Listening

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b, k
• Leerjaar 3,4

Listening

How would you tackle a listening text?

Listening strategies

1. Predict content:  wat weet je al over het onderwerp? En welke Engelse woorden ken je al? Wat denk je dat er gaat gebeuren?
2. Listening for gist: (gist is defined as the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details) waar gaat het fragment globaal over?
3. Listening for details

Let's practice

Let's practice

What do you expect?

What do you expect?

What dishes do you remember being on the wheel?

BuzzFeed Unsolved

The Toxic Death of Gloria Ramirez

Listening to the story of Gloria Ramirez

Interactive video with questions

You will first see the question, then the clip and after that you have to fill in an answer. 

Most questions are multiple choice

01:09

What was the first thing the doctors noticed when Gloria came in.

1. Her body had an oily sheen
2. She had an extremely fast heartbeat
3. She smelled like garlic

01:55

Which symptom did all sick nurses have.

1. Fainting
2. Shaking
3. Stop breating

03:23

What does Avascular Nercosis do to you.

1. It burns your skin
2. Your muscles stop working
3. Your bone tissue starts dying

04:32

What did the examinors take from Gloria's body?

1. Blood, skin and hair
2. Blood, tissue and hair
3. Blood, tissue and air

06:33

What caused all the people to become sick according to theory 1

1. mass hysteria
2. poison
3. infection

09:21

What was the cause of death according to theory 2?

1. Body lotion
2. Blood infection
3. Dangerous chemical reaction

12:43

Why does Gloria's family think it was the hospitals fault?

1. The conditions in the hospital were terrible
2. The hospital was very cheap
3. Gloria was healthy before going there

14:16

Which theory do you believe

1- mass hysteria

2- chemical reaction

3- bad conditions in the hospital

4- aliens

what do you know?