Listening (American football) - week 2

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HV2 - English

Week 2 - Listening

Sports & Entertainment

What are we going to do?

Together:

Practice with listening to the main points in a conversation or story

Sports podcast of a popular American sport explained

Conversation between native speakers

Explanation of rules of a popular American sport

Practice taking notes

Individual / in pairs (if time permits...):

Pick an item to listen to and complete the task

Check your notes in pairs

Find and upload a picture online that
shows your favourite sport(s).

Forms of entertainment

a video game

a concert

a film

a play

a sports event

a TV programme

Use one of the following words to describe the forms of entertainment we just saw (see next slide)

relaxing

interesting

fun

expensive

crowds

friends

enjoyable

relaxing / interesting / fun / expensive /

crowds / friends / enjoyable

What is your favourite form of entertainment?
Find a picture (online), upload it here
and be ready to describe why you like it.

Time for some listening practice with native (American) speakers

Don't worry if you don't understand everything.  These guys speak very quickly. Just try and understand the main ideas/topics

being discussed.

03:06

What are they complaining about?

1. Last weekend's match
2. Sports streaming services

04:24

What sport are they focussing on?

1. American football
2. baseball
3. soccer
4. basketball

American Football

How does it work?

What do you have to do?

You are going to listen to and watch someone explain how American football is played.  Take notes of the rules as you listen (you may need them in PE class someday!).

After the video, you will have 3 minutes to organize your notes and discuss with a classmate. Then there will be a few questions to answer.

Note-taking tips

• Write key words, not full sentences

Only note the words you need to get the idea or main point

• Take notes in your own words

• Underline, circle, star, etc. to identify key information, examples, definitions, or other important stuff
  

• If you miss something, don't panic.  We can listen twice if we need to.
  

Organize & compare notes

Work with your neighbour

Use your notes in the questions coming up

How many players does a football team have in the field at the same time?

1. 9
2. 11
3. 25
4. 48

If your team has the ball, you are ...

1. offense
2. defense

Your team has the ball and has 4 downs. How
far do you need to move the ball to
keep it in possession?

1. 10 yards
2. 20 yards
3. 50 yards
4. into the endzone

Who is the most important player on the field
in the offense team?

1. wide receiver
2. running back
3. quarterback
4. fullback

Which of the following ways is NOT a way
to score points?

1. field goal Kick the ball through the uprights (two high poles)
2. touchdown Ball carried into the endzone
3. safety Tackle defending player behind their own goal line
4. home run Ball thrown into the endzone

What is the active playing time of an
American football game?

1. 45 mins
2. 60 mins
3. 65 mins
4. 90 mins

How easy or difficult was the listening for you today?

(0 = super difficult / 100 = super easy)

1100

Individual listening practice

If you think the American Football audio fragment was difficult:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/a2-listening/understanding-an-explanation

If you think the American Football audio fragment was understandable, but not really easy:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/b1-listening/work-life-balance

If you think the American Football audio fragment was easy:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/c1-listening/the-history-of-hand-gestures