PRODUCING LISTENING MATERIALS FOR KS4 & 5

WORKSHOP

JON MEIER

3 minutes – think about your experience with GCSE and A-Level pupils so far

What are the main areas of difficulty that English pupils encounter when trying to speak the language?

What would they find difficult when listening to the language?

GCSE Topic AreasSpecific vocabulary

transferable grammar and phrases+ visual support

family and pets

house, home, daily routine, bedroom, helping at home

school, education, part time jobs, future training and jobs

travel, transport, holidays, weather, local customs, abroad vs UK, school tripsaccommodation

famous people– my hero

town, local area, environment,shops & shopping,pocket money

leisure: sports, healthy lifestyles, fitness, food and drink

leisure &hobbies (non sport): media interests: music, gaming, reading, film, TV, cinema, mobile phones, Facebook

Typical A-Level Topic AreasSpecific vocabulary

transferable grammar and phrases

Cultural comparisons with UK

+ visual support

Youth culture and concerns Relationships (family/friendships and peer pressure) Drink, smoking & drugs FashionMarriage & the familyGeneration gap

Lifestyle: health and fitness Sport and exercise Food and diet Health issues (egsmoking, skin cancer, health services)

The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and the (French)-speaking world Tourist information, travel and transport Weather (eg natural disasters, climate change) Pollution and recycling

Education and employment Education (schooling and higher education) Education policy and student issues The world of work (egthe changing work scene,job opportunities and unemployment)

Media & TechnologyMusicblogs/mobile phones/internet/games)Cinema &TVAdvertising

Typical A2-Level Topic Areas

Develop the previous ones in more depth

PLUS……

World eventsEuropeHuman rights, Equality (gender, race)

EnvironmentPollution, energy, ecology

Multicultural issuesImmigration, integration, racism

Social issuesWealth & poverty,law and order, technology and innovation

Cultural topicRegion/

communityPeriod of 20thC historyAuthor, poet, dramatist, Director, musician, artist

GCSE Listening Common Question types

Vocab matchInformation gap Who says whatNotes on Advantages & disadvantagesInference of meaning (synonyms & gist comprehension)Comprehension answers in English

Example of a GCSE Listening Task

A2 French Listening Sample (AQA 2010)

Transcript is on next slide

Sample A2 Listening (AQA)

Handouts –useful tips

Resources to look at

EuronewsYahoo- France - insoliteAshcombeschool – video clips: http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/curriculum/modlang/index_students.htm

Youtubelearning

The power of video – look at this Chinese lesson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCWK6yy914&feature=related

3 minutes – think about your experience with GCSE and A-Level pupils so far

How could you design listening tasks to help them?

The best PRACTICE material has visual support – so you could use Powerpoint+ commentaryAUDIOAudacity – audio recording and conversion to mp3Aviary – online audio recording tool – needs sign-up (you can sign up via existing gmail, Facebook or Twitter account)

Fotobabble –upload a photo and add your own audio e.g: http://verulamvle.typepad.com/y8german/2011/01/fotobabbles.html

Zshare offers audio file hosting

VIDEOUpload your videos to Youtube, vimeo etc Windows Movie Makeri-Movie

The following also let you use Greenscreen (Chroma Key) : Final Cut/ Premiere Pro Pinnacle Studio (PC) I Can Present (Mac)

SMARTPHONE & MOBILE DEVICESe.g. I-pad voice recorder Also have a look at I-pad AUTOCUE teleprompt+ ispeech TTS

EITHER

A) Record a lively, entertaining interview full of relevant language (add visuals / use greenscreen if you feel brave)

ORB) Find a website of a school/town (maybe one you know)Write a video tour or interview with quiz questions based on the webpage

ORC) Write & record your own text + questions – make it fun challenging and relevant. The questions should also be recorded & should help comprehension

CHOICE OF 3 TASKS aim at either KS4 or KS5