LEARNING MATERIALS IN ENHANCING LISTENING SKILLS

This material is for teachers’ guide.

(Language Learning Activity for Listening)

Topic: Perform a Task by Following Verbal Instructions

Time Frame: 60 minutes

Target Audience: Grade 9 Students

Materials needed: Laptop and projector, videos, audio, speaker, lapel, pen and paper, and magic box.

Reference(s): Google, StuDoCu.com, YouTube, etc.

OBJECTIVES: At the end of the module, students are expected to:

 gain understanding in following verbal instructions;

 know the process of following verbal instructions;
 share your “AHA!” moment in a pen and paper activity;
 appreciate listening texts in real-life situations; and
 perform a task by correctly following verbal instructions.

MOTIVATION:

“Hear Me Out”

Direction: The teacher will give five (5) sounds that the students will guess. The teacher
will use speaker to let the students hear it clearly.

The following are the sounds they need to guess:

1. Sound of the wind.

2. Sound of the mosquito flying.

3. Sound of crying.

4. Sound of flowing water.

5. Sound of Dinosaur‟s roar.

*Insert the link of the audio for each sound: https://youtu.be/JIEi8spoZ4g

LESSON DEVELOPMENT:

What is Verbal Instructions?

Verbal instructions are medium-to-long goal-directed, task-oriented, and verbally administered to

an individual or group of people in cognitive, affective, kinesthetic performances in order to enhance
learning skills.

P. Ur suggests the following listening situations for teaching listening comprehension purposes:

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 - Listening to the news (weather forecast, sports report announcements, etc.) on the radio,

- Discussing work, current problems with family or colleagues,

- Making arrangements (appointments, exchanging news),

- Chatting at a party or other social gathering,

- Hearing announcements over the loudspeaker (at a railway station or airport),

- Receiving instructions, requirements, tasks,

- Attending a lesson, seminar, - Being interviewed, interviewing,

- Listening to recorded or broadcast songs,

- Attending a formal occasion (wedding, prize-giving, other ceremonies),

- Getting professional advice (from a doctor, etc.),

- Being tested orally in a subject study.

Why is it important?

 Following instructions is an important skill to cultivate in everyday life.

 In an academic setting, following instructions can have an impact on grades, subject learning, and
skill execution.

How to give better instructions?

1. Give directions in a helpful, non-aggressive way.

2. Be specific, not vague.
3. Give context for the task you need done.
4. Make allowances for different learning styles.
5. Don‟t micromanage.

How to follow a Verbal Instructions?

1. Listen attentively.
2. Take Notes.
3. Ask questions if needed.
4. Respond with a good attitude.
5. Ready yourself and look forward for the outcome.
6. Before starting the task, make a check list.
7. Practice.

LET US TRY IT OUT! (The teacher will administer the material through explicit teaching by following
the process below)

1. Introduction
2. Modeling/Teaching
3. Guided Practice
4. Independent Practice
5. Application

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1. INTRODUCTION

Directions: If the understanding is high and the learners are ready to move on, they will raise their
thumbs up emoticon.

If the understanding is fair or average, they will raise their equal emoticon.

Learners who are confused or require further instruction will raise their thumbs down emoticon.

Determine whether re-teaching is needed.

2. MODELING/TEACHING

How to follow verbal instructions better?

Techniques on Following What I need to do? What I have found?

Instructions Better:

Listen attentively Did you understand the

instruction given?

Take notes Get context for the task you

need to do.

Ask questions if needed Clarify things out to your

teacher if you are confused.

Respond with a good attitude What are you going to say or

act?

Ready yourself and look forward Visualize yourself getting the

for the outcome. task done.

Before starting the task, make a What are the things that you
check list need to do?

Practice. Practice by giving instructions

to others.

EXAMPLE:

(PAPER AND PEN ACTIVITY)

What to Do: The teacher will administer the material through playing a song and will let the
students analyze if what is the conveyed message in a given song. The teacher will read aloud the
instructions of the activity.

Instructions: You are going to watch, listen, and understand the song that I will play in the
projector. You should remember the given questions to you. I will read it for twice. In a one (1)
whole sheet of paper, you should answer these questions:

 Are you familiar with the song I played? (Yes/No)

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  What is the title of the song?
 Who sang the song?
 What is the theme of the song?
 What is the message of the song in your own understanding?

Example Song:

“The One That Got Away” by Katy Perry

In another life, I would be your girl

We keep all our promises, be us against the world
In another life, I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away

Insert Video Link: https://youtu.be/Ahha3Cqe_fk

After watching the music video, the following are the ways to follow instructions better.

Techniques on Following What I need to do? What I have found?

Instructions Better:

Listen attentively. Did you understand the Yes/No

instruction given?

Take notes. Get context for the task you I will watch, listen, and answer
need to do. the given questions about the
music video we have watched.

 Are you familiar with

the song I played?
(Yes/No)
 What is the title of the
song?
 Who sang the song?
 What is the theme of
the song?
 What is the message of
the song in your own
understanding?

Ask questions if needed. Clarify things out to your Raise question mark emoticon
teacher if you are confused. if you have a question to your
teacher regarding the task.

Respond with a good attitude. What are you going to say or Respond with nodding,
act? appropriate response like, “Yes
ma‟am we understand it.”

Ready yourself and look forward Visualize yourself getting the I will finish this task correctly

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 for the outcome. task done. and immediately.

Before starting the task, make a What are the things that you  Watch and listen the
check list. need to do? music video of the
song, “The One That
Got Away” by Katy
Perry.

 Take notes about the

music video.

 Answer the follow-up

questions.

Practice. Practice by giving instructions Okay, classmates, we are going

to others. to watch and understand a
music video with follow-up
questions. Listen carefully to
our teacher.

Formative Assessment Points

• Check for understanding using emoticons (Thumbs up, equal sign, and thumbs down).

• Determine whether re-teaching is needed.

3. GUIDED PRACTICE

Let‟s try this out!

“THE SINGING BEE”

What to Do: The teacher will read aloud the instructions in front of the students using a
lapel.

Instructions: It is a fill-in-the-blank assessment. I will play a karaoke video that has a

missing words and it will be played in laptop and projector. In a ¼ sheet of paper, you are
going to write the missing word or lyrics in this familiar song. This is for 10 points only.
Pay attention, this will be recorded as your quiz.

Title of the song: “O Holy Night by Mariah Carey”

O Holy night,

The stars are brightly shining,

It is the night,

Of our dear Saviour‟s birth,

Long lay the world,

In sin and error pining,

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 „Till He appeared,

And the soul felt its worth,

A thrill of hope,

The weary world rejoices,

From yonder breaks,

A new and glorious morn

*Insert the video link of the Karaoke Video for Singing Bee: https://youtu.be/Iu6x2iTBU9I

Techniques on Following What I need to do? What I have found?

Instructions Better:

Listen attentively. Did you understand the Yes/No

instruction given?

Take notes. Get context for the task you We will be having an activity
need to do. entitled, “The Singing Bee”.
We are going to guess the
missing word or lyrics in a
karaoke song.

Ask questions if needed. Clarify things out to your Raise thumbs down emoticon
teacher if you are confused. if you have a question to your
teacher regarding the task.

Respond with a good attitude. What are you going to say or Respond with nodding,
act? appropriate response like, “Yes
ma‟am we understand it.”

Ready yourself and look forward Visualize yourself getting the I will finish this task correctly
for the outcome. task done. and immediately.

Before starting the task, make a What are the things that you  Focus on the
check list. need to do? presentation made by
the teacher.

 Listen to the music and

guess the missing
words in the fill-in-the-
blank assessment.

 Answer correctly.

Practice. Practice by giving instructions Okay, classmates, we are going

to others. to have an activity. It is called
as “The Singing Bee”. Focus
and answer quietly.

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4. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

“AHA! MOMENT”

What to Do: The teacher will read aloud the instructions in front of the class using a lapel.

Instructions: You will be writing your “AHA!” moment that you heard in your community, such as
in Television, from your friend, on the radio, conservation with a family or colleagues, chatting at a
party or other social gathering, hearing announcements over the loudspeaker, from a discussion or
seminar, from interview, from recorded or broadcast songs, from a formal occasions, from an advice
of a doctor, or from anything you heard that you feel this. You will be writing this in a ¼ sheet of
paper, and will drop it in a magic box on my table. Don‟t forget to write your names and section. We
will be using this for the next meeting.

Explanation of AHA! Moment: Most of us are familiar with the distinctive feeling of having an
"Aha!" moment. Suddenly, in a flash of insight, a puzzling problem that was difficult to solve
makes perfect sense as all the pieces fall into place. Aha-moment solutions can be rewarding and
tend to feel good.

5. APPLICATION (20 minutes)

“Think, Write and Sing”

What to Do: The teacher will read aloud the instructions using a lapel.

Instructions: The students will be grouped into five (5) groups. The students are assigned
to create a poem with or without a rhyme. The poem will be at least 3-5 stanzas and 4
lines in each stanza. The poem should be in English language only. After creating a
poem, the students will integrate it into a song and will perform it in from of the class.

The following are the themes of creating a poem:

1. Breakup
2. Desire
3. Loss
4. Jadedness
5. Inspiration
6. Aspiration
7. Nostalgia
8. Pain
9. Beauty
10. Good vs. Evil
11. Coming-of-age
12. Loyalty
13. Betrayal
14. Life and Death
15. Justice
16. Family

Rubrics:

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CATEGORY EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR Equivalent
points

Achievement The poem/song is The poem/song is The poem/song is The poem/song is 30 points
of Purpose original and it on topic, but is somewhat off- completely off-
written and sang in missing some topic. Pay more topic, as if your
full English. creativity and attention to the group did not
insight. directions next even read the
time! directions.
Participation Your group did an Your group Your group It seems that your 20 points
in excellent job members usually members are group used the
preparation preparing and willing to sometimes willing preparation time
and rehearsing your cooperate and to focus and for something
presentation poem/song. The focus in during cooperate in a else.
group members are group work, and group work, and
always willing to some rehearsal reading lines and
cooperate, and it might have actions from the
shows everything helped things run song is a sure sign
went smoothly. smoothly. you didn‟t manage
preparation due to
a short period of
time
Relevance of Excellent work! Everyone in your For the most part,
Your group failed 25 points
roles to the Your poem/song is group stayed in your group stayed
to stay in
topic really connected in focused and in focused andcharacter, and it
your topic. The dedicated, but dedicated. Next
looked like you
actors stayed some members time, think more
had not prepared
dedicated and it didn‟t seem to deeply for how the
for how the flow
was clear you took really be “into” poem/song goes.
of the poem/song
your roles what they were will be.
seriously. doing.
Writing & Impressive! variety Good variety of Satisfactory in Limited variety 15 points
Choice of of verbal words are used in variety of words of words are used
Words techniques and are a competent way. are used in an in a developing
used in an acceptable way. way
exemplary way
Overall Excellent! Good! Your Keep working! Okay! I expect 10 points
Impact song/poem play song/poem was Don‟t forget that, much better work
was entertaining entertaining, though the process from you next
and informative! while it was fun is entertaining, time.
to watch, could you‟re also
have been more supposed to learn
informative. something from it.

Total: 100 points

Use this to better follow verbal instructions in this activity:

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 Techniques on Following What I need to do? What I have found?
Instructions Better:

Listen attentively Did you understand the

instruction given?

Take notes Get context for the task you

need to do.

Ask questions if needed Clarify things out to your

teacher if you are confused.

Respond with a good attitude What are you going to say or

act?

Ready yourself and look forward Visualize yourself getting the

for the outcome. task done.

Before starting the task, make a What are the things that you
check list need to do?

Practice. Practice by giving instructions

to others.

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