LISTENING LESSON PLAN

Time: 20 min.

Level: Intermediate

Gender: F/M

Age: 15 - 18

Materials: Pictures, Handouts

Interaction: Ss-Ss, T-Ss

Assumptions: The Ss know most of the grammatical patterns and words in the
text (simple present, past and future tenses, should and would modal verbs,
if clauses) so they can understand the text.

Anticipated Problems: The students may have difficulty in catching some

words in the text while listening. In addition, the students who aren’t
interested in the subject may not want to participate in the lesson. These
students could get involved in the activities with the help of games, puzzles,
etc.

OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, the students

1. will have improved their listening and speaking skills.

2. will have practiced listening for gist and for specific information.

3. will have had some idea about tipping in different countries.

PRE-LISTENING

Time: 4 min.

Materials: --

Interaction: Ss-Ss, T-Ss

What the students do: The Ss are asked to talk about the differences between
countries and to share their opinions and personal experiences related to the
topic.

Grouping: Whole class and pair work

Aims:
- To motivate the Ss to get to the topic
- To arouse interest/curiosity about the topic
- To prepare the Ss for listening
- To give the Ss an idea about what they are going to listen
- To have the Ss be familiar with the listening text

Steps:
1. The teacher starts by asking the Ss some questions: “Who has been
abroad before?” and “Who wants to be in a different country?”. The Ss
share their experiences or opinions.
2. The teacher says that there are some differences between countries and
asks the Ss what these differences could be.
3. The teacher asks the Ss to discuss these differences between countries
with their partners in thirty seconds. Then the Ss share their opinions.
4. If the teacher gets the answer she wants –tipping-, she goes on with the
first listening activity. However, if she doesn’t get the answer-tipping-, she
helps the Ss to find this difference with the help of hang-man game.

WHILE LISTENING

Time: 10 min. (5 min. for each section)

Materials: Pictures, Handouts

Interaction: T-Ss

What the students do: The Ss try to understand the listening text and do the
exercises related to the topic.

Grouping: Whole class

Aims:
- To have students understand the listening context clearly

LISTENING FOR GIST (5 min.)

Aims:
- To have the Ss understand the main idea of the listening text
- To get the Ss to understand the text in general

Steps:
1. The teacher asks the Ss whether they want to learn some differences in
tipping in the USA and the UK.
2. The teacher says that there is a conversation between a woman, Ruth who
is from the USA, and a man, Graham who is from the UK. She writes the
names and countries on the board.
3. The teacher asks the Ss to guess the people who will be mentioned to tip
in the conversation and the Ss share their opinions.
4. They listen to the conversation, take notes while listening and check their
answers.
5. After the first listening, the Ss tell the people mentioned in the text and the
teacher shows the pictures of these people, sticks them and write the
answers on the board.

LISTENING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION(5 min.)

Aims:
- To get the Ss to understand the text in detail.
- To get the Ss to have specific information about the text.

Steps:
1. The teacher asks the Ss some questions: “How much do people tip
restaurant staff in the USA?” , “How much do people tip taxi drivers in the
UK?”.
2. As the Ss miss these points while listening, the teacher asks the Ss to
listen to the conversation again in order to answer these questions.
3. The teacher gives the Ss a chart to complete with the words, phrases or
sentences in the envelopes while they are listening.
4. They listen to the conversation again and try to complete the chart.
5. After the second listening, they check their answers.
POST LISTENING

Time: 6 min.

Materials: --

Interaction: Ss-Ss

What the Students do: They discuss with their partners tipping in Turkey, write
their opinions and share them with the class.

Grouping: Pair work

Aims:
- To improve their writing and speaking skills
- To help the students integrate what they have learnt from the text into
their existing knowledge.

Steps:
1. The teacher asks the Ss their opinions about tipping in Turkey.
2. The teacher asks them to discuss tipping in Turkey with their partners and
to write their opinions and then share with the class.

Munise ÖZTÜRK
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