Ayaa Ayaa

planes
pre-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson learners will practice their abilities in the sub-skills of listening which are: listening for gist as well as listening for specific information as they are going to listen to 3 conversations in the context of having an airplane flight. At the beginning of the lesson learners will have a discussion about airplanes and airplane flights. Then, they will be emerged in a pre-teaching of vocabulary to facilitate the comprehension of the listening stages for the learners . After that, they will listen to the recording for gist first and then for specific information. In the end, they will be engaged in an activity to check their understanding.

Materials

Abc A list of vocabulary with their jumbled definitions about things in an air travel
Abc OHP of the three images related to things we see in an airport and an air flight.
Abc CD: listening to three conversations that happened in an airport and airplane
Abc the words on a bigger scale in pieces of paper
Abc The multiple answers questions handout
Abc The phrases of the process of going into an air flight
Abc the answer key to the while listening#2 questions
Abc Images which represent the vocabulary.

Main Aims

  • To provide specific information and gist listening practice using a text about conversations at the airport and in an airplane in the context of planes

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification of vocabulary about things in an airplane flight in the context of planes

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Learners will be prompted to discuss through asking them questions regarding whether they have traveled abroad, whether they have been on an airplane or not, if they like airplanes or not and so on.

Pre-teaching of vcabulary (10-12 minutes) • to facilitate the listening text for the learners and make it accessible

Students will be pre-taught some vocabulary about things usually seen in airplane flights. - First, they will be given the vocabulary to discuss if they knew any of them in groups of three. - Then, they will be given jumbled definitions in pieces of papers and they will be asked to put the definitions in front of their vocabulary. they will be provided with the answer sheet. - After that, images of the words will be presented on board and the vocabulary will be elicited from the learners. And then learners will practice pronouncing these words in a drilling practice activity. After each word being drilled it's written form will be presented.

While-Listening #1 (7-10 minutes) • To provide students with gist listening task

Students will be asked to first discuss what they see in the three images, to get their interest and prepare them for the listening, Then, they will be asked to listen to the three conversations for the purpose of matching them to the three images. Then, they will check their answers in pairs.

While-Listening #2 (7-10 minutes) • To provide students with specific information listening practice

learners will be given a set of multiple choice questions in which they will have to answer while they listen to the conversations. After they listen they will be asked to check their answers in pairs. In the end the answer key will be placed on the board and they will have to get up and check their answers.

Post-Listening (8-9 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and check their comprehension

A set of phrases about the stages of getting into an airplane will be given to the learners and they will have to order them according to which one occurs first, they will carry out this activity in pairs . In the end, answers will be checked through chain answering as one learner will read the first phrase then the second will read the second and so on.

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