Listening Lesson Plan
Title: A Healthy Lifestyle
Instructor: Kim Jeom soon		Level: Pre-Intermediate		Number of students: 10	Length: 45 min
Materials: - Listening CD - Pictures of exercises - Listening worksheet 1 - Discussion Question handouts
Aims: - Students will practice listening for the main idea by checking predictions and answering questions. - Students will practice listening for details by filling in blanks. - Students will practice conversational discourse through discussion and answering questions. - Students will practice speaking by discussing with group members.
Language Skills: Listening: checking predictions, answering questions Speaking: discussion, prediction Reading: gap fill worksheet Writing: dictation
Language Systems: Lexis: shape, physical, cut back, fridge, cardiovascular, spoil, abandon Phonology: drilling pronunciation Discourse: discussion, answering questions
Assumptions about Students: Students are pre-intermediate in level. Students know present perfect. Students will be interested in a healthy lifestyle.
Possible Problems and Solutions: If there's not enough time, omit the main idea II questions, or quickly give students the answers for the details listening activity. If there's too much time, do the language awareness activity for contractions. If students have trouble doing the details gap fill, then pause the dialogue between sentences. If the CD player does not work, read the script to students.
References: http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/unit4_friends_qu.htm The book, 'Speaking Listening Expression'
Lead-in
Time	Set Up		Description of activities
3 min 1 min	Whole class Whole class		1. Elicit for the topic "Today, we're going to talk about a healthy lifestyle. What sports do you play? How often? What sport would you like to learn or participate in? When do you go to the gym? Have ever gone on a diet? What did you eat? What did you avoid? What kinds of aerobic and cardiovascular exercise do you get? do you ever take a jazz dance, aerobics, a kickboxing, or yoga class? Would you like to? 2. Introduce the dialogue "Today, we're going to listen a dialogue about a healthy lifestyle. You'll listen to a man and woman talking about excercise.
Pre-activity
Time	Set Up		Description of activities
8 min 3min	Whole class Alone		3. Teach vocabulary (shape, physical, cut back, fridge, cardiovascular, spoil, abandon) A. give the definition. B. Drill the pronunciation. C. Write the word on the board. D. Teach the intonation. E. Ask concept checking questions. F. Get 1 or 2 students to make a sentence with each word. Shape (noun)- The shape of an object, a person, or area is the appearance of their outside edges or surfaces. CCQs. How do you stay in shape? Is she in good shape? Physical(noun) - Physical means that body can be touched and seen. CCQs. Do you do any other physical activities? What kinds of physical activities do usually do? Cut back(phrasal verb) - Cut back means that you reduce something. CCQs. Have you ever cut back? Do you know any good cut back food? Fridge(noun) - A fridge is a large metal container which is kept cool. CCQs. Could you close the fridge? Can I put this watermelon in the fridge? Cardiovascular(noun) - Cardiovascular means relating to the heart and blood vessels. CCQs. Have you ever checked the cardiovascular exam? Abadon(verb) - in this case " give up"the idea CCQs. Did you have to abandon to build a house? Have you ever told someone not to abandon your future? Spoil - Spoil means to damage seriously. CCQs. Do you think "spare the rod and spoil the child"? Have you ever spoiled your plan? 4. Prediction(gap fill) "We're going to listen to a dialogue between a man and woman. Look at your worksheet. It's not complete. Fill in the blanks." ICQs Do you fill in the blanks now or after listening? Feedback Look at the picture. These are the 2 speakers that you will listen to. What do you think their personality is like? What does the man want do? What is the woman's main concern?
Main Activity
Time	Set Up		Description of activities
3 min 2 min 3 min 4 min 7 min 3 min	Alone Whole class Alone Pairs Alone Whole class		5. Listen for the Main Idea 1 "Listen and check your predictions. Write the correct words in the spaces." Feedback Check the answers. Ask, "What does the man want to do? What is the woman's main concern? 6. Listen for the main idea II " Listen again. This time, check the correct sentence. Only one is correct. ICQs Are A and B both true? Feedback "check your answers with a partner. Discuss the questions in section number 4." 7. Listen for Details. " Now we're going to listen for details. Turn to page 24. Look at the dialogue. It's missing words. Listen and fill in the blank. Demonstrate the first answer. You may listen 2 times. ICQs What are you supposed to do? How many times will you listen? Feedback Check the answers as a whole class after the representatives fill out the profile sheets. Listen to the tracks one last time. If there is anything missing: pause the CD right there and let students say it out loud.
Post-activity
Time	Set Up		Description of activities
5 min 1 min	Groups Whole Class		8. Discussion "Work in groups of three. Discuss these questions about A Healthy Lifestyle for 4 minutes. You don't need to take notes." Is regular exercise essential for health and happiness? What do you think is the most serious health problem? What exercise is the best for you? Feedback Correct mistakes overheard while monitoring. Pick some students to share the results of their discussion. 9. closing "Today topic was A Healthy Lifestyle. We learned a healthy lifestyle vocabularies and listened to a healthy lifestyle dialogue. Of all the people you know, who leads the healthiest lifestyle? And the least healthy lifestyle? What are your lifestyle like? Today you have a homework that is think about more your healthy lifestyle. ^*^~~~