TESL 0120 Unit 3: Listening Activity

TESL 0120 Unit 3 Listening Activity:

Level: Intermediate (CLB 7 and higher)

   

Topic: Bucket List

Objective: Students will listen to a non-scripted conversation of two people discussing their bucket list and write down the missing words they hear in the script. The goal of the activity is to help students become more comfortable with listening to authentic speech that includes elements such as false starts, backchannelling, and incomplete sentences. Before beginning the listening activity, students will be asked to use previous knowledge to predict some of the vocabulary that they will be hearing. During the activity, students will listen for exact words and phrases and write them down.

Strategies /Skills: Gap-Fill (Top-Down and Bottom-Up Strategies)

Time: 15 minutes

Materials: Script sheets for students (See end of document for Print Out)

Resources:

Audio resource, along with script and vocabulary can be found here: http://www.elllo.org/english/1351/T1375-AdamSarah-03-BucketList.htm

Activity Outline:

1.)    Discuss with the class what a “bucket list” is and ask students about things they’d like to one day accomplish. Then discuss new vocabulary with students. Here is a list of vocabulary to highlight:

a.      Bucket List

b.      Sky-diving

c.      It’s never too late

d.      Genre

e.      Anecdote

2.)    Next, distribute script with missing words and get students to read it over quickly. Ask the students to try predicting some of the missing words.

3.)    Now play the audio file up to the 3:13 mark and get the students to fill in the blank spots with the words they hear.

4.)    After listening to the audio file, get students to take turns reading sentences and answering what words they thought belonged in the missing spaces.

Original Transcript:

Sarah: So Adam, we're talking about bucket lists, so things that you would like to do before you die. So what's your number one thing on your bucket list?

Adam: Oh, difficult question. Number one, I'd probably have to say, oh, skydiving maybe. I’ve wanted to do it for a long time. And I went bungee jumping in New Zealand. That was fun but I still have not yet been sky-diving. And jumping out of the plane just sounds like an awesome idea to me.

Sarah: What other kind of adventure sports have you done?

Adam: This summer, I was – what did I do? Sand boarding in Peru. That was fun. When I was younger I did a lot of snowboarding and skateboarding. And yeah, I really enjoy extreme sports. I ride a motorcycle currently. If I could I'd love to race cars professionally, although I don't know how good I'd be at it. But it just looks like so much fun.

Sarah: Yeah. Well, it’s never too late to start something you want to do, so you should add that to your bucket list. So tell me what else is on your bucket list?

Adam: I really want to write a book. Be the author of a novel. I'm always in the process of writing something down but it never seems to come to complete book type end result. But maybe eventually, all of these little things that I have written down will come into a book form and I can publish it and complete my goal.

Sarah: What kind of things do you write? Like what kind of genre or is that kind of all the same or do you write many different styles?

Adam: I wrote a lot of different things. One thing that I write is travel stories from my travels abroad or anecdotes that I come across when I'm traveling. Recently, I've been writing jokes. I really enjoy watching stand-up comedy and have got kind of inspired from them to write some stuff down, although I've never really presented it.

And I also write, I guess, fantasy stories as well. I have a few short stories but it's been difficult for me to try to put them into book, like a longer version of them. The details are tricky to write down.

Sarah: Wow! That's really interesting. Hopefully, one day, we'll be able to read a book written by you.

Adam: Yeah. That'd be great.

References:

Beuckens, T. Elllo – 1375 - Adam and Sarah - Bucket List (Part 1). Ello Productions. (2016).      Retrieved Sept. 28, 2017 from http://www.elllo.org/english/1351/T1375-AdamSarah-03-    BucketList.htm                               

Student Handout:

Sarah: So Adam, we're talking about bucket lists, so things that you would like to do before you die. So what's your __________ one thing on your bucket list?

Adam: Oh, difficult question. Number one, I'd probably have to say, oh, sky-diving maybe. I’ve wanted to do it for a ______ time. And I went bungee jumping in New Zealand. That was fun but I still have not yet been ___________. And jumping out of the plane just sounds like an awesome idea to me.

Sarah: What other kind of adventure sports have you done?

Adam: This summer, I was – what did I do? Sand boarding in Peru. That was fun. When I was younger I did a lot of snowboarding and skateboarding. And yeah, I really ________ extreme sports. I ride a motorcycle currently. If I could I'd love to race cars professionally, although I don't know how good I'd be at it. But it just looks like so much _______.

Sarah: Yeah. Well, it’s never too late to start something you want to do, so you should add that to your ______________. So tell me what else is on your bucket list?

Adam: I really want to write a ________. Be the author of a novel. I'm always in the process of writing something down but it never seems to come to complete book type end result. But maybe eventually, all of these little things that I have ________ down will come into a book form and I can publish it and complete my goal.

Sarah: What kind of things do you write? Like what kind of genre or is that kind of all the same or do you write many different styles?

Adam: I wrote a lot of different things. One thing that I write is travel _________ from my travels abroad or anecdotes that I come across when I'm traveling. Recently, I've been writing jokes. I really enjoy watching stand-up _________ and have got kind of inspired from them to write some stuff down, although I've never really presented it.

And I also write, I guess, fantasy stories as well. I have a few short stories but it's been difficult for me to try to put them into book, like a longer version of them. The details are tricky to write down.

Sarah: Wow! That's really interesting. Hopefully, one day, we'll be able to ________ a book written by you.

Adam: Yeah. That'd be great.