Listening, Thinking and Acting
Virtual Language Resource Center
San Carlos IED - Alejandro Obregón School - Enrique Olaya Herrera School
Bogotá - Colombia 2015 - 2019
Listening to, thinking and sharing ideas and views!
2. Consulting about Listening skills
As the lessons proposed Listening activties, there are some basic skills you are going to work on.
We suggest you to explore about them.
- Listening for gist.
- Listening for specific information
- Listening for detailed understanding
Consult the following sites:
Learning English Online
Teaching Learning tool Kit
Identify the concept of each listening skill, which will be applied during the Lesson.
Introduction
How much do you know about conflicts that affect adolescents in other parts of the world? Every day in many countries and cities around the world, adolescents face multiple conflicts, which derive from national and international social issues. In this activity, you will:
Initial Activities
1. Self-Introduction.
We invite you to share your personal information in the FORUM tab. there you are expected to provide information, as follows:
FULL NAME:
AGE:
SCHOOL:
GRADE:
NEIGHBOORHOOD:
YOUR FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT:
YOUR FAVORITE ACTIVITIES:
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT PERSONALITY FEATURES.
Additionally, there you will find a PDF doc. where you will have the opportunity to share some of your ideas about Teens citizenship ideas, such as civic Participation.
Instructions are provided there in the FORUM tab.
Matching words and terms to their meanings.
Through this activity you will be in contact with words that connect to citizenship and Civic engagement. They will be used in the following activities.
What did you learn?
Write your comments on this activity in the Forum Section: Pre-Listening activities
Keep in mind that this vocabulary will help you understand the content in the While -listening activity. GO AHEAD.
My Personal Reflection
How can adolescents get engaged in Civic activties to achieve in their commnuties better conditions of life?
Have your reflection ready for your Collaborative work in Lesson 2.
Pre -listening Activities
We invite you to listen and watch the video on the experience of Malala Yousafzai. Through this report you are going to become familiar with the story of Malala, a brave and courageous girl who stands up for girls' Rights in her country.
Malala`s story: What is happening in Pakistan?
Write your answer in the Forum
and comment on two of your partners' answers.
You will watch the report and reflect on it. Answer the accompanying questions and share your answers in the Forum. While you watch the video, have in mind these questions:
1. What are Malala's main goals in her life?
2. What is the main social conflict in Malala's country?
Questionnaire
Now, listen again to this report and select the best possible answers
In order to access this activity, you must register, writing your First name and Last name in order to access this activity at http://www.quia.com/. There are ten (10) questions and three (3) possible answers for each question. You have to select only one. The audio is available in each item, so that you can listen to the report as many times as possible if you need to.
Quia offers a feedback chart where you will check your results. This will help you self-assess your understanding of content of the story presented in the video and the audio.
While -listening Activities
Which are Malala's key ideas?
Reflecting on Malala's life experience.
1.Write a brief reflection about Malala's experience and share it in the Forum.
Have into account the following issues:
Do you agree with Malala's decision to stand up for education and Peace Rights in her country? Explain why.
What forms of participation may young people have in your country, Colombia, in order to stand up for their Rights
Post your answers in:
2.Post-Listening activity. Civic participation-based vocabulary.
Now, let's work on more vocabulary that is useful to increase our ability to understand and create our own texts.
Remember that all your reflections will be used in the design of your final product: The Collaborative video.
Get ready for Lesson 2!
Good Luck and enjoy your English learning process.
Through the link Listening and identifying key words, you will access to a paragraph that aims to let you know have additional practice regarding the terms you worked in the ACTIVITY 1 and the Video on Malala’s story.
Before answering in the website, listen to the paragraph carefully, and make an effort to identify the missing words to fill in the blank spaces.
After-listening Activities
Stage 1 (Week one)
Here, you will be able to listen to and answer information questions on the events around the world where children and Teens have a central role.
You will also have specific instructions, so that the tasks may be done adequately.
Recognize and apply listening strategies used when watching/listening to short audiovisuals (videos)