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HOW DO I TEACH “LISTENING PRACTICE?”

What is “Listening Practice?” The Listening Practice activity serves several purposes. First, it’s a chance for students to practice listening to native English speakers from three different countries. Next, it’s a chance to hear a model conversation that brings together all three parts of a unit. Finally, this activity introduces additional “useful expressions” that can be used to make conversations even more natural sounding. What is the point? • Hearing a model conversation in three accents raises awareness that English does not belong to any one country. Noticing slight variations between each version helps raise awareness of how English is spoken in the USA, UK, and Australia. From here, teachers can point to other varieties of world Englishes if they like. • Students can benefit from a model that exemplifies all of the language taught in the unit . In this way, the Listening Practice task helps prepare students for the free conversation tasks that follow. • The Useful Expressions give students more options for expressing themselves in addition to helping them comprehend the dialogs. These expressions highlight numerous set phrases that commonly come up within the context of each topic.

How do I teach this activity? 1. Tell students that they will hear the following dialog three times, in three different accents. Have them listen and fill in the missing words. 2. Have the students repeat the Useful Expressions after you. 3. Play the three audio tracks in succession while students listen and write in their answers. 4. Go over the answers with the students. They should not worry too much about spelling- the main point is that they try their best. 5. In pairs, have students read the dialog aloud. 6. (optional) Ask students if they noticed any differences between each version. Give them a moment in pairs to come up with any examples. Go over the differences on the board, including how certain words are pronounced. These differences are highlighted in the audio transcripts in this book. For some fun, have the students repeat after the recordings, trying to match the different accents. How long will it take? About 8 to 10 minutes , depending on how long you spend going over any differences between each version.

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