LISTENING COMPREHENSION. Time to
be all ears!!
The following listening comprehension activity is adapted to students
taking 6th level of Primary education. It goes through listening
comprehension, pronunciation, speaking and grammar skills.
Suggested ideas to carry out in
class:
The teacher will engage and
prepare the students for the listening comprehension by explaining the exercise
and carrying a motivational activity out in which they will practise their oral
skills. They will go through the listening comprehension exercise , the teacher
will read out an extract and she will give questions to be answered by the
students and will also spell and write the answers on the board. Going through
unknown vocabulary, practising the present continuous tense.
We’ll focus on pronunciation, and the students will repeat after the
teacher and after a recording , to expose them to different accents and to be
able to pronounce the different words accurately , the teacher will give
examples of the different words, stress
and distinguish different sounds, eg : long and short vowels..
To consolidate the listening practice, the students will read a dialogue
minding their pronunciation, intonation and punctuation. And could also do a
role-play and act out to reinforce their self confidence trying English out.
ACTIVITY: Here’s the text the teacher will read aloud:
DANGER! ARTHUR AT WORK
It’s Friday morning. Arthur is in the library. Mary is also there with
him. She is sitting at her desk and talking to a man. He is giving her a book,
and she is stamping the date on it.
Where is Arthur? He is at the top of the ladder. He has some books in
his hand. They are new books. He is putting them on the top shelves.
Is Mr. Steele in the library? No, he is in his office. A woman is with
him and he is talking to her.
Now Arthur is taking some books from a box. He is giving them to Mary.
She is writing the titles of the books on a card.
Arthur is climbing the ladder again. This is hard work for him he is
tired.
Now he is sitting at the top of the ladder. The book in his hand is
interesting, so he is reading it.
The following audios are performed by myself (Nuria)
Click on the link to listen:
http://www.goear.com/listen/85e10ac/nuriaarthurdialoguelistening-comprehension-nuria http://www.goear.com/listen/3cfae9d/nuriaarthurquestions-nuria
http://www.goear.com/listen/32d4da8/nuriaarthurdialogue-nuria
The following are the different questions about the text:
A) What day is it?
B) Who is in the
library with Arthur?
C) What’s Arthur
doing with the new books?
D) Where’s Mr
Steele?
E) What’s Mr Steele
doing?
F) What’s Mary
writing on a card?
G)
What’s
Arthur climbing?
H)
Which
is interesting for Arthur, climbing the ladder or reading the book?
You can
find worksheets and printables to practise the present continuous here.
- http://bogglesworldesl.com/kids_worksheets/presentcontinuous.htm
- http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammar-printables-tenses.htm
and the following video:
EXERCISES
FOR FUTHER PRACTICE:
Write
appropriate sentences as in the example:
We’re in
the library. Give us some books (student’s answer)
a)
I’m
in the restaurant
b)
The
cat’s hungry.
c)
Arthur’s
wallet is empty.
d)
My
glass is empty.
e)
The
conductor is here.
f)
The
lady is in the library.
g)
We’re
in the Sunny Snack Bar.
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