Benjamin Benjamin

Face to face with a gorilla
Pre-Intermediate level

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide listening practice for specific info and detail in the context of elephants

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of elephants and wild life. Also fluency speaking practice in lexis pronunciation.

Procedure

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

Present students with pictures of multiple animals and lightly discuss what their favorite animal is and why.

Pre-Reading/Listening (3-5 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

Cover lexis with images of their definitions and ask students if they can identify the word for each. After one try, uncover the words. afterwards, quickly go over pronunciation by modeling and having students repeat. Lexis: Land, Destroy, Corridor

While-Reading/Listening #1 (2-4 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

Show students the statements they will be answering before listening to the first part of the interview audio. 1. African elephants are bigger/smaller than Asian elephants. 2. There are more African/Asian elephants than African/Asian elephants.

While-Reading/Listening #2 (6-9 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Before listening to the complete interview, show students the statements they will be answering in Google forms after listening for detail, and explain they will only be answering True or False. 1. The forests where elephants live are getting smaller. 2. Elephants walk along the same paths as their grandparents. 3. They never go into villages on the path. 4. They sometimes destroy people's homes. 5. There aren't any villages in an 'elephant corridor'. 6. The people in the villages don't want to move.

Post-Reading/Listening (3-5 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

After listening to the audio, have students circle the correct answer to complete each sentence correctly. Once they've finished, reveal the answer key and have them make corrections if necessary.

Post-Reading/Listening (3-5 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

After listening, have students check the answers in pairs in BORs.

Post-Reading/Listening (6-9 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Have students compile a list of five things they can do to help the environment and wild animals. Afterwards, place the students in BORs and have them compare their answers and choose the 5 best options between both lists. Monitor students to identify errors for feedback.

Feedback on the task (2-3 minutes) • To help students identify mistakes made and respond necessary questions.

If any errors were identified during monitoring, address them during this time.

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