New lesson plan: IELTS Listening for Labeling

Mohsen Askari

IELTS Listening for Labeling - C1 level

IELTS Listening for Labeling
C1 level

Materials

Handout 1

Handout 2

Handout 3

Handout 4

Handout 1

Handout 2

Handout 3

Handout 4

Main Aims

To provide specific information listening practice using a text about earth outer layer in the context of geology

Subsidiary Aims

To provide fluency speaking practice in a part 3 discussion of IELTS in the context of different topics

Procedure (33-46 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (5-7 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

- Students are given Handout 1 which contains the labeling practice. - Have students look at the diagram. - Elicit more about the diagram, especially about the missing information and whether they can guess the missing words. - Elicit more about the techniques to answer the questions.

While-Listening #1 (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference listening tasks

-Ask students to get ready for the listening task by getting a pen and paper as the practice is online. - Students are also sent the questions on handout 1. - The audio is played once only. - After listening to the audio, they are sent to the breakout room to check their answers. - When they return, they are given the answer key, and if they have difficult questions, the answer to that section is played and checked with them.

While-Listening #2 (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference listening tasks

- Students are also sent the questions on handout 2. - Ask some questions regarding the diagram to activate their schemata before the listening and also remind them of the techniques for spelling and following the listening. - The audio is played once only. - Once the audio is listened to, the answer key is shared. If a question is difficult to understand, that section will be played and checked.

While-Listening #3 (5-7 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference listening tasks

- Students are also sent the questions on handout 3. - Ask some questions regarding the diagram to activate their schemata before the listening and also remind them of the techniques for spelling and following the listening. - The audio is played once only. - Once the audio is listened to, the answer key is shared. If a question is difficult to understand, that section will be played and checked.

Speaking Part 3- Matching (10-15 minutes) • To provide a model of test takers answers to the questions

• make a copy of the worksheet for each student. You may wish to copy worksheet 2 on the back. • introduce the focus of the activity – Speaking Part 3. • put students into pairs and give them 5 minutes to speak about the questions • put students into pairs and give them 5 minutes to match Part 3 questions 1-4 with a test taker’s responses. • get class feedback. Answers 1 c, 2 d, 3 b, 4 a • tell students to read the responses again and to discuss, with their partner, what the words and phrases in bold have in common (all linking devices).