, I will display two images of the two famous American and Turkish actresses on the board and have students discuss in pairs the similarities between them and guess the topic of the lesson. After a WCFB, students will be divided into groups to do a vocabulary exercise on the words both" and "neither". This will be followed by providing them with the answer key on the board and pointing out the key points.

Pre-Listening (5-8 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accesible

Teacher will tell a story to elicit the word "coincidence" from the students. She will go on with showing the picture of the listening on the board and ask them to work in pairs and discuss what is happening in the image and what the people may be saying to one another. Some of the blocking words in the listening will be discussed through either pictures or handouts.

While-Listening 1 (3-5 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist listening task

Students will be asked to look at the topics and listen to the conversation and decide which two topics on the board are not discussed in the "listening". Then there will be a class-feedback.

While-Listening 2 (5-8 minutes) • To provide students for more challenging task which is listening for detailed information

Students will be asked to listen again and this time make notes of what the two speakers have in common. They will check their answers with a partner and then share their ideas with the whole class.

While-Listening 3 (6-8 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed deduction and inference listening tasks

Students will listen for the last time and try to get the meaning of the expressions in the list through the conversation. After a peer-check, the teacher will discuss the meanings with the whole class.

Production • To provide them with an opportunity to respond to the topic and expand on what they have learnt
(8-10 minutes)

In the end, students will be asked to walk around and meet four people with each person they should talk about any one of the topics on the board and try to find out one similarity and difference between them and note this down. We will then discuss the things they have found at the end of the exercise.

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