Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

Lesson C: Listening

INTRODUCTION

- Time : 45’- Level: Grade 10 (Basic)- Overall goals: Identification, Detail comprehension- Assumptions about the students’ background knowledge: They may know about the topic. They may lack of

knowledge of vocabulary. - The students’ anticipated problems: They may have

difficulty understanding the main points and guessing the meaning of unfamiliar terms- The materials and teaching aids : Textbook, recording,

worksheet, laptop, projector

I. Pre-listening. Look at the pictures and answer the questions:

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1 2Meeting/

gathering at the school gate

Making a tour/ visiting/ walking around the

garden/ park

Taking photos

Singing on the bus

Playing the guitar/ dancing/ singing

2. What may these pictures be about? A picnic1. What are they doing in these pictures?

II. While-listening.Task 1. Listen and number the words/ phrases in the order you hear.

piece of grass landall the wayschool gatea delicious mealfavourite songs

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Task 2. Listen and choose the best answers to complete the following sentences.

1.The weekend picnic I enjoyed the most was just………………….ago.

B. a few months C. a long time2. My class decided to……………….to the Botanical

Garden. A. visit B. travel 3. We met at the school gate………………………… A. just in time C. late 4. We made………………….round the garden. A. a visit B. an investigation

C. a short tour

A. a few weeks

C. pay a visit C. pay a visit

B. on time B. on time

C. a short tour

A. a few weeks

Task 3. Listen and answer the questions.1. How did they travel to Botanical Garden?…………………………………………………………….2. How was the garden?…………………………………………………………….3. What did they do on a spacious piece of grassland?……………………………………………………………..4. When did they all take a rest?……………………………………………………………..5. How did they all feel?………………………………………………………………

They travel there by bus

It was quiet and peaceful

They played a lot of games

They took a short rest after a delicious mealThey all felt happy

III. Post-listening.Talk about the weekend picnic you enjoyed the most using the following suggestions:

- When - Where - Means of transport - What activities - Feelings