Teaching in Practice: Speaking and Listening - Listening Activity

 TESL Listening Text Activity 

Date: January 31, 2021

Level: Advanced CLB 11 

Time: 15 minute 

Skill: Comprehensive with a mix of informative and critical listening

Activity:  Start off with a class discussion to find out if anyone has watched or heard of the hit TV show called The Big Bang Theory, replies are written on the board. 

Part 1 - The students are instructed they will watch a short clip.  They are to listen to the conversation between the characters of Leonard, Penny and Sheldon.  

Part 2 - Play the following clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGkLzGl1CI

Part 3 - Students are given a worksheet and are told they can either work on it on their own or in pairs.  As well that they have 5 minutes to complete it before we review it as a class.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piMDXdwT4jhSR6kafLK1kdP-T0UagI5FY4uY5GQj4zo/edit?usp=sharing

Part 4 - After 5 minutes we will go over the worksheet.  When it comes to the answer the students are to tell me out loud what the correct answer is.

Part 5 - Students are asked if they have any questions and if they enjoyed the activity.