BO7

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Listening

Put all your stuff away, you only need a pen(cil)

Phase 0

Lesson aims:

1. You can reflect on your ability to concentrate 

2. You are able to understand the main ideas of a video

Phase 0

Preparation

What could distract you while watching a video?

Set two personal listening goals for today’s lesson:

1.

2.

Phase 0

Predicting

Do you recognize this format?

What type of video could this be?

Discuss with your neighbour

Phase 1

Listening strategies

What strategy do you apply when listening?

• Generalisation: give a general meaning to the fragment (might become more specific after a second listen).
• Message reduction: understand the fragment partly, but you're aware of the gaps 
• Assume meaning: making an assumption of the meaning based on prior knowledge 

Phase 1

Task 1

Write down (max) 7 keywords to describe the video's content.

Phase 3

Phase 3

Discuss

Discuss and compare the keywords with your neighbour

Did you write down any different keywords? Which keywords are most relevant? And why?

Phase 3

Concentration check 1

Answer the questions: 

1.  What went well while listening?
2.  Were there any distractions? If yes, what distracted you?
3.  What listening strategy did you apply?

Phase 3

Task 2

Create a question about the video

Try to answer your question after the second play

Phase 4

Phase 4

Task 2 - answers

Did you get an answer to your question?

Phase 5

Task 3

Use the transcript to:

- to answer your question from task 2

or 

- to underline the words that you didn't understand. 

Phase 6

Phase 6

Concentration check 2

Answer the questions: 

1.  When was your concentration at its best?
2.  Did you get distracted? When? 
3.  What listening strategy did you use?
4.  Would you do something different the next time?

Phase 3

Lesson aims

Did you achieve your personal and class aims?

Class aims:

1. You can reflect on your ability to concentrate

2. You are able to understand the main ideas of a video

Reflection 

What distracted you while watching this video?