Name: __________________________________________ Class number: _______________

Section: _________ Schedule: ______________________ Date: _________________________

Lesson #5 Title: Cycle 1, Listening Session

Materials:
Audio recording, player,
Lesson Objectives:
speakers
1. To accurately answer comprehension questions after
References:
listening to a dialogue or a speech.
https://takeielts.britishcouncil.
2. To build vocabulary knowledge for expressive language
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INTRODUCTION (2 mins)

Listening is important to effective communication. Often, poor listening skills is one source
of misunderstanding. Good listening skills can lead to better relationships, friendships, customer
service, productivity, and sharing of information. Many successful leaders attribute their successes
in effective listening skills – listening to clients, listening to employees, and listening to peers.

In the listening sessions, you will listen to recorded or live information and then answer
questions. To aid your listening (and reading, writing, and speaking) skills, you will also have
grammar study and vocabulary study. In this course, we will target learning about 50 words per
Listening Session – giving you deliberate practice of 100 words a month. We will review grammar
and practice creating different kinds and different styles of sentences.

A. LESSON TARGETS
Keep today’s lesson targets in mind as we go through today’s session:
□ I can accurately answer comprehension questions after listening to a dialogue or a
speech.
□ I can review grammar rules and its application to expressive language skills.
□ I can build vocabulary knowledge for expressive language skills.

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B. DEVELOPING THE SKILL

Activity 1: Wordlist #1 (Words #1-50) (20 mins)
Individual work. Write down a synonym or the meaning of the given words. Work fast. Stop
at the end of 20 minutes. Record the number of items you finished within the time limit.

Word Synonym/Meaning Word Synonym/Meaning

1. Analyze
26. Constituency
2. Approach
27. Proceedings
3. Authoritative
28. Responsive
4. Availability
29. Sections
5. Beneficiary
30. Significant
6. Conceptualize
31. Specific
7. Consistent
32. Structural
8. Context
33. Theoretical
9. Contrast
34. Vary
10. Recreate
35. Invariably
11. Definable
36. Require
12. Derive
37. Inconsistent
13. Economical
38. Conclusive
14. Environmentali
st 39. Equate

15. Estimable
40. Complexities
16. Evidently
41. Perception

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17. Financier
42. Impact
18. Functionality
43. Regulate
19. Indicate
44. Relevant
20. Interpret
45. Perceive
21. Legislate
46. Interpretative
22. Methodical
47. Legislator
23. Occur
48. Restrict
24. Periodicals
49. Periodic
25. Principled
50. Selective
SCORE:________

Check your answers against the Key to Corrections found in the last page. Don’t forget to
write your score on the space provided.

Activity 2: Listening Comprehension (30 mins)

Listen to recorded information and answer the questions while listening. There are 4
sections in this activity and each is about 7 minutes. The recording will have all the instructions
you will need as well as an example of how to answer the questions. While listening, you will be
given time to read the questions ahead, as well as time to review your answers.

You don’t need to transfer your answers to a Test Answer Sheet at this time. Write your
answers directly on the spaces provided.

Ready…play the recording and follow along

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SECTION 1: Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for
each answer.

EXAMPLE QUESTION ANSWER

Destination? Harbour City

QUESTIONS: TRANSPORT FROM BAYSWATER

1. Express train leaves at (1) _______________________________

2. Nearest station is (2) _______________________________
3. Number 706 bus goes to (3) _______________________________
4. Number (4) _______________________________ bus goes to station
5. Earlier bus leaves at (5) _______________________________

Questions 6–10
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for
each answer.

TRANSPORT CASH FARE CARD FARE

Bus (6) $ ___________ $1.50

Train (peak) $10 $10

Train (off-peak) $10  

– before 5pm or after   (8) $ ___________
(7) ___________ pm)

(9) ___________ ferry $4.50 $3.55

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Tourist ferry ((10) ___________) $35 –

Tourist ferry (whole day) $65 –

SECTION 2: Questions 11-20

Questions 11-14
Which counselor should you see? Write the correct letter, A, B, or C, next to questions 11-14.

A. Louise Bagshaw B. Tony Denby C. Naomi Flynn

Questions Answer

11) if it is your first time seeing a counselor

12) if you are unable to see a counselor during normal office hours

13) if you do not have an appointment

14) if your concerns are related to anxiety

Questions 15-20
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
WORKSHOP CONTACT TARGET GROUP
what you need to succeed
Adjusting (15) ______________________students
academically
use time effectively, find
Getting Organised (16) ______________________ all students
between study and leisure
talking with staff, all students, especially
Communicating
communicating across cultures (17) ______________________
(18) ______________________,
Anxiety breathing techniques, students about to sit exams
meditation, etc.
staying on track for long (20) ______________________ students
(19) …………………
periods only

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SECTION 3: Questions 21-30

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

QUESTIONS

Novel: (21) _________________________________________________

Protagonists: Mary Lennox; Colin Craven

Time period: Early in (22) _________________________________________________

Mary moves to UK – meets Colin who thinks he’ll never be able to

(23) _________________________________________________. They become friends.

Point of view: “Omniscient” – narrator knows all about characters’ feelings, opinions and
(24) _________________________________________________

Audience: Good for children – story simple to follow

Symbols (physical items that represent (25) ___________________________________________):

● the robin redbreast
● (26) _________________________________________________
● the portrait of Mistress Craven

Motifs (patterns in the story):

● the Garden of Eden
● secrecy – metaphorical and literal transition from
(27)_________________________________________________

Themes: Connections between

● (28) _________________________________________________ and outlook
● (29) _________________________________________________ and well-being
● individuals and the need for (30) _________________________________________________

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SECTION 4: Questions 31-40

Questions 31-35
Complete the table below. Write one word only for each answer
TIME PERSPECTIVES
TIME ZONE OUTLOOK FEATURES & CONSEQUENCES
Remember good times, e.g. birthdays.
Past Positive
Keep family records, photo albums, etc.

  (31) _________________ Focus on disappointments, failures, bad decisions.

Live for (32) _________________; seek sensation;

Present Hedonistic
avoid pain.

Life is governed by (33) _________________, religious

  Fatalistic beliefs, social conditions. Life’s path can’t be
changed.

Future (34) _________________ Prefer work to play. Don’t give in to temptation.

Have a strong belief in life after death and

  Fatalistic
importance of (35) …………….. in life.

Questions 36-40
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.

QUESTIONS

36) We are all present hedonists ________

A) at school
B) at birth
C) while eating and drinking

37) American boys drop out of school at a higher rate than girls because ________
A) they need to be in control of the way they learn
B) they play video games instead of doing school work
C) they are not as intelligent as girls

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38) Present-orientated children ________

A) do not realise present actions can have negative future effects
B) are unable to learn lessons from past mistakes
C) know what could happen if they do something bad, but do it anyway

39) If Americans had an extra day per week, they would spend it ________
A) working harder
B) building relationships
C) sharing family meals

40) Understanding how people think about time can help us ________
A) become more virtuous
B) work together better
C) identify careless or ambitious people

TOTAL TEST SCORE:____________

Check your answers against the Key to Corrections on the last page.

C. THINKING ABOUT LEARNING

Activity 3: My Learning

1) What did you find easy about the Listening Task? Why was this so?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) What did you find difficult about the Listening Task? Why was this so?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) What can you do to improve your performance in the listening task?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________

You just finished a round of practice of the 4 macro language skills! Good job! Dedicate
more time in practicing, so you can excel in the next few practices. Congratulations!

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Key to Corrections
Activity 1
Word Synonym/Meaning Word Synonym/Meaning
26.
1. Analyze Community, population/ a
Examine, study, evaluate Constituenc
body of voters
y
Events, activites,
2. Approach Method, style, attitude/ go 27.
happenings, minutes of a
near, talk to Proceedings
meeting
3. Authoritative Reliable, dependable/ 28. Quick to react with
confident, self-assured Responsive positivity, reactive
4. Availability Be able to be used/ be
29. Sections Units, pieces, segments
free to do something
Heir, receiver, payee,
5. Beneficiary someone who receives an 30. Important, meaningful,
advantage from Significant revealing, informative
something
6. Conceptualize Exact, definite, precise,
To form an idea 31. Specific
particular, determined
7. Consistent Steady, unchanging, 32. Physical, mechanical,
regular, constant Structural operational
8. Context Situation, setting, 33. Hypothetical, conceptual,
background Theoretical speculative
9. Contrast Differ, disagree/ change
difference 34. Vary
modify
10. Recreate Reconstruct, reinvent, 35. Always, consistently, every
reproduce Invariably time
11. Definable Can be determined, can Involve, need, want,
36. Require
be known demand
12. Derive Originate, stem, arise/ get 37. Erratic, changeable,
something from, obtain Inconsistent unpredictable
13. Economical Cheap, inexpensive, 38. Unquestionable,
practical Conclusive incontestable
14. Environmentali Conservationist,
Identify, correspond, regard
st preservationist, 39. Equate
as the same
nature-lover
40.
15. Estimable Admirable, worthy of great Complications, problems,
Complexitie
respect difficulties
s

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16. Evidently 41. Awareness, ability to see,

Obviously, clearly, plainly
Perception hear and sense, recognition
Influence, impression,
17. Financier
Banker, sponsor, investor 42. Impact effect, power/ crash into,
collide
quality of being suited to
18. Functionality
serve a purpose well; 43. Regulate Control, legalize, order
practicality
19. Indicate Applicable, related,
Specify, show, direct 44. Relevant
appropriate
20. Interpret Understand, infer, take,
45. Perceive Observe, see, notice
read
46.
21. Legislate Providing an interpretation,
Make or enact laws Interpretativ
explanatory
e
22. Methodical 47. Lawmaker, official,
Systematic, logical, precise
Legislator representative
23. Occur
Happen, transpire 48. Restrict Limit, confine, control
24. Periodicals Journals, Magazines, Appearing at intervals,
49. Periodic
Publications, newspaper recurring
25. Principled Honorable, ethical, Choosy, careful,
50. Selective
righteous discriminating

Activity 2

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