Lesson using podcast

 Nov 14, 2014

Lesson activity using podcast
Podcast used from BBC The English We Speak:
Express English
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Target learners - Year 10 intermediate level
Learner skills - speaking and writing skills
Learning approach - brainstorming, communicative and interactive, think-write-pair-share
Methodology:
Introduce the theme of Podcast: Dreams
Before listening, have students guess the gist of text in relation to their background knowledge. Use prompts for discussions like "What do you think you will listen to?", "What is the meaning of dreams?", etc.
Provide one while-listening task - Identify the things that the people in the conversation dream about.
Students then listen and make notes.
After listen, they share their notes - what types of dreams have they identified.
Ask students what they think about listening to the conversation - student reflection process.
Produce a few worksheets covering vocabulary before going into the paragraph writing.
Vocabulary activity:
A list of words are provided, as students listen for the second time, they identify the order in which the words are mentioned in the podcast.
Paragraph Writing:
Have students write a short paragraph of what they themselves dream about, in five minutes, and then they are to share with a partner. Sharing is in their target language.
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