THE NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN Course: ELT METHODS & PRACTICES
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Semester & year: 6th semester,
FACULTY OF ENGLISH STUDIES
Instructors: B. Mitsikopoulou, T. Liontou & K.
Department of Language and Linguistics
Vlachos
COMPREHENDING ORAL LANGUAGE
EXAMPLE OF LESSON PLAN WITH TAPESCRIPTH AND TASKSHEETS
Adapted from [Link]
A. LESSON PLAN
Students’ profile: 10 adult ESP students of A2+ to B1- level.
Duration of the lesson: 60’
Lesson’s Aims:
To provide students with listening practice for the gist To integrate listening into speaking and writing skills.
(skimming) and details (scanning). To provide students with practice in summarizing and
To present and give practice with vocabulary related to retelling.
jobs.
Assumptions: Students have experience with listening comprehension activities and writing paragraphs. They are familiar with skim and scan-
listening. They are familiar with the vocabulary used in the first speaking activity: résumé, some vocabulary related to jobs.
Anticipated problems: Students may find it difficult to understand the recording. Play it as many times as needed for them to complete their
tasks. Some students may not be able to match the words to the definitions and might need assistance from their peers.
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Aids: Recording of dialogue “Smart Jobhunter”; work sheets with listening tasks.
Lesson stage Description of Task Interaction Purpose of the Task Duration
pattern
Pre-listening Task 1: Discussion Ss-T Creating interest in the 5’
Preparation Teacher asks: topic
– What do you do for a living?
– What was the best job you’ve ever had?
– What was the worst job you’ve ever had?
– How did you get your current job?
Task 2: Providing practice in related Ss-Ss To familiarize students 5’
vocabulary with the topic
Students work in pairs matching lexical items vocabulary
with the meanings on the side. (see C. Task To activate background
sheets). knowledge
To facilitate the
After, they discuss the meaning of new words listening process
as a class.
Task 3: Eliciting vocabulary Ss-T To help students 10’
Teacher asks: internalize new
– Does your work have any incentives? vocabulary
– If you could pick any perk for your job to To activate background
have, what would it be? knowledge
– Describe the last billboard you saw. To facilitate the
– Have you ever learned something inside- listening process
out? What was it?
– Do you or anyone you know owns a big firm?
What is it?
–Do you know anyone who has a top position?
– What is one goal that you have landed in the
past?
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Lesson stage Description of Task Interaction Purpose of the Task Duration
pattern
While-listening Task 4: Listening for gist Ss-T To practice skimming 5’
Obtaining the gist, Students listen to the tape to find out …
extracting specific • where the conversation takes place;
information & • how many people are talking;
understanding • what they are talking about.”
information not explicitly
stated. Task 5: True/False Ss-T To practice scanning 10’
Students listen for a 2nd time to say whether
the following statements are true or false:
a- She got her wonderful job by using a
billboard to post her résumé.
b- She used to be a secretary.
c- She received 200 replies with the billboard
ad.
If the students are doubtful, the teacher plays
the recording again.
Task 6: Correcting the meaning Ss-Ss To focus on meaning 10’
Students are presented with a number of Pair work To practice listening for
statements, whose meaning they have to specific information
correct. Correct answers are discussed in class To understand
information not
explicitly stated
Post-listening Task 7: Summarizing and reporting Ss-Ss To integrate listening 15’
Integration of skills Students summarize the story of the Pair work with speaking and
JOBHUNTER as if they are describing it to writing
someone else. They include as many details as
possible. They write their responses and
compare them with a partner. They see what
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details their partner remembered that they
didn’t and add them to their responses.
B. TRANSCRIPT Darcey: I was sure that something great would happen. So, one
morning, the best offer came from a firm that sells
Host: Welcome to JOBHUNTER. Today we have a special guest, telecommunications systems. Not only did they offer me more than
Darcey Saner, a 31-year-old woman from Dover, who has an usual my requested salary, but a bonus that covered the cost of the
story to tell us. Hi, Darcey and welcome to tonight’s show. billboard!
Darcey: Hi, and thank you for inviting me to your show. Host: Amazing! (Music) Darcey, that music is telling me we have a
Host: Darcey, how did you come up with the idea of advertising commercial now. We will come back in a few minutes. Some
your resume on a billboard? members of our audience have questions for you. (Host looks to the
Darcey: Well, I wanted a big job so I put up a billboard. And it camera…) Stay with us, do not miss the world of job hunters and
worked! I‘ve got my dream job! their incredible, encouraging stories, We’ll be back…..
Host: Yes, but isn’t it something unusual? Why didn’t you do what
all people do, er … sending their résumé? C. TASK SHEETS
Darcey: Let me tell you. I made a decent living as a marketing Task 2: Match the words with their definitions
director, but I had bigger dreams. You know, some folks earn
$100,000 a year. Why shouldn’t I? I had been a waitress,
bookkeeper and housecleaner. And with every job, I’d learned the
business inside-out. I’d even taken night classes and received a
degree in marketing. I know I could handle a top position! Then one
day, noticing the billboards along Santa Fe Drive, I had an
inspiration. To get a big job, I needed big advertising. So I thought
“Why not a billboard?”.
Host: So, what did you do then? Wasn’t it expensive?
Darcey: Very! $8,500 for 33 days. But if I landed, I would make all
that money back, I thought. So I took an advance on my credit card
and rented a giant purple billboard with my photo. I phrased it
simply: “Hire the best. $100 K minimum. Benefits, perks and
incentives employs me.” To tell you the truth, I wasn’t sure what to
expect, but I got more than 300 responses. Everyone from
construction companies to medical companies called.
Host: I guess that they felt that anyone with such an original idea
would make a great employee.
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billboard a commercial partnership
firm a benefit offered to
employees of certain jobs
bonus large sign on the side of the
road
incentives
an extra amount of money
given to a worker
perk rewards that encourage
people to work hard
landed
extra services given to
workers
benefits thoroughly or completely
inside-out succeed in doing something
top position
the highest or best position in
a company
Task 4: Listening for gist Task 5: True/False
“Listen to the recording to find out … Listen to the recording to find out whether the following statements
• where the conversation takes place; are true or false:
• how many people are talking; She got her wonderful job by using a billboard to post her
• what they are talking about.” résumé.
She used to be a secretary.
She received 200 replies with the billboard ad.
Task 6
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Listen to the recording again and working in pairs correct the
meaning of the following sentences:
I made a poor living as a marketing director but I had bigger
dreams.
I was thinking of taking an online course and received a
degree in management.
I had been a waitress, housekeeper and housecleaner.
I took an advance on my credit card and rented a giant blue
billboard with my photo.
The billboard was very expensive. It was $ 8,550 for 33 fays
I got more than 300 responses. Everyone from accounting
companies to medical companies called.
I guess that they felt that anyone with such a ridiculous idea
would make a great employee.
Task 7
Summarize the story of the job hunter as if you are describing the
story to someone else. Include as many details as possible. You
should write your responses and share them with a partner.
Compare the stories. See what details your partner remembered
that you didn’t. Add detail to your responses.