IELTS LISTENING

WARM-UP
1. Discuss two contentious issues
2. ffff
ACTIVITY 1

EXTRA ACTIVITY 1
1. Screen Test Game
Video 1 - Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard (with lyrics)
1. What colour was the first car behind the bus ?
red // white // blue ?
2. What was the number of the bus ?
9 // 19 // 28 ?
3. What was the road sign at the beginning of the clip ?
London // Berlin // Paris ?
4. How many children wore a hat ?
1 // 2 // no children ?
5. How many men were riding bicycles ?
3 // 4 // 6 ?
6. What did Cliff, the driver, eat ?
a sandwich // a biscuit or cookie // nothing ?
BONUS POINTS – Can anyone sing the song – just two lines
“We’re all going on a summer holiday // we’re all going for a week or two.”
2. R.U.P. listening practice
read, underline key words and predict the answer.
3. Top-down listening
(Going from meaning to language, using background knowledge to understand the
meaning of a message).
Activities:
Students generate a list of things they already know about a topic and things they
would like to learn more about, then listen and compare.
Students generate a set of questions they expect to hear about a topic, then listen to see
if they are answered.
Students look at the question sheet and identify its structure before listening.
Students read a list of key points to be covered in a talk, then listen to see which ones
are mentioned.
4. Bottom-up listening
(Going from language to meaning, using linguistic knowledge clues to understand the
message).
Activities:
Students listen and distinguish between positive and negative statements.
Students listen and identify key words that occur in a spoken text.
Students listen to a conservation and complete a form.
Students use stress and intonation to identify word and sentence functions.
5. Micro listening skills
Discriminate among the distinctive sounds
Recognize the functions of stress patterns, intonation contours
Recognize reduced forms of words (contractions)
Recognize grammatical word classes (noun, verb, etc.), systems (tense, agreement,
pluralization), patterns, rules and elliptical forms
Recognize that a particular meaning may be expressed in different grammatical forms
Recognize cohesive devices in spoken discourse
IELTS GAME
1. Family Fortune game
Students are put into small groups and have a set time to come up with four answers.
These can be learning based (e.g. four adverbs of degree), new vocabulary or general
knowledge questions. To make it more fun, I could ask questions regarding my
experiences (I have lived in four countries; which ones ? What are my favourite
Vietnamese dishes ? What do I like more in VN than UK ? etc).
Each team chooses up to two players to write down answers to a series of five
questions. The answers are then scored based on the points printed on the question
sheet. Finally, each team adds the scores from the two rounds, and the highest total
wins.
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REVIEW

WRAP-UP

INSTRUCTION FOR IETLS TECHER

So, I made a lesson plan for teaching section 4 of the listening test like this.
Pre-listening:

1.       read the instructions carefully to see what they are expected to do (especially the
number of words they can write for each answer) R.U.P.

2.       identify the topic of the lecture. Teacher can activate their background
knowledge by asking them what they know about it, maybe showing a short video clip

3.       identify the structure of the test (how many parts, key words) so that students do
not get lost in the middle of the listening

4.       pair a weak student and a strong student so that they can help each other in
predicting the answers

a.       part of speech (e.g. expressions or idioms)

b.      collocations

c.       meaning (make a list of guesses to help the weaker students)

While-listening:

1.       Students listen to the recording and do the task individually.

2.       Peer check

3.       Task correction (the teacher then plays the recording again bit by bit to check
the answers)
Post-listening:

1.       Students work in group to share their experience after doing the task. What
difficulties they had or how they could recognize the answers. (5minutes).
To build confidence, I often play a recording up to three times, highlighting new
vocabulary or expressions. I then let the students write the answer on the board, so
everyone can see, correcting if necessary.

2.       sharpening the macro skils:

Activity to help students recognize paraphrases:

Students stand in 2 lines. There are 2 circles in front. The teacher shows 1 word (e.g
crowded) and plays the recording. When the students hear the paraphrase of that word
(e.g a lot of people), the first pair jump into the circle. Who can do that first gets 1
point for his team. The first pair then go the back and the procedure is repeated with
another word. This can be adapted for older and adult students.

Activity to teach new vocabulary after listening:

The teacher can choose 5 or 6 words that he would like to teach and print them out.
Then, put students into groups with a set of words for each group and play the
recording. When students hear the word from that set, they have to quickly knock on
their desk and take that piece of paper. Who gets the most words wins. The students in
group read the words and explain the meaning. Teacher checks the pronunciation and
meaning as a class.

The Teacher may wish to set a speaking task related to the topic as a post-listening 
activity

I believe the students can do better if they are well-prepared in ‘pre-listening’, and for
‘post-listening’, if we can make use of the recording to teach them some skills in doing
the task, they will perform better the next time.
 LESSON PLAN
IELTS 5.5

Title: Review 1

Level: IELTS 4.5 – 5.5

Lesson No.: Review Unit 1

Week No.: 3

Time 120 mins

duration

Date:

Teacher:

Objectives: After the lesson, students will be able to:

- Revise to talk about relationship, hobbies
- Revise “going to & will”, “too, either, neither”
- Revise phonics: vowels, diphthongs, consonants
- Revise listening/ reading/ writing skills

Books IELTS 4.5 – 5.5

Video:

References
(Link of
materials)

PROCEDURES:

Times Activities Work Note

sheets

5 mins 1. Warm up

50 mins 2. Activity 1
a. Speaking
 Talk about relationship, hobbies
b. Phonics
 Vowels, diphthongs, consonants
c. Reading
 Practice reading techniques
10 mins 3. Break time

45 mins 4. Activity 2
a. Grammar
 Revise “going to & will”, “too, either,
neither”
b. Listening
 Practice listening techniques
c. Writing
 Practice writing short paragraphs

5 mins 5. Review

5 mins 6. Conclusion

PROCEDURES:

Times Activities Work Note

sheets

5 mins 1. Warm up

50 mins 2. Activity 1
a. Debate
 Debate on the topics: food, celebrity, fame &
media
b. Game

10 mins 3. Break time

45 mins 4. Activity 2
a. Debate
 Debate on the topics: nature, architecture,
entertainment
b. Game

5 mins 5. Review

5 mins 6. Conclusion

PROCEDURES:

Times Activities Work Note

sheets
5 mins 1. Warm up

50 mins 2. Activity 1
a. Speaking
 Share tips and summarize information
 Practice speaking using tips
b. Listening
 Share tips and summarize information
 Practice listening using tips
10 mins 3. Break time

45 mins 4. Activity 2
a. Reading
 Share tips and summarize information
 Practice reading using tips
b. Writing
 Share tips and summarize information
 Practice writing using tips
5 mins 5. Review

5 mins 6. Conclusion