Activities there May 21-D.indd - The Curriculum Project

6.4 DictoglossPurpose: students listen, write andcheck their writing for accuracya. Read or play the text at normal speed.Practicalities: all students need tob. Read or play the text again. Pause after every hear the text clearlyparagraph so students can record the importantinformation. They should not write word for word - they should use their own words.c. Read with pauses again. Repeat this a third time if necessary.d. Show students the original text. Individually or in pairs, they compare this to their versions.Discuss as a class different ways students have expressed the same meanings.6.5 Spot the Mistakesa. Prepare a reading text with different informationfrom a listening text. Make copies for the students,or write it on the board.b. Read the correct version of the text aloud. Studentsspot the mistakes in the written version.Purpose: students listen for detail andidentify wrong informationPracticalities: all students need tohear the text clearlyPreparation: prepare a reading textwith some incorrect statementsTo make it easier, write the words on the board so students can choose between themThis activity is useful after one of the pre-teaching vocabulary activities in Section 2.Wangari Maathai receivedthe Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She was bornin Kenya in 1940. She taught biology at university,and joined the National Council of Women of Kenya.In 1976 she founded the ‘Green Belt’ movement. Thismovement encouraged poor women in Africato plant 30 million trees.6.6 Gap-fill Listening Texta. Read the text to the students, with some key wordsmissing. Instead of saying the key words, say beepor ping.b. Students listen and write the text, filling the gapswith key words.Wangari Maathai received theNobel Peace Prize in 1904. Shewas born in the UK in 1940. Shetaught history at university,and joined the InternationalCouncil of Women of Kenya. In1976 she founded the ‘GreenTree’ movement. This movementencouraged poor women in Americato plant 30 thousand trees.Purpose: students listen for detail andadd key wordsPracticalities: all students need tohear the text clearlyPreparation: delete key words froma textTo make it easier, write the words on the board so students can choose between themThis activity is useful after one of the pre-teaching vocabulary activities in Section 2.flooded populated diseasedrought disaster drownedBangladesh, one of themost ping countries in the world, suffersfrom frequent natural ping , such as floods,cyclones, ping , landslides and earthquakes. In 1998almost 70% of the country was ping , and 30 millionpeople had to leave their homes. During this timemore than a thousand people pingor died from ping .Page 17