Disciplina: Limba Engleză

Autor: Telișcă Irina

Unitatea școlară: Liceul Teoretic ,,Grigore Antipa,, Botoșani
Nivel: B1-B2
Competențe specifice vizate:
1. Identificarea mesajului dintr-un text audiat
2. Selectarea informațiilor necesare pentru îndeplinirea sarcinii de lucru
Suport audio: “An Englishman in New York” by Sting
Site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk

Tipul documentului: Fișă de lucru – develop students’ listening and comprehension skills,
and practice grammar structures in the Present Simple Tense

I. Pre-listening activity
Activity 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the Present Simple Tense:

I ……………………. coffee I take tea, my dear.

I …………………..my toast done on one side.
And you can ……………. it in my accent when I …………...,
I'………….. an Englishman in New York.
I'………………… an alien.

II. While - Listening Activities

Activity 2: Listen to the song and put the lyrics in the correct order.

You see me walking down Fifth Avenue,

I take it everywhere I walk,
I'm an alien.
I'm an Englishman in New York.

I'm a legal alien.

A walking cane here at my side.
I'm an Englishman in New York.

Activity 3: Fill in the blanks with the correct missing words.

I'm an alien.
I'………………. a legal alien.
I'm an Englishman in New York.
If "manners …………….. ………." as someone said,
He'…………….. the ……………..of the day.
……………. a man to suffer ignorance and smile.
Be yourself ………. what they …………….

Activity 4: Choose the correct word:

I'm an/a alien.

I'm a legal alien.
I'm an English man/Englishman/Englishmen in New York.

Modesty, propriety can lid/lead/lit to notoriety,

But/bat you could end up as the only one.
Gentleness, sobriety are sow/so/saw rare in this society.
At night a candle's/candles brighter than the sun.

Activity 5: Correct the grammar mistakes deliberately written in the lyrics. There is a mistake
in every verse!

Take more than combat gear to make a man.

Takes more than a lesson for a gun.
Correct your enemies, avoid them when you can.
A gentleman will talk but never run.

If "manners made the man" as someone said,

He's the fellow of the day.
It fakes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.
Be yourselves no matter what they say.

III. Post-listening activities

1. What do these phrases mean to you?

- “Manners make the man”
- “Takes more than a combat gear to make a man”
-“A gentleman will walk but never run”
2. What are the challenges of being alone in a foreign country? Is it good to be
yourself sometimes?
3. Make a comparison between Romanian and American culture, answering the following
question: If you were a Romanian in New York, what would be your greater challenges?
 Teacher’s guide:

I. Pre-listening activity: The goal of this activity is to practice Present Tense,

affirmative and negative forms, and contractions. For younger students the verbs may be given in
parenthesis, the older ones can be left to guess what verb goes in each blank.

Activity 1 : Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs in the Present Simple Tense:
Students’ handout: I'………………… an alien.
I ……………………. coffee I take tea, my
dear. Teacher’s sample:
I …………………..my toast done on one I don't drink coffee I take tea, my dear.
side. I like my toast done on one side.
And you can ……………. it in my accent And you can hear it in my accent when I talk,
when I …………..., I'm an Englishman in New York.
I'………….. an Englishman in New York. I'm an alien.

II. While - Listening Activities: Listening activities are directly related to the text and
students are expected to carry out these activities while listening. While listening and guided by
the teacher, students control their comprehension skills and focus on listening to the text.

Activity 2: Listen to the song and put the lyrics in the correct order.

Students’ handout: Teacher’s sample:

You see me walking down Fifth Avenue, You see me walking down Fifth Avenue,
I take it everywhere I walk, A walking cane here at my side.
I'm an alien. I take it everywhere I walk,
I'm an Englishman in New York. I'm an Englishman in New York.

I'm a legal alien. I'm an alien.

A walking cane here at my side. I'm a legal alien.
I'm an Englishman in New York. I'm an Englishman in New York.

Activity 3: Fill in the blanks with the correct missing words.

Students’ handout:
I'm an alien. Teacher’s sample:
I'………………. a legal alien. I'm an alien.
I'm an Englishman in New York. I'm a legal alien.
I'm an Englishman in New York.
If "manners …………….. ………." as someone
said, If "manners make the man" as someone said,
He'…………….. the ……………..of the day. He's the hero of the day.
……………. a man to suffer ignorance and It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.
smile. Be yourself no matter what they say.
Be yourself ………. what they …………….

Activity 4: Choose the correct word:

 Students’ handout:
I'm an/a alien.
I'm a legal alien.
I'm an English man/Englishman/Englishmen in
New York.
Modesty, propriety can lid/lead/lit to notoriety,
But/bat you could end up as the only one.
Gentleness, sobriety are sow/so/saw rare in this
society.
At night a candle's/candles brighter than the sun.
Teacher’s sample:
I'm an alien.
I'm a legal alien.
I'm an Englishman in New York.
Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety,
But you could end up as the only one.
Gentleness, sobriety are so rare in this society.
At night a candle's brighter than the sun.

Activity 5: Correct the grammatical mistakes deliberately written in the lyrics. There is a mistake in every
verse!

Students’ handout: Teacher’s sample:

Take more than combat gear to make a man.
Takes more than a lesson for a gun.
Correct your enemies, avoid them when you can.
A gentleman will talk but never run.
If "manners made the man" as someone said,
He's the fellow of the day.
It fakes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.
Be yourselves no matter what they say.
Takes more than combat gear to make a man.
Takes more than a license for a gun.
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you
can.
A gentleman will walk but never run.
If "manners make the man" as someone said,
He's the hero of the day.
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.
Be yourself no matter what they say.

In the activities presented above, the aims are to develop students’ listening and
comprehension skills, and practice grammar structures.

III. Post-listening activities: This stage is a productive one; students are expected to
share information, change opinion and interact with one another.

The goal of post-listening activities is to assess students’ listening comprehension skills

and their ability to express opinion and interact with one another.