Asking/Answering Questions

Questions to the text.

Students listen to text and answer questions.

e.g.

What jobs do these people do?

a Donald Agnus c Neil Allinson

b Anne Barnett d Eddie Hibbert

Post-listening activities Dramatizing

Listening skit.

The teacher composes a short skit; a group of students is selected to be the characters of the skit. They listen to the detailed instructions and follow them.

e.g.

The waiter, hold a pad of paper in your left hand and a pencil in your right hand. Adjust your apron. Ask in a nervous voice: May I take your order?

Dramatizing a dialogue.

Students act out a conversation.

e.g.

An Interesting Film.

Mrs. Kim:	Hello, Bill. Hello, Lynn.
Bill:	Hi, Mrs. Kim. Is Jim in?
Lynn:	Is he coming with us to the film?
Mrs. Kim:	Oh, Jim's sick.
Bill:	Here he is! Hi, Jim.
Lynn:	Are you sick, Jim?
Jim:	Is it an interesting film?
Lynn:	It's Billy the Kid.
Bill:	And it begins in six minutes.
Mrs. Kim:	Jim, if you're sick…
Jim:	Quick! Or we'll miss the beginning of the film!

(taken from Ship or Sheep? by A. Baker)

Dramatizing a scene.

Students look at the script of a video and act it out.

e.g.

12:29 Interview

Chris	What's a house assembly? What does that mean?	John	A whole range of subjects. I would think that ours is very similar to most other schools. English and maths are seen to be the two most important subjects,…science, languages, art, design, drama, humanities subjects.
John	Well, my main job at school is as a housemaster. I'm responsible for 150 pupils of ages at school, and they will come over and meet in the house block.
Chris	What subjects do the children do?	Chris	What do you teach?
		John	I have a degree in history and I teach in the history department.

(from People and Places by Bob Marsden and Nick Mclver, BBC English)

Miming

One-way body language communication.

One of the students imagines that he's caught a cold and he can't speak. He is to show what he wants in different situations (at the at the airport, at the hotel, in the theatre, etc.)

e.g. I have to catch an early train tomorrow. Could you wake me up at 5.30 a.m., please?

(The idea was taken from Drama Techniques

in Language Learning by A. Maley, A. Duff)

Role-play

Act out a situation.

Students are to role play the situation.

e.g.

Role card A: You are a customer in a cake shop. You want a birthday cake for a friend. He / she is very fond of chocolate.

Role card B:You are a shop assistant in a cake shop. You have many kinds of cakes, but not chocolate cake.