View Content #22388
Contentid | 22388 |
---|---|
Content Type | 4 |
Title | What did he/she say? Setting up a date |
Body | Renée Marshall is an International Programs Specialist at CASLS. As a teacher one of the most difficult tasks I find are listening tasks. How often in our every day lives do we listen to something and then answer multiple choice questions about it? Not very often. But that is what we ask our language learners to do most of the time after listening to something. Typically, we use information we gain from listening in order to do something—make a decision, write a paper, respond. This activity has students listen to a voice message from a new date and craft a response. The activity incorporates use of LinguaFolio Online (LFO) but can be used without it. Learning objectives: Students will be able to…
Modes: Interpretive listening and Interpersonal communication - Novice-Mid Materials needed: Handout, devices or computers to upload recording to LFO (if using), two voice messages Procedure:
Notes/Adaptations: It might be hard to find a voice message, so you will most likely have to make two of them yourself, with a greeting and then an invitation to a date, including time, date and location, as well as a closing. If your students are younger and you don’t want to use a dating site, you could just say a new friend and use some other chatting website/application. |
Source | CASLS Activity of the Week |
Inputdate | 2016-12-29 11:59:37 |
Lastmodifieddate | 2017-01-23 04:00:18 |
Expdate | Not set |
Publishdate | 2017-01-23 02:15:04 |
Displaydate | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 |
Active | 1 |
Emailed | 1 |
Isarchived | 0 |