Act as a teacher and introduce a listening activity with the following instructions. Read them and then fill in the blanks

Introducing a listening activity

Doing some activity in the classroom a teacher should be sure that his instructions are clear to his pupils. The classroom instructions given below may come handy for a young teacher. Study them attentively and practise introducing activities of your own.

The following useful language may come handy.

Talk about one or two of the points below with your partner or partners.

Complete the short summary of the article.

Look at the list below of words and expressions from or based on the article. Put a tick next to those which you might use to talk about a lesson you enjoyed, and a cross next to those you might use to refer to a lesson you found difficult. Then compare your answers with a partner. Explain your choice.

concentrate pencil-grabbing

disruption bad behaviour

water-throwing hard-working

praise Well done!

interest favorable atmosphere

appropriate teaching methods labelling pupils

encouragement teacher’s pets

v Text Comprehension

Some researchers initially (1) ………… how often teachers touched their pupils. They then (2) ………… the teachers to touch their pupils (3) …………. when they praised them. They found that in the classes in which teachers touched (4) ……………. they praised, the pupils’ (5) …………. increased dramatically and description in the class (6) …………….

v Talking points

· What do you think about the results of this experiment?

· Why, according to the article, does patting have such an effect?

· Do you think patting would have the same effect with secondary age or adult students?

· Do/Would you pat your students? Why/Why not?

Asking about Regret

ü What would you have done differently if…?

ü Do you (ever) regret…?

ü Do you have any regrets about…?

ü Do you ever wish you hadn’t…?

Expressing Lack of Regret

ü I have no regrets about …

ü Looking back, I’m glad I …

ü If I hadn’t …, I wouldn’t have (been able to) …

ü I’ve never regretted (doing …)

ü I wouldn’t change a thing (about …).

ü … was the best thing I ever did.

Expressing of Regret

ü In retrospect, I wish …

ü With hindsight, I should / could / would …

ü I really should have known better.

ü If I could turn back the clock, I …

ü If I could go back in time, I …

ü If I knew then what I know now, I …

ü I’d like to have (done) …

ü I regret not (doing) …

ü I have to confess that I often wish I had (n’t) …

Ø CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS

“OK, now this time we’re going to listen 1)…… the excerpt again but in greater detail. I want 2)…… to 3)………..the summary of the excerpt as you listen. OK? That’s right, fill 4)…. the blanks in this passage.

Now, before you listen again, 5)………. you read the summary to make 6)……… you understand it and to know what you’re listening 7)…….? If there are any words you don’t understand, just 8)……… me.”

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