These following activities were created to you!!! Thinking in help you with the hard part of English listening. I hope you enjoy the different tasks you have to develop, you will find songs, movies, videos, news and interviews which help you to improve and increase the competence in this skill

Students have to create a role play based on a break news report

Watch the video of the breaking new report, listen carefully and answer the following questions

While you are watching answer these questions

1. what king of story is often at the beginning of a news program?

2. what kind of reports are often in the middle?3. what kind of story is often at the end?

Socialize your answers with the group and organize the schema of the news taking into account the running order

Complete the given task on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/7499484.stm worksheets 5.1 and 5.2

In groups of 3, students following the given tips are going to create his/her own breaking news report including different sections such as international, sport, science, gossip, t.v guide etc

Make the script of your own news taking into account the given worksheet you can watch the following video to help you http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/resources_for_teachers/8472052.stm

Be as creative as possible!!! Follow the steps given in the video and present your

script. When your news is ready and mistakes are checked by the teacher your news can be recorded you can watch the following link and have an idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I8bQ-lKda5U

Once your news is recorded you can upload to the red and enjoy the work you have made

News’ tip to create good news http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/

7499484.stm How to create a break news report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/

resources_for_teachers/8472052.stm Examples of activities http://www.youtube.com/watch?

feature=player_embedded&v=I8bQ-lKda5U

During the class the learners will be given tasks in order to improve listening skills. The students progress will be shown in the assessment table which evaluate them according to the standards and the level

CATEGORY STARTERS (1 point)

MOVERS (3 points)

GRADERS (5 Points)

Video how Edward tips My lack of vocabulary doesn’t allow me to understand information from the video

I understand the 8o% of information from the video

Understand essential information from the video which help me to answer the worksheets

Worksheets I couldn’t complete all the exercises from the worksheet because It is was complicated to infer the information from the listening exercise

I commit some mistakes answering the task but the general idea from the video was clear

The video help me to answer the task given in the worksheets

Breaking news

Stories

Planning

Filming

I couldn’t create the new according to the steps given on the video

It was difficult to plan the news because I didn’t understand what I have to do according to the tips presented

The steps for the news’ construction are not evident

The stories I create have some grammatically mistakes but the main idea is evident

Planning the script of the news was not too easy but the video, the tips and my classmates help me

The news’ presentations have some mistakes related to preparation and the given scheme

The stories created to the news report follows the tips given in the videos

The script of the news follow the steps giving in the video including the tips from the conductor

The news’s organization and preparation reveals the scheme form the video

Listening is one of the receptive skill which needs to be develop in the classroom, with the previous activities hopefully you improve your listening skill continue practicing this type of exercises that will help you to increase your language vocabulary