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I. Aims:
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Develop students skill in listening for details (scanning question and answer before
listening and listening for key words).
Help student learn more about the topic spending money and some vocabulary related
through the listening tasks.
Pre-Intermediate level
15-20 students
III. Time:
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1 period of 45 minutes; the preparation of laptop, projector, speakers and the delivery of
handouts may take 5 minutes.
IV.Knowledge:
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Skill: Listening
V. Approach:
Communicative approach
VI.Materials:
Handouts, PowerPoint, an audio clip (from www.esl-lab.com) and 3 self-made video clips
VII.
TIME
Teaching procedure:
CONTENTS AND
REQUIREMENT
ACTIVITIES
TEACHERS
STUDENTS
I/ Class Stabilization
-Reorganize the students
Watch clip to
find the answer
and figure out
the topic
Answer the
teachers (Ts)
question
-answer the Ts
questions
2. Pre- listening:
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Match the new words and their
meanings:
- Allowance (n) = pocket money : a
answer.
-Work in groups,
match the words ,
then raise their hand
to answer the Ts
questions
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3. While-listening:
a. Listen for specific
Deliver handout#1 to Ss
information task
- Ask student what is the skill needed
-Present the skill using:
+scanning for the question and
answer before listening
Instruct
handout)
-Practice :
specific information
Answer, listen
check, and
underline the key
words under Ts
instruction via
the PowerPoint
Listen to the
audio clip to
Ss to do the task
answer the
multiple choice
questions
-work in pairs
groups in limited
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- Deliver handout#2 to Ss
the board
Listen to the
audio clip to
write down the
missing words
Write the
answers on the
board
a. Post-listening
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Questions:
- Ask some Ss to present their opinions
- Some parents require their
-Discuss the
questions in groups
-Summarize
Explain why.
III/ Consolidation
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Summarize the skills used (
scanning, using key words)
the notebooks.
IV/ Homework
EXPLANATION
1. Warm-up:
The topic is introduced by the 1st self-made video clip. This clip includes some pictures
about children asking their parents for their allowance when the allowance day came, the children
asked their parents for their pocket money. Then they got it, enjoyed with it, and thought about
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what they want to spend on. The video clip also has some new words embedded in the picture and
the leading questions (these questions help the Ss to figure out what the topic is and at the same
time link to the discussing question in the first part of the lesson).
After watching the video clip and figure out the topic, the lesson begins with some
questions:
Did you ask your parents for the allowance when you were a child? Did you have to do
housework to earn the money? How did you spend it? How about now?
The purpose of these questions is to help the Ss to think about the information related to
the topic, discuss and prepare for the listening tasks.
2. Pre- listening:
Matching game: the purpose of this game is to prepare the new words that will appear in
the listening tasks for the Ss. Furthermore, it helps Ss practice guessing the new words meaning
in limited time and compete with the others. It also helps them to develop their soft skills.
3. While-listening:
Task 1: Listen for specific information
Scanning the questions and the answer choices and underline the key words: Scanning
helps Ss to practice read the questions and the answers before listening quickly. The activity of
underlining key words helps Ss know what they have to focus in the audio clip, so that they would
be able to find the specific information more easily.
Listening:
-Playing the audio clip the 1st time is for Ss to have the 1st contact with the
information. In this time, they may not get all the information they need, so they should work in
pairs to compare, think, and discuss to get the right one later.
-The 2nd time is the 2nd chance for them to find out the information that
they miss in the 1st time and then try to cooperate in a group of 2 pairs to find out
the solution. This activity also helps the good students to support the bad students.
Competing: the competing activity helps Ss to practice working quickly. The requirement
of writing explanation helps Ss to try to take notes and remember the information when listening.
At the same time, it requires the Ss to express the reasons for their answers and helps build the
habit of questioning Why in all situations in their life. This helps develop critical thinking in
them.
Checking the answers by watching the 2nd video clip: the 2nd video clip includes
illustrative pictures and the audio segments that tell the correct answers for the questions. At the
end of the clip, there are also the correct answers of every question. Ss would be able to find out
the correct answers by themselves. Self-doing the task and self-checking the answers make Ss
more interested and excited in learning.
Task 2: Filling in the blanks
The purpose of this task is to help the students listen, make clear of the information they
have listened in task 1, and understand all the content of the conversation. At the same time they
can learn the ways how to speak.
The activity of guessing the words provokes Ss thinking and makes Ss active in the task.
As a result, listening to the audio clip is an action of checking (active); its not an action of waiting
for information (passive). This also helps building the habit of critical and logical thinking in Ss.
Checking: They themselves check their answers by watching the 3rd video clip. The 3rd
video clip includes illustrative pictures and the script of the listening. Moreover, there are answers
for each blank at the end of the clip. Self-doing the task and self-checking the answers make Ss
more interested and excited in learning.
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4. Post-listening:
The discussing questions Some parents require their children to earn allowance by doing
work in and around the house. Other parents do not give allowance at all. Still others give money
to their children without requiring any work from them. Which one is best for you? Explain why.
enables Ss to use the vocabulary about spending money they have learned in the listening task to
express their opinions. This is also a way of practicing speaking skill and soft skill.
The presentation in front of the class: Making a presentation in front of the class helps Ss
build their confidence and this is a chance for Ss to share their thinking with their friends. In the
presentations, Ss may make some mistakes and the T will correct. This helps other Ss and even the
Ss themselves recognize their shortcomings which they are able to avoid in the future.