introduction to listening 2

Listen for stressed words when people speak.. Learn to distinguish between the main idea and supporting details when listening to a speaker.. TYPES OF LISTENING • Listening for gist mai

INTRODUCTION TO

LISTENING 2

Ngo Quynh Hoa, MA

STRATEGIES FOR LISTENING

1 Start listening with certain expectations about the given

task

2 Listen and identify the precise topic by discriminating key

words supporting the topic

3 Try to recognize as many words and phrases as possible

connected with the topic

4 Notice and understand parts of words as a way to

determine meaning

5 Don’t expect to understand every word Try to get the

general sense of what people are saying Don’t panic if you “lose” the sense of what you hear – keep listening and try to pick it up again

6 Pay attention to the speaker’s intonation

STRATEGIES FOR LISTENING

7 Listen for stressed words when people speak Don’t

worry too much about the unstressed words (articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs, etc.)

8 When you listen, pay special attention whenever the

speaker emphasizes or repeats points

9 Learn to understand incomplete sentences

10 Learn to distinguish between the main idea and

supporting details when listening to a speaker

11 Try to create a coherent text in your mind using what

you know about the topic on the one hand, and about the English language on the other

12 Be aware that not all accents in English are the same

TYPES OF LISTENING

• Listening for gist (main ideas)

• Listening to identify keywords

• Listening for specific information and detailed meaning

• Listening to identity the attitudes and opinions

of the speakers

Listening Exercise

• Listen the shows in English on the

radio, podcasts online, etc

• Choose one of the shows based on your

• You get a film, or listen to an English radio station, but not to watch an entire film or listen for two hours

• You should often listen, but you should listen for short periods - five to ten minutes This should happen four

or five times a week Even if you don't understand

anything, five to ten minutes is a minor investment

• However, for this strategy to work, you must not expect improved understanding too quickly The brain is

capable of amazing things if given time, you must have the patience to wait for results If you continues this

exercise over two to three months your listening

comprehension skills will greatly improve

(By Kenneth Beare , About.com Guide)

Listening for the gist

• TASK 1: You are going to listen to 5 people

telling their stories about what went wrong

while they were travelling Match the problem with the appropriate story There is one extra problem you do not need to use

a Problems at the airports

b Technical problems on the road

c Problems with the renovation of the hotel

d Problems on the road to the airport

e Problems with the robber on the road

f Problems with insects in a cheap hotel

• A man’ s voice behind

• “Don’t turn round!”

• A gun in the back

• Give: camera & money,

• Call a breakdown service

• Phone battery low

• Give a lift

• Too noisy to sleep

• Pool not finished

• A big hole in front of

• Too much hand luggage

 worried being lost

Key words

Story 5

• Not have much money

• Stay in not expensive hotels

• A small hotel near the station

• Suddenly wake up

• Something on the pillow

• Full of enormous cockroaches

• Spray

• Sleep on a chair in the reception

• Disgusting thing

Listening for details

• Listen to a doctor talking about foods and how they affect our moods and complete the

following notes:

Typical summer foods: ……… (1)

Effect: good mood

Contain chemicals such as:

Serotonin

Effect: Makes you feel ……… (2)

Found in: ……… (3), ginger and ……… (4)

Best source : spinach

KEYS

1 Seafood and salads

2 Calm and relaxed

TOPIC 1

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DAY 2

Warm – up Game

• Be divided into 4 groups

• Listen to “Job song” and write down the jobs

• Discuss in groups 1 minute

• The group that has the most jobs is the

winner

PRE - LISTENING

• What will you think about when you look for a job? Check your answers and compare them with a partner

Very important Important Not important

While - listening

• Ex 1: People are talking about their jobs

Listen and number the pictures (U9, p.34 –

Tactics 2)

• Ex2: People are talking about their jobs What does each person do? Listen and circle the

correct answer (U9, p.35 – Tactics 2)

• Ex3: People are talking about the jobs Which statement is true? Listen and circle the correct answer (U9, p.36 – Tactics 2)

Post – Listening

• Work in small groups of 4 Add two more jobs

to the list Write one advantage and one

disadvantage for each job

B: Right, but they practice a lot

C: And they travel all the time

D: Yeah, that’s true, but …

Homework

• Unit 9, p 45 -> 47 (Listen in 2)

• CNN Students News

DAY 3

Warm - up

• Game: “Who am I?”

While - Listening

• Ex1: Listen Who’s talking? Write the

occupation of the first person in each

conversation Listen again and write the key

words that helped you decide (U8, ex2 – p.42, Listen in 2)

Occupation Key Words

Conversation 1

Conversation 2

Conversation 3

While - Listening

Ex 2:

• Read the statements (1-4)

• Listen and check the statement that is closet

in meaning to what each person says

• Listen again What do these people do? Write the occupations (U8, ex3 – p.42, Listen in 2)

Post - Listening

Asking and describing jobs

• Think of a job and write down as many sentences based on the given questions below as you can about what you do

1 What are the main job responsibilities?

2 Do you have to use any special equipment?

3 What kinds of clothes do you wear at work?

4 What’s the best part of the job?

5 What’s the worst part of the job?

6 About how much does the job pay?

• Work in pairs Describe your job and answer your partner’s questions See if your partner can guess the job Switch roles

Homework

• U8, p.43 (Listen in 2)

• Chapter 4, p 76, 77, 78, 79 (Interaction 2)

DAY 4 SKIT & TEST 1

TOPIC 2:

TRANSPORTATION

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DAY 5

Warm – up

• Be divided into 4 groups

• Listen to “Transport song” and write down types of transportations

• Discuss in groups 1 minute

• The group that has the most types of

transportation is the winner

THE LONDON UNDERGROUND

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Pre - Listening

• Walk around the class and talk to other

students about subways Change partners

often Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings

DISCOMFORT

• What do you hate about trains?

• being squashed next to someone

• not having a seat

PHRASE MATCH

1 Too close a themselves up

2 The findings paint b square meter

3 travellers had to “psyche” c against strangers

4 Overcrowding was the

biggest cause

d to cope

5 being squashed e majority of passengers

6 four people per f for comfort

7 the overwhelming g the fittest

8 strategies people use h of discomfort

9 survival of i happening around them

10 switching off to what’s j an ugly picture

Answers

1 Too close a for comfort

2 The findings paint b an ugly picture

3 travellers had to “psyche” c themselves up

4 Overcrowding was the biggest

cause

d of discomfort

5 being squashed e against strangers

6 four people per f square metre

7 the overwhelming g majority of passengers

8 strategies people use h to cope

9 survival of i the fittest

10 switching off to what’s j happening around them

Listen: TRUE / FALSE

1 Around four-fifths of London subway passengers are

stressed out

2 There was a survey of 7,000 London Underground users

3 Most people surveyed hated the ugly pictures in the

Post - Listening

• How often do you take public transport?

• What stresses you about travelling?

• How do you solve the problem?

• Complete this table Compare answers with your partners

Transports How often? Stresses How to cope

Homework

• Unit 2, p6, 7, 8 (Tactics 2)

DAY 6

Pre – Listening

• Match the pictures with the descriptions

1 Traffic moving smoothly on a freeway

2 Two cars in a collision

3 Road repair

4 Traffic congestion on a freeway

Pre – Listening

WHILE - LISTENING

• Ex 1: People are making announcements

about traffic conditions Listen and number

the pictures (U22, p 86, Tactics 2)

• Ex 2: People are describing solutions to traffic problems in their cities What did each city

do? Listen and circle the correct answer (U22, p.88, Tactics 2)

Post - listening

• Work in pairs Ask and answer the questions

below Explain your answer

1 How often do you take public transportation?

2 What kinds of public transportation do you use?

3 What do you think of public transportation where

you live? (very good, okay, needs improvement)

4 What do you think of the price of the public

transportation?

5 What’s your favorite form of transportation?

6 What’s your least favorite form of transportation?

Example:

A : How often do you take public

transportation?

B : Everyday I don’t drive, so I have

to take the subway

Homework

• U7 & U 20 (Tactics 2)

DAY 7:

SKIT & TEST 2

TOPIC 3:

ENVIRONMENT

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DAY 8

PRE - LISTENING

Task 1:

• Watch “Earth Song” – Michael Jackson

• What good things and bad things can you see from the song?

Answers

Good things

• respect the nature &

environment

• Take care of the earth

• Want to live in peace

• Feel angry about the

planet destroyed by the

• Pollution from industrial factories’ emission

• Forest fire

True / False

1 She and her family collected the money to come the

conference

2 She came to the conference to fight for her future

3 She likes to go out in the sun

4 She used to go fishing with her father in Vancouver

5 She asked all the members of the conference if they had

the worries like hers when they were her age

6 The members of the conference have had the solutions

for all the things that she is worrying

7 She has a sufficient life in Canada

8 She was happy when she spent some time with some

children living on the streets in Brazil

9 The street child in Brazil wishes he were rich to share

what he had with other street children

10 She asked the members of the conference to make their

actions reflect their words

While - Listening

• Listen again and answer the questions below

1 What are the girl afraid of? Why?

2 What does she say the listeners do not know

how to do?

3 Why was she shocked in Brazil?

4 What is she taught at school?

5 What does she call for?

Post - listening

• Work in groups, discuss what kind of pollution there is and how to solve each

DAY 9

PRE - LISTENING

• GAME: Guessing words (T reads some definitions related to environmental vocabulary, Ss listen and guess)

Acid rain

• rain which contains large amounts of harmful

chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil

Deforestation

• the cutting down of trees in a large area; the destruction of forests by people

desertification

• the process by which land changes into desert

disposable products

• describes an item that is intended to be thrown away after use

drought

• a long period when there is little or no rain

earthquake

• a sudden violent movement of the Earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage

endangered species

• birds/plants/species animals or plants which may soon not exist because there are very few now alive

flood

• a large amount of water covering an area that

is usually dry

natural resources

• things such as minerals, forests, coal, etc which exist in a place and can be used by people

energy

• the power from something such as electricity or oil, which can

do work, such as providing light and heat There are different types of the power: solar, nuclear, hydroelectric

green peace

• an organization that fights for the protection

of the environment

oil spill

• a layer of oil that is floating over a large area

of the surface of the sea, usually because an accident has caused it to escape from a ship or container

ozone layer

• a layer of air high above the Earth, which contains a lot of ozone, and which prevents harmful ultraviolet light from the sun from reaching the Earth

recycle waste

• to collect and treat rubbish to produce useful materials which can be used again

tsunami

• an extremely large wave caused by movement of the earth under the sea, often caused by an earthquake (= when the Earth shakes)

While - Listening

• Listen and circle the best answer

1 What is the name of the girl being interviewed?

3 The girl's second suggestion is about _

A separating different types of garbage

B disposing of trash properly

C having a family clean-up party

4 By recycling paper, we can _

A protect the forests

B cut down on waste

C save money

5 What does the girl do once a month?

A She visits a recycling center

B She cleans a neighborhood park

C She collects newspapers

Post - Listening

Work in pairs and discuss the questions below:

1 What have you done to protect the

environment?

2 What will you do to make your world greener

and better?

DAY 10

SKIT & TEST 3

TOPIC 4: LOVE

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DAY 11

While – Listening

Ex1: A woman is talking about her dating Listen and write the missing words

1 Clara has really bad luck when it comes to

2 Clara went out on a with a friend's cousin

3 The cousin of her friend turned out to be a

4 Clara was serious with one guy, but he had to move to

_

5 She didn't want a _ relationship

6 Clara had to with him

7 The speaker hopes his sister will have a _

8 He says she is due to meet a

3 How is the girl getting to the movie?

A She is getting a ride with her brother

B Her date is coming to pick her up

C She is going by bus and will meet her date there

4 What time does the movie begin?

Post - listening

Work in pairs and discuss

• Have you ever had a blind date?

• Have you received gifts on Valentine’s Day? If

so, what?

• What is your ideal partner?

Homework

• Watch the video “Valentine’ Day – History” and take note of the key information

DAY 12

PRE - LISTENING

Work in pairs and discuss

1 What kinds of activities does your family do

1 What does the conversation imply about the mother?

A She is busy at work

B She had to run some errands

C She is resting in bed

2 What is the first problem the girl notices about her father's cooking?

A He is not following the recipe

B He is missing the right pan to cook the pizza

C He is using the directions for a different food

3 How does the girl know her father doesn't like the pizza he prepared?

A He tells her honestly what he thinks about it

B She can tell by his non-verbal expressions

C He throws it away after making it

4 What problem did the girl NOT mention about the pizza?

A It was too salty

B It was burned

C It was too chewy

5 What do they end up doing for lunch?

A They decide to go out to eat

B They eat something different at home

C They eat at friend's house