Welcome to E4 Listening instructor: MeiRong Alice

1.Opening, course outline 2.Listening Tasks 3.Tips to improve listening 4.Meet your classmates 5.Real World Listening 6.Greeting and Small Talk Outline

Prediction Discussing Cooperating Listening Tasks II Brainstorming Personalizing Evaluating Assessing Practicing

Listening Tasks I 5 phonemic distinction 1 gist 2 main idea 3 inference 4 intonation, stress Listening for Purposes

Tips for improve your listening preview vocabulary, listen with a clear purpose, take notes efficiently, organize and review their notes, and apply. preview vocabulary, listen with a clear purpose, take notes efficiently, organize and review their notes, and apply.

Activate your background knowledge of topics presented Predict as you listen (topic, how people might react, what people might say)

Focus on the purpose of your listening Do care and focus on what you understand not what you don't understand Listen to each other in class Compare responses and discuss differences (if you don't get it from the CD, then try to figure out from peers' answers)

Work on the purpose of your listening NOT each word you don't comprehend. Guess meaning from context. Practice listening to English (songs, movies, TV series, magazines) outside class whenever possible.

Listening Strategy Focus Predict: Think about the ideas before listening, guess what may happen Focus: listen for key words or information Respond: Talk about what you have heard, make it personally meaningful.

Meet the class pg49 Fill in the chart page 49 Stand in a circle Walk around Music stop Introduce yourself to a classmates closest to you by using the model conversations with a partner.

Real World Listening Predict Get the main ideas Respond to the ideas

Language Awareness 1.I’d like to introduce you to my friend Alan. 2.Pleased to meet you, Alan 3.It’s nice to meet you, too, Mr. Gray. 4.Have you met Ellen? 5.No, not ye. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Ellen. 6.My name’s Bob Wells.

You ______________. Have we met before? It might have been two weeks ago, but I’m not sure. Has it been a month or a year? Look so familiar I don’t think you are from around here.

I’ve a funny feeling that I’ve met you twice. That’s what they call ___________ You were saying something friendly Trying to be nice, and now you’re being friendly, too déjà vu

One look, one word. It’s the friendliest sound that ________ Thanks for _________________. I’m glad this______________________. I’ve ever heard Your greeting Meeting occurred

Greetings and small talk. Make the world go round. One every winding road I’ve walked. This is what I’ve found.

Have you written any letters to your friends back home? Have you had a chance to do that? Have you spoken to your family on the telephone? Have you ______________ taken time for a chat?

_________________, shake hand Do whatever you do in your native land I’ll be happy to greet you in any way that you understand. Bow down

____________________ the latest movie out of Hollywood? _____________________about it yet? If you haven’t eaten dinner, are you_________________ for a meal you won’t forget? Have seen Have you read In the mood

Listen and sing alone

You look so familiar. Have we met before? I don’t think you are from around here..

It might have been two weeks ago, but I’m not sure. Has it been a month or a year?

I’ve a funny feeling that I’ve met you twice. That’s what they call déjà vu.

You were saying something friendly. Trying to be nice, and now you’re being friendly, too.

One look, one word. It’s the friendliest sound that I’ve ever heard. Thanks for your greeting. I’m glad this meeting occurred.

Greetings and small talk. Make the world go round. One every winding road I’ve walked. This is what I’ve found.

Have you written any letters to your friends back home? Have you had a chance to do that? Have you spoken to your family on the telephone? Have you taken time for a chat?

bow down, shake hand. Do whatever you do in your native land. I’ll be happy to greet you in any way that you understand.

Greetings and small talk. Make the world go round. One every winding road I’ve walked. This is what I’ve found.

Have you seen the latest movie out of Hollywood? Have you read about it yet? If you haven’t eaten dinner, are you in the mood for a meal you won’t forget?

bow down, shake hand. Do whatever you do in your native land. I’ll be happy to greet you in any way that you understand.

Greetings and small talk. Make the world go round. One every winding road I’ve walked. This is what I’ve found.