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| Title | More telephone ideas |
| Body | Here are some telephone ideas I have integrated into my listening-speaking classes: (1) Beginning level: I find telephone numbers that have pre-recorded messages. I try to choose numbers with useful information for the students, such as the local science museum. I make a tapescript with missing information, and students must listen and fill in the information about cost of tickets, where to park, hours, etc. For a more advanced class, instead of a tapescript, you could just write general questions, such as "How much does an adult have to pay to get in?", and rely on them to figure out where that information is answered in the recording. (2) Intermediate level: I have students make an audio tape for their telephone answering machine. You can also have them make a tape leaving a message about a certain activity for someone else's answering machine. (These ideas are adapted from Sue Miller's "Targeting Pronunciation.") I usually generate possible messages together in class (or in small groups), then have them turn in the written message (in case they're actually thinking of putting it on their machine - to avoid errors for real life listeners) for correction, then have them turn in the audio tape with the written message. (3) Advanced level: We find different businesses you might actually call for information, such as a car rental. In class, we generate the types of information you might want to know, and write the questions you would ask to find out that information. Then I ask them to call an actual car rental. (I tell them if the car rental asks if they want to make a reservation right then, just to tell them that the call is to gather information before making a choice.) They are supposed to ask at least 3 questions during the conversation. They turn in a report that gives the questions they asked, they answers they got, what they thought was difficult about making the call, and what went well. Stanley, K. (3 Jul. 2004). telephone class. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (8 Jul. 2004). |
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