Asking/Answering Questions

Answers before questions.

Before listening to a text students are given a list of answers. Their task is to write questions for them.

e.g.

a) Who wrote it?

Virginia Woolf.

b)____________

In the seventies.

c)____________

It's fiction.

Quiz

Extended information quiz.

Students can be asked to give extended answers to the questions of the quiz.

e.g.

a b	Round britain quiz If you wanted to visit Northern Ireland by car, which English or Scottish ferry port would you choose? Describe four ways to get from London to Paris – write the names of the stations / airports / ports. Etc

(taken from Focus on Britain Today by C. Lavery)

While-listening activities Miming

Group miming.

Teacher thinks of some themes and scenes, writes them on the slips of paper and places the theme slips in one box, the scene slips in another. The class is divided into groups of five. A representative from each group takes one slip from each box. The groups then have to prepare a short sketch based on the theme and the scene which they have drawn (e.g. All children like ice cream + under the bed). The sketch is performed for another group, who comment and criticize.

e.g.

Theme	Scene
Dogs always bark.	at the supermarket
All children like ice cream.	in the tree
You need to read a lot.	under the bed
My granny usually walks with a stick.	in the fridge

Completing

Completing the text.

Students have an incomplete version of a story, a description or a song (some words, phrases or sentences are omitted). Students have to complete it either while they are listening or afterwards.

e.g.

Students should listen to the conversation and complete the sentences:

A:	Hello. Fast Pizza. Can _______________?
B:	Yes, ___________. Two pizzas, _________.
A:	Certainly. What kind __________________?
B:	_______________ vegetarian pizzas?
A:	Yes, __________ . A plain pizza Margarita.
B:	____________ that?
A:	Cheese and tomato. With garlic _________________.
B:	_________________ ?

Gap-filling

Restoring a song.

Students listen to the song and fill in the words that are missing:

e.g.

Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today… Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope somebody you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will live as one Imagine by John Lennon

Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell _______us Above us only sky Imagine all the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______ Living for today… Imagine there’s no ________ It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no ________ too Imagine all the people Living life in ________ You may say I’m a ________ But I’m not the only one I hope _________ you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or _______ A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people ________ all the world You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will live as one

Restoring a scheme.

Students listen to the description of the family and write in the diagram the names and

ages of all the members of the family.

e.g.