IHC Bucharest January 2004 International House Language School and Teacher Training Institute

Teacher

Date

Day

Sonia

23/01/04 Fri

Start
Length
Lesson
Observer
time
No.
19.05
40 mins
6 / 9 Sarah

Teaching Point (i.e. what you will be working on in terms of Language items / language skills)
Listening strategies how to listen for the general idea
Main Lesson Aim (i.e. what you hope the sts will achieve/be able to do better after your lesson)
By the end of my lesson the students will be better able to.
Listen for the general idea and main details in the context of a radio programme.

Subsidiary aims (if any)

Make sts feel comfortable with the idea of listening without understanding every word.

Assumptions (i.e. what I think the learners know / dont know that led me to choose these aims!)
Sts find it difficult to listen to materials in English because they focus on understanding every word.
The listening piece is quite difficult for this level, which means I might have to play the tape several
times for the same task.
Some sts will find it easy to get the main idea and not need to listen again.
Evidence (i.e. how will you know if your aims have been achieved?)
At the end of the lesson sts will have understood the main idea in each of the 4 pieces of news in the
radio programme
They should be able to reproduce these pieces in their own words.
Personal goals (i.e. what are you trying to improve in your own skills as a teacher?)
Involving the weaker sts.

Materials used:
English File 2 p. 35
Tape
Handouts

Language Analysis including a list of target language items and list of anticipated student problems and
possible solutions (for lessons that involve Grammar, Function, Vocabulary or Pronunciation work).
To crash
use realia to demonstrate
To land
The pound has fallen against the dollar The value of the pound is smaller than the value of the dollar.

Make sure you attach a copy of ALL materials you will use or hand out to students; its very hard to
understand a lesson without these! Give the plan to your observer at the start of your lesson.
Stage No.

Procedure

Questions to elicit news

programmes
What do you listen to?
How do we listen to radio
programmes? / What do we try to
understand?
Stress dont write / listen for the
2 Listening
general idea, no details.
Play tape once.
Feedback (pairs / class)
1 Lead in

3 Speaking

Give task: Listen and numer the

topics on your handout 1 to 4 in the
order that you hear on the tape.
Play tape
Feedback (pair / class)
(If time/necessary) Handout. Predict
answers in pairs. Give task: T / F
statements, for each section tick if the
sentence is t /f.
Play tape to confirm.
Feedback
Explain keywords (wds that are vital
for the meaning). Give eg.
Give task: Write down all the
keywords from each section
Check in pairs and gather more wds.
Check in group (4s) until you get all
the items.
Feedback: flashcards with the words.
Sts check / complete the list.
In 3s / 4s, choose 1 of the pieces of
info to present to the class in your
own words. Change some details.
Prepare + present.

Inter
action
T sts

Aims

Time

Raise sts interest

Introduce topic

3`

To listen for the general idea of

the entire programme

To listen for the main idea of

each section

St st
Sts

To listen for some bits of specific

information that build the main
idea

St st

To use the information from

the listening section
To get some freer practice.

St st

St st
St st
T sts