Week 16

Week 16

3 things this week

• TOEFL listening
• dictogloss
• pair work listening

Listening Week 15

Listening Week 15

Here's the plan for the listening class.

Nose to the grindstone and pedal to the metal.

It's time to buckle down with high octane TOEFL listening.

LISTENING WEEK 12

LISTENING WEEK 12

We're in and out of the class this week.

• Tuesday offline
• Wednesday in class

Tuesday

We continue with the core listening drills which we started last week.

Do you remember the routine?

1. Listen to a story a couple of times without the script.
2. Read the script without listening.
3. Read and listen again until you can hear all the word sounds AND understand the ideas.
4. Listen again a few more times until the words flow like musical notes.

Content

Here are the stories for this week.

• https://www.englishlistening.rocks/online-listening-practice-food-quiz/
• https://www.englishlistening.rocks/stories-to-improve-listening-skills-amazon/

Wednesday

On Wednesday, we will have a video a worksheet activity.

Video

Worksheet

Listening Week#11

LISTENING WEEK 11

We're NOT in the classroom.

Oh dear, oh my.

Zoom In

I will be sitting in the Zoom room during your Listening period on Wednesday. Drop by if you have any questions about the listening or writing work.

• BTW: please do not book a meeting during that time with other teachers. Thanks.

Part 1

Let's begin with a short, easy listening activity.

Worksheet

Video

Part 2

Listen to this short video with Arnold.

Can you summarize his argument in one sentence?

Submit your one-sentence summary to the TTP writing page.

Part 3

I want to start a series of activities that focus on a core skill: listening fluency.

These drills can help you improve listening speed if you do the work over a long period of time.

There's no improvement if you do these activities for one week and then stop.

In that sense, listening fluency is like losing weight. Thinking about it and doing it will produce different outcomes.

THEORY

I guess that many of you have an extensive vocabulary. Some might be in the 3000-4000 word range. Others are higher in the 10,000 word range.

The problem is your brain. Your brain has not been trained to listen faster.

Now we are going to train your brain to listen faster like Arnold used to pump arm muscles.


THE PLAN

Go to this website: https://www.englishlistening.rocks/

You can find short stories from Level 1 to Level 5.

1. Listen to a story a couple of times without the script.
2. Read the script without listening.
3. Read and listen again until you can hear all the word sounds AND understand the ideas.
4. Listen again a few more times until the words flow like musical notes.

Then stop.

The next day, listen to the same story a couple more times until the words and story are clear, clear, clear.


Later in the day, start a new story. Repeat the listen, read, read while listening, and listen pattern.

Next week, we do it all again with two more stories.

Now you can see we have a listening routine that runs over two days.

Content

Here are the two stories for this week:

https://www.englishlistening.rocks/online-english-lessons-right-and-wrong/

https://www.englishlistening.rocks/free-online-lessons-the-other-side-of-the-river/

• Remember: if you think you don't have enough time, watch the Arnold video again.

Listening Week#10

WEEK 10

Let's take a short break from the heavy-duty TOEFL listening lessons.

This week, there are two listening activities based on food.

Part 1

Play the video.

Listen for the names of human food.

Make a list.

My list has 6 items.
How many can you get?

Part 2

This is a longer lesson. It has a video and a worksheet.

Here is the worksheet.

Below is the video.

LISTENING WEEK 9

LISTENING WEEK 9

Zoom

Got a question?

I'll be sitting in the Zoom room. Come by your Listening Period on Wednesday.

Part 1

Here is a short listening activity with a Sesame Street video worksheet.

Part 2

Last week, you did the first half of this TOEFL listening chapter. 

Here is the second half of that chapter.

LISTENING WEEK 8

LISTENING WEEK 8

Lucky 8.

Zoom meeting 

(This Zoom message is repeated on the Writing Lesson plan)

Got a question?

I'll be sitting in the Zoom dock room. Come by your Listening Period on Wednesday.

BTW, who sang this?

Sitting on the dock of the bay.
Watching the tide roll away.

The answer.

Part 1 Review

Which American poet wrote this stanza?

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all -

The answer.

Part 2 This week

Here is a short listening activity. You can use this activity to check your students' listening skills.

It's easy to run in any classroom.

Part 3 This week 2a

Let's do another TOEFL listening chapter. 

Here is my suggestion: let's do half the chapter this week.

Is that a good idea or a great idea?

LISTENING WEEK 7

LISTENING WEEK 7

No listening classes this week. It's a holiday.

LISTENING WEEK 6

LISTENING WEEK 6

Zoom meeting 

(This Zoom message is repeated on the Writing Lesson plan)

There is no scheduled Zoom meeting this week.

Got a question?

I'll be in the Zoom cave during your Listening Period on Wednesday.

Zoom in, ask a question that zooms in on a specific topic and then zoom away.

No zoom bombs, please.

Favorite song lyrics this week

I am just a dreamer
And you are just a dream.
You could have been anyone to me.

Who wrote that?

Part 1 Review

What we did.

Part 2 This week

To use the vernacular of asynchronous learning, this week's listening content is self-directed, self-paced, and self-contained.

LISTENING WEEK 5

LISTENING WEEK 5

Online in April. Who'da thunk it?

Zoom meeting 

(This Zoom message is repeated on the Writing Lesson plan)

There is no scheduled Zoom meeting this week.

Got a question?

I'll be hanging out in the dark, dank digital Zoom cave during your Listening Period on Wednesday.

Part 1 Review and overview

Read the slide show. 

Part 2 Core Skills # 4

This is the final section for the skills-based listening activities.

What to do:

1. Open CORE SKILLS # 4 slideshow.
2. Check the answers for last week's activities.
3. Complete the final 2 activities.
4. Self-check your answers (answer sheet in the slide show).

Part 3 Verbal Kids #3

Let's continue with the podcast about verbal children. Here is Part 3 (final episode for this podcast). 

Part 4 Guided note-taking

Learn and practice a simple classroom activity. It can also help you check which students are struggling with listening. 

LISTENING CLASS WEEK 4

LISTENING CLASS WEEK 4

Yup, time for another listening module. Here's the lesson outline.

Zoom meeting 

(This message is repeated on the Writing Lesson plan)

There is no scheduled Zoom meeting this week.

I will be hanging out in the Zoom room during your Listening Period on Wednesday.

If you have a question or want to discuss something (about listening or writing), then pop in for a chat. Otherwise, we are going asynchronous all week (listening and writing).

Part 1 Review

What have we done so far in the listening class? 

Good question.

Read the REVIEW slideshow and refresh your memory.

Part 2 Core Skills # 3

Let's experience core skills training again. Here are two more activities. 

Open CORE SKILLS # 3 slideshow.

Part 3 Verbal Kids #2

Let's continue with the podcast about training verbal children. Here is Part 2. 

Listening Week 3

Listening Week 3

Here is our schedule for this week.

Hour 1

We start a new listening project. You will listen to a podcast about language and language learning. The podcast has three parts.

Today - during Period 1 - we start Part 1.

Read the slide show, Raising Verbal Children.

You will:

• learn about the podcast
• understand how to use the worksheets
• find a link for the worksheet and audio file

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Hour 2

Let's continue with our look at teaching listening skills. During Week 1, you learned about this teaching approach and completed 3 activities. Each activity practised a separate listening skill.

Let's do three more activities. Read the slide show below.

You can:

• complete a short review
• get the answers for Week 1 questions (and do a self-check)
• find links for the question sheets and audio files for three new activities

Enjoy the process!

Listening class Week 2

Listening class Week 2

This week, our schedule is a bit different.

Listening Period 1

You will have a listening pre-test.

We will do the test online in a Zoom room.

You can listen to the audio on your computer.

Write your answers on a Google form.

No paper required!

See you during Listening period 1!

Listening Period 2

This period will be used to hold 1-on-1 conferences in the Zoom room. The purpose of the conference is to discuss your writing work but we can talk about listening stuff, too.

Each conference is a maximum of 10 minutes so please don't be late.

Here is the schedule (also posted on the Writing class post).

All Zoom conferences to be held Wednesday, March 11.

Listening - Week#1

Hi teachers.

Welcome to Week 1 of the Listening class.

Here is the lesson plan for the first week.

Contact

If something is not clear, feel free to email me: robbusan at yahoo do com.

If you have any questions, come to the Zoom room during period 2.

• Secondary class: Wednesday 10 to 10:50 am Secondary Room
• Elementary class: Wednesday 11 to 11:50 am Elementary Room

If you come to the Zoom room and I’m not there, please wait. I’m probably making a coffee.

HOUR 1

• Read and study slide show, #1 Teaching Listening.
• Read the slide show, #2 Getting Ready for Skills listening.
• Complete the 3 listening exercises in the # 2 Getting Ready Slide Show.

HOUR 2

• Read the slide show, #3 How do you know and answer the question at the end of the slide show.
• Read and evaluate the lesson in #4 Building Many Skills.

WRAP UP

By the end of Hour 2 this week, you should create two documents:

• Answers from Hour 1 listening activities (on paper notebook)
• Answers to the questions at the end of the # 4 Building Many Skills (on paper notebook)