Listening
Listening 6 - ELP:
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Learning Objectives:
By the end of this class I can:
distinguish between main ideas and supporting details in familiar, standard texts.
follow the main points in TV programs on familiar topics if delivered in clear standard speech.
follow recorded instructions and information given on a phone-delivered service.
infer speaker's opinions in conversations on familiar everyday topics.
follow many films in which visuals and action carry much of the storyline.
recognize that a joke has been made, even if the meaning is not fully understood.
follow detailed directions.
understand the key points about a radio program on a familiar topic.
recognize examples and their relation to the idea they support.
understand advice and instructions for resolving a problem with a product or piece of equipment.
extract the meaning of unknown words from context if the topic discussed is familiar.
generally follow rapid or extended speech, but may require repetition or clarification.
follow most of a clearly structured presentation within their own field.
deduce the general meaning of a passage from context in a longer, structured text.
understand a large part of many TV programs on familiar topics.
understand problem and solution relationships in informal conversation.
recognize misunderstandings without explicit prompting.
Tasks
C/ Community access tasks: Listen to a 2-3 minute discussion of new trends and products by two consumer product experts. Recall 70% information : identify 7 out of 10 important points. Follow main ideas and essential details in a meeting of a familiar small group or team (school, community). Listen to oral instructions (e.g., on how to unclog a sink drain), follow visual aids, take notes. Repeat the information back in detail. Understand oral directions / explanations given over the phone on how to change planes at a large international airport, while looking at a map / diagram. Take notes. Repeat the information back in detail.
S / Study / Academic tasks: Dictation: write down 10 expressions concerning the concepts of rate, ratios, percentage and proportion. Identify key language in the use of coordinates to describe positions of objects in two dimensions. Identify key language in the descriptions of motion in transformations (slide, turn, flip). Identify key language in describing spatial relations of 2-D and 3-D objects. Identify details in number operations in solving mathematical money problems. Identify details in a text about decimal numbers and standard units of measure (mass / weight, length, volume, time). Identify a short piece of information about the characteristics of a plant, animal, object, energy and matter from an oral presentation.
Identify details in orally stated predictions of outcomes from experiments. Identify a short piece of information about the characteristics of Canadian cities, other geographical locations or communities, governments, institutions or population, from an oral presentation. Identify a short piece of information in a fragment of a Canadian short story, poem, non-fiction presented orally. Predict outcomes in a Canadian short story, poem, non-fiction presented orally.
W / Workplace tasks: Respond to short instructional videos in the workplace training. Follow shipping / loading / unloading instructions. Move furnishings and other items, and place them exactly as directed. . Follow instructions from the supervisor on what to do next, changes in scheduling or assembly procedure. Follow comments on what is wrong and must be corrected. Follow instructions and details in coordinating teamwork. Follow instructions from an inspector about the specifications on an operation sheet: check data off. Identify main ideas and essential details presented in a meeting of a familiar small group or team at work. Take simple routine food orders by phone. Listen to information on what training is available.