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Context
Proficiency level: high-beginner, equivalent to CLB 3
Class size: 5-7 students
Language background: Somalian, Ethiopian, Arabic, Turkish, Spanish
Instruction mode: volunteer teachers, flexible student enrollment
Objectives
Communication goal: listen to get information and ask for repetition
Language aim: use echo questions to ask for repetition and check information
Strategy aim:
● Top-down strategy: predict content/words and verify the prediction
● Bottom-up strategy: use stressed content words to assist comprehension
○ Supported by a perception activity: identify stressed words in a sentence
Listening skills: listen for the gist, listen for details, listen and predict
Introduction (5 min)
● Greet the students and introduce the learning objectives.
● Ask students to close the book.
Optional assessment activities: Use 3B to assess the outcome of the perception activity and
the application of the bottom-up strategy.
● Assessment 1: Ask students to pay attention to the stressed words, write down the
words, and construct the sentences. Check if they are able to apply the bottom-up
strategy of this lesson.
● Assessment 2: Ask students to rate the strategy and explain their rating. Ask when
they can use the strategy. (evaluation)
Wrap-up (5 min)
● Ask: What else do you think is useful from today’s lesson? (evaluation, reflection)
● Briefly respond to students’ feedback.
● End the class on time.