Hazel Pfarr Hazel Pfarr

IH C1 Listening
C1 level

Description

In this lesson, students will practice listening for gist and detail, as well as speaking for fluency and sharing opinions.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide listening practice for gist and detail in the context of nature videos.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice speaking for fluency.
  • To provide practice sharing opinions / debating.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (7-10 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T puts pictures of similar sounding words on the board, then asks Ss to pronounce each one, giving feedback on pronunciation and doing drills if needed.

Minimal pairs activity (7-10 minutes) • For Ss to distinguish similar sounding words

T writes minimal pairs on the board and tells Ss they will say one of the words in each pair, and Ss have to pick the correct word. | T drills pronunciation if Ss struggle with the differences.

Pre-Reading/Listening (17-20 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

T gives out blocking vocab handouts, instructs Ss to take 3 minutes to complete task individually. | T has Ss compare answers for 1 minute. | T conducts OCFB. | T goes over MFP for new vocab.

Listening (Gist) (7-10 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information listening tasks

T then tells Ss they will watch a video, then writes questions on the board and explains that they will answer the them afterwards. | T conducts OCFB, asking Ss what they heard exactly to get their answers.

Listening (Detail) (17-20 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

T gives handout with detailed questions and tells Ss they will write down their answers while the video is played a second time. Before OCFB, teacher ensures Ss have answered all questions, and plays video again if needed. | T has Ss compare answers for 5 minutes. | OCFB

Discussion (20-25 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

T poses more questions that require Ss to share opinions / make inferences. T instructs Ss to discuss in partners for 5 minutes. | T has Ss switch partners, then discuss for 5 more minutes. T has Ss switch one more time, for another 5 minutes. | OCFB

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