Date :

Listening
Comprehension
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84gK7UVdxw

 LISTENING TO THE SOUNDTRACK  (00:00- 00:45)

 Listen to the soundtrack. Find out about the characters :

 How many people speak ? Circle the correct answer.

1 2 3 4 5
 How many male voices ? ……….……… How many female voices ? ……….……………

 Name them if possible .  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 Imagine where the action could take place ? 

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 What do you expect the recording to be ? (Nature)

 Tick the correct answers :

 a commercial  an extract from a movie  a comedy show  an interview
 a documentary  a TV series  an interview

 BEFORE VIEWING  UNDERSTANDING THE TITLE

 Here’s the TITLE of the recording : JOEY LEARNING ENGLISH

What do you expect Joey to do in that place ? 

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 SILENT VIEWING  (00:00- 00:53)

 Check your predictions from questions 2 & 3! Complete the sentence :

The recording is actually a ……….………………………………… called “Friends ” starring Matthew

Steven LeBlanc as …………………… .The action takes place in a ….……………………… .

 What do we learn about the characters ? Make guesses !

 The two men at the beginning of the extract ………………………………………………………………………………..

 The young lady ………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………..
 The lady …………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………..
 What are Joey’s feelings ? Tick the correct answers 
 panicky  nervous  confident  ill-at-ease  comfortable  pleased
 enthusiastic  bored  determined  interested  seductive

 What do you expect him to do ?

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 VIEWING
 What does his friend expect him to do? 

 ……….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 What does Joey actually do ? 
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 What class are the students attending ? 
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 What is the overall atmosphere ? 

 friendly  tense  relaxed  humorous  unfriendly  welcoming

 threatening  reassuring  intimidating  hostile

 About the characters :

 Tick the statements that best apply to the main characters.

Joey
 English is Joey’s native language.
 English is his second language.
 He is a beginner at English.
 He has a wonderful accent because he is actually American.
 He is Hispanic.
 He is attending this class to improve his English.
 He needs to learn English.
 He pretends to be a foreigner.  He is a foreign student.

The young lady

 She is a foreigner.
 She wants to improve her English.
 English is her first language.
 She already speaks English quite well.
 She has just started learning English as a second language.
 She must be Mexican.
 Why is the teacher surprised when Joey speaks?
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 What did the teacher expect her students to do over the weekend?
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 How would you describe the characters’ reactions ? Match them up!

The girl  impressed  bored  pleased  competitive

The teacher

 flattered  proud  full of admiration

Joey

The other male student

 satisfied  annoyed  encouraging  self-confident

 What emotion does the extract appeal to ?

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 Explain in what makes the situation funny.

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 If this was a commercial for a language school, what could the slogan be ?