Listening Activity

Listening Activity

Level: Intermediate- advance

Time: 15 Minutes

Strategies:  

●       Peer feedback

●       Open conversation class

Objective: Students will:

• Learn new vocabulary
• Practice more in listening to a fast paced conversation

Lesson Sequence

Listen to a conversation about getting  a driver's license

Listening

Pre-listening: (5 minutes)

●      Ask students to share their experience in getting a driver’s license

●      Ask questions about getting a driver’s license like: How many times did they have to do the test or what did they do to pass it?

●      Write down new vocabulary and explain them to the students

●      Ask them to try to make some sentences with new vocabulary

While-listening: (5 minutes)

•    Start the recording, and then check for main ideas 

•  Play the whole recording and ask them to write complete sentences with new vocabulary

•   Have students to compare the words they have written down with a partner

•    Discuss differences as a class and offer corrective feedback

Post listening: (5 minutes)

●       Ask general questions about the recording

●       Pair students and ask them to share their notes with each other and have each group to read them to the class

Feedback

●       Mention common mistakes to the class

●       If a student had a mistake give her/him a corrective feedback at the right moment (do not distract or confuse the student) or after the student has done her/his conversation

●       Peer feedback 

Resources:

Wilson, J. J. (2008). How to teach listening. Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Ltd.

Randall's ESL Self -Study Guide (n.d), Driver's  License, Retrieved from https://www.esl-lab.com /driverslicense/driverslicenserd1.htm