Whats In My

Neighbourhood?
TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING

Vocabulary Building
Reading Writing Listening

Speaking

Assessment PBLA Section

Heather Hovdebo
Includes Audio Files

Whats In My
Neighbourhood?

Task-Based Language Teaching

Heather Hovdebo
Includes an Audio CD

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A Three Book
Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
Series by Heather Hovdebo
Where Do I Live?
Whats In My Home?
Whats In My Neighbourhood?

Other TBLT books by Heather

Family and Relationships
20 Things your Beginner Students Should Know

Only available at www.eslresources.com

Introduction
This is a task-based language teaching series with an assessment section. Taskbased language teaching (TBLT) focuses on the use of authentic language and on
asking students to do meaningful tasks using the target language.
This workbook and audio series introduces basic Home and Community themes
through three books:
Where Do I Live?
Whats In My Home?
Whats In My Neighbourhood?
The concept is simple:
1. Learn the target vocabulary.
2. Practice the vocabulary, using the reading, writing, listening and speaking TBLT
exercises.
3. Assessment.
Each book is divided into seven sections:
1. Vocabulary Introduction through flashcards and illustrations.
2. Vocabulary Practice: Learning the vocabulary.
3. Listening Practice
4. Speaking Practice
5. Reading Practice
6. Writing Practice
7. Assessment/Testing and Portfolio Based Learning Assessment (PBLA).
The assessment section is designed so you and your students can get a sense of
how they have done, where they succeeded and the areas where more work is
required.
Heather

CONTENTS
Page

Exercise

Audio File

TARGET VOCABULARY
2

Flash Cards

N/A

3-4

Picture Vocabulary

N/A

VOCABULARY PRACTICE
5

Matching

N/A

6-7

Cube Toss, Version #1, #2 & #3

N/A

Scrambled Letters

62

Fill In The Missing Letters

62

10

Printing Words

63

11

Word Boxes

63

12

CAPITAL Letter Word Find

63

LISTENING PRACTICE
13

Dialogue and Questions

2-3

64

14

Listen for Instructions

14

15

Spelling Dictation

15

16-17

Map True or False

16

18-19

Yes or No

N/A

20

Grammatically Correct or Incorrect?

8-9

64

SPEAKING PRACTICE
21

Who...

N/A

22

Personal Information

N/A

23

The 5 Ws and 1 H

N/A

24-25

Dialogue

26-28

Questions

10

N/A
N/A

WRITING PRACTICE
29

Swimming Lessons Application

N/A

30

Scrambled Sentences

64

31

Neighbourhood Information

N/A

32-33

Map

64

34

Pick Three Words

N/A

READING PRACTICE
35

Sequencing

65

36

Story and Questions

65

37

Business Directory and Questions

66

38

Rental Application and Questions

66

39

Ad and Questions

67

40-41

Abbreviations

67

ASSESSMENT AND PBLA

43

Writing - Label The Pictures

67

44

Writing - Presenting Information

N/A

45

Writing - Presenting Information

N/A

46

Reading - Match

N/A

47

Reading - For Information

67

48

Reading - Getting Things Done

68

49-50

Listening - Instructions - Map

11

49

51-52

Listening - Getting Things Done

12-13

51

53-54

Listening and Speaking - Look and Tell

14

53

55-57

Speaking - Interview

N/A

58

Assessment Sheet For The Student

N/A

59

Assessment Sheet For The Teacher

N/A

60

PBLA Rubric

N/A

62

Answer Key

N/A

WHATS IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD?

recreation centre

community centre

Note to the teacher: What is the difference between a recreation centre and a
community centre? It may be the activities offered at each.
Research your local centres and make a list of activities offered at each centre.
Write the list on the board. Make sure the students know what the activities
are. Under Recreation Centre, with the help of the students, list the activates
offered there. Do the same for Community Centre.

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What is in My Neighbourhood? - Vocabulary Flashcards

street

library

park

mall

community centre

store

school

recreation centre

area code

city

province

country
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What is in My Neighbourhood? - Vocabulary Pictures

street

library

park

mall

community centre

store

CD
1

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What is in My Neighbourhood? - Vocabulary Pictures

school

CD
1

recreation centre

(416)-466-7875
area code

city

province
(colour in your province)

country

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Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 1 Vocabulary Practice: Matching

street
library
park
mall

(416)-466-7875

community centre
store
school
recreation centre
area code
city
province
country

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Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 2A Vocabulary Practice: Cube Toss, Version One

Directions for Teacher: You will need tape and scissors for the following
exercise. Make 4 cubes. Two cubes will have the vocabulary words on the them,
the others will have the pictures on them. Make 2 additional cubes if you wish to
mix words and pictures on one cube. Have students cut out and tape the
templates of the cubes.
Directions: When you have made the cubes, roll them one at a time and name the
picture or word that lands face-up. Use one cube at a time until you have named
each picture several times. Use your Vocabulary Word List for help.

Exercise 2B Vocabulary Practice: Cube Toss, Version Two

Directions for Teacher: Put students into pairs. Have students practice naming
the pictures together co-operatively for a specified time period.

Exercise 2C Vocabulary Practice: Cube Toss, Version Three

Directions for Teacher: Place students into competitive pair groupings (pairs of
similar speaking ability). Students will need a blank sheet of paper to record
their scores. Have students take turns rolling the cube. When one student has
rolled, they must try to say the word of the picture on the cube. If they are
correct, they get a point. If they are not correct they do not get a point and
must let the other student roll the cube. The other student now has the opportunity to get a point if they name the picture. At the end of the allotted time the
student with the most points wins the game.
Directions: Roll the cube one student at a time. Collect one point for every
picture you name. Take turns rolling the cube.

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Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 2 Vocabulary Practice: Cube Toss - Cube Template

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Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 3 - Vocabulary Practice: Scrambled Letters

Directions: Unscramble the letters to spell vocabulary words.
Example: k r p a = p a r k
Set 1
1.

ncreovip

2.

terets

3. yomunitcm ntecer

province
4.

oshlco

5.

alml

6.

ntcoyur

7.

rtiorecnea rencet

8.

alibrry

9.

rakp

11.

tyci

12.

osret

10.

eaar

odce

Set 2
1.

voreincp

2.

karp

3.

raae cdoe

4.

lalm

5.

itcy

6.

ycuornt

7.

hosolc

8.

retos

11.

yablirr

10. nimucotym nceret

9. eacrnretio treenc

12.

serett

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