In This Module You Will

Teaching Listening
- Activities Workbook

Greetings! Welcome to the Faculty Development training module on developing foreign language listening skills. In this module, we'll be exploring a number of ways to help students develop their listening skills and improve their ability to learn a foreign language. We will begin with an examination of some commonly held beliefs about listening and discuss the importance of teaching listening skills in second language learning. We will then examine ways to teach listening. We will then take a look at sample lesson activities that can be used to develop the listening comprehension of your students.

In this module you will:

differentiate between non-participatory listening and participatory listening;
identify factors that make listening difficult;
explore effective strategies for non-participatory listening;
reflect on the three stages of the listening process: pre-listening, listening, and post-listening;
create lesson plans that use non-participatory listening in the classroom;
locate additional resources and lesson plans that use video in the classroom.

How the Module is Organized

Each lesson of the module includes a short activity briefing that introduces you to a guided practice activity that you will be asked to complete, followed by a debriefing for the activity. The activity debriefing will provide you with possible ways you might have responded to the activity, including examples of how previous participants responded to the activities during prior face-to-face versions of this workshop.

Activities Workbook

This activities workbook includes support materials for the guided practice activities, handouts, and other resources that you can print out prior to viewing the lessons. Before continuing the first lesson, you are encouraged to print or if you prefer, use this electronic copy of the activities workbook that is provided for your convenience in Microsoft Word format. It is suggested that you use your word processor to complete the guided practice activities as you proceed thru the module.

Listening Challenges

T-Chart

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Heir in the Air Vocabulary Activity

Task: As you watch this clip in the silent mode, check off words and expressions that you think will be used in this clip:

____ Air traffic controller

____ Fixed wing aircraft

____ Princess Diana’s death anniversary

____ Solo flight

____ Flying Officer

____ Personal ambition

____ Symbolic head of the Armed Forces

____ Top gun

____ Police academy

____ Earn wings

____ Terrorist attack

____ Earthquake

____ Prince Charles

____ Charter flight to Thailand

____ Action man

____ Hazing

____ Philanthropic mission

____ Royal Air Force (RAF)

____ Tense moments

Picture Captions

Listen to the news clip and write captions to the following pictures:

Caption: ______/
Caption: ______

Caption: ______/
Caption: ______

3-2-1 Strategy

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Things I found out
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Interesting Things
1
Questions I still have

Transcript of Heir in the Air

Following is a partial transcript of the listening excerpt you are about to hear. Some words and expressions in this transcript are inaccurate. As you listen, locate errors in the script and correct them.

Inaccurate Version

He lives a jet set life, but now Britain’s Prince William is set to take on the real

deal … he’s learning to fly at a Royal Air Force base in England. NBC’s Dawna Friesen is there with the latest on this. Donna, good morning to you!

Good morning, Matt. Yes, when Prince William finally becomes king, he will also become symbolic leader of the Armed Forces here in the U.K. So, he’s gonna find out what’s it all about. And that’s why he is here, at RAF Cranwell, getting a taste of life as a top gun.

He’s following both a family tradition and a personal choice. Prince William, known as Flying Officer William Wales, is earning his rewards.

That was one of these experiences when I thought – it’ll never come about.

He started training just nine days ago and already yesterday had his first solo flight. He admits to some intensive moments.

I ‘m rebuilt for playing, so, so far it looks alright. Once you get up in the air, it’s fine.

Correct Version

He lives a jet set life, but now Britain’s Prince William is set to take on the real deal – he’s learning to fly at a Royal Air Force base in England. NBC’s Dawna Friesen is there with the latest on this. Donna, good morning to you!

Good morning, Matt. Yes, when Prince William eventually becomes king, he will also become symbolic head of the Armed Forces here in the U.K. So, he’s gotta find out what’s it all about. And that’s why he is here, at RAF Cranwell, getting a taste of life as a top gun.

He’s following both a family tradition and a personal ambition. Prince William, known as Flying Officer William Wales, is earning his wings.

That was one of these experiences when I thought – it’ll never come around.

He started training just nine days ago and already yesterday had his first solo flight. He admits to some tense moments.

I ‘m rebuilt for playing, so, so far it looks alright. One you get up in the air, it’s fine.

Mind Map Activity

Listen to the news and complete the chart below:

Heir in the Air – Two Gist’s Activity

Below are two versions of the news you are about to hear. Your task is to identify which one is correct and which one is not. Highlight the inaccurate information on the incorrect version.

Version 1

Britain's Prince William is currently at the Royal Air Force base in Cranwell, England. Following family tradition, Prince William, the soon-to-be Flying Officer William Wales, is taking flying lessons from this world renowned air force academy. He's been there for four months and has already completed his first solo flight. The Prince says that he is excited to be in the air, but not used to working very hard. He looks forward every weekend to spending time with his girlfriend. Once Prince William masters fixed wing aircrafts, he will fly helicopters.

Version 2

Britain's Prince William is currently at the Royal Air Force base in Cranwell, England. Following family tradition and personal ambition in preparation for his future as King and symbolic head of the Armed Forces, Prince William, known as Flying Officer William Wales, is taking flying lessons. He started his pilot training course only nine days ago but has already made his first solo flight. The RAF put him on a shortened four-month training course, instead of the standard four years. The heir admits that this program is very intensive but he likes it. Once Prince William masters fixed wing aircrafts, he will fly helicopters. The Prince will have his weekends off, but he has to cut down on alcohol and partying.

Heir in the Air Summary Activity

Take notes during listening and create a summary of what you heard.

Notes:

Summary:

“Heir in the Air”

Vocabulary / Idiomatic Expressions

Lexical Identifier / Examples in Audio Clip
Idiomatic expressions / Jet set life
The real deal
Symbolic head
It will never come around
Shortened version
Pass some hurdles
To prove himself
Bottle to throttle rule
Reign in
Getting a taste of life
Action man
Take precautions
Family tradition
Personal ambition
Top of his class
Topic specific / Top gun
Earn his wings
Solo flight
Fixed wing
Helicopters
Tank commander
R.A.F. (Royal Air Force)
Simulated aerobatics
Front line duty
officer
Common terms / Solo
Helicopters
Parachute
Miserable
officer
Less common terms / indelibly
Stunt
Daunting
intervene
Homonyms / Heir / air
Reign / rain

Heir in the Air (transcript)

He’s following both a family tradition and a personal ambition. Prince William, known as Flying Officer William Wales, is earning his wings.

That was one of these experiences when I thought – it’ll never come around.

He started training just nine days ago and already yesterday had his first solo flight. He admits to some tense moments.

I ‘m rebuilt for playing, so, so far it looks alright. Once you get up in the air, it’s fine.

He is on a shortened version of the Royal Air Force’s standard pilot training course – just four months, instead of the usual four years.

But it will be intense, so he’ll have to work hard and he’ll have to pass some hurdles to progress to the next stage.

He’s starting on fixed wing aircraft and then will move on to helicopters.

It’s his opportunity to prove himself as a bit of an action man before he has to settle down to serious rural life.

The Prince is already an officer, trained as a tank commander, and he spent the last year in the Army. He’s following the example of his uncle, Prince Andrew, who saw front line duty flying helicopters during the Falklands war, and his father, Prince Charles, who earned his R.A.F. wings thirty-seven years ago.

It’s imprinted on my mind indelibly. But it was uh very exciting, I mean I .., I suppose I worried about it for a bit.

The Prince will have weekends off, time perhaps to spend perhaps with girlfriend Kate Middleton but he’ll has to keep the partying to a minimum. The R.A.F. has a strict bottle to throttle rule – no alcohol twelve hours before flying.

We do know that he likes to drink; so does his younger brother, Prince Harry. He’ll obviously have to reign that in now that he’s doing this specialist training. Once he earns his wings, the Prince heads off for a stint in the Navy.

Lesson Plan Design / Template

Topic
Objective (s)
Students will be able to ______(start with a verb)
Listening input / Purpose for listening
1. Type: (Interview, radio news, video, etc.)
______
2. ILR Level (0-2+): ______
3. Authentic or Simulated: ______/ Some suggestions: main idea, factual information, gist, specific details, key words, speaker’s purpose
Pre Listening
Consider – schemata, link to background knowledge, vocabulary, key words, predicting
Listening
Consider – note taking, noticing, main idea, details, purpose, listening for meaning
Post Listening (observable outcome)
Consider – ways to check listening comprehension and application to real world task