{"id":2168,"date":"2020-10-07T07:21:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T07:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2168"},"modified":"2024-07-11T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:05:13","slug":"listening-activity-ideas","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/blog\/listening-activity-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Top 5 Listening Activity Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<h2 style=\"text-align:left;font-size:32px;color:#1e3466;font-family:'Nunito',Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:400;\" class=\"ts-custom-heading \" >1. Snap<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ts-list ts-list-style-icon ts-list-icon-color-skincolor ts- ts-icon-skincolor ts-list-textsize- ts-list-icon-library-fontawesome\"><li><i class=\"ts-skincolor fa fa-caret-right\"><\/i>  <span class=\"ts-list-li-content\">Ask the learners to pair up and, depending on their level, give them a set of cards containing words, expressions or short sentences.<\/span><\/li><li><i class=\"ts-skincolor fa fa-caret-right\"><\/i>  <span class=\"ts-list-li-content\">Play the recording and whenever they hear the given item, ask them to find that card on the table and call out <strong>\u201cSnap!\u201d<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li><li><i class=\"ts-skincolor fa fa-caret-right\"><\/i>  <span class=\"ts-list-li-content\"> Who is the quickest and most accurate?  \n<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h2 style=\"text-align:left;font-size:32px;color:#1e3466;font-family:'Nunito',Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:400;\" class=\"ts-custom-heading \" >2. Sequencing<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the cards from the previous task or by providing them with all the sentences from the listening material, the learners\u2019 task is to put these cards into the order they hear them. Always let them listen to the recording at least twice; firstly, to work on the task and secondly, to check their work.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<h2 style=\"text-align:left;font-size:32px;color:#1e3466;font-family:'Nunito',Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:400;\" class=\"ts-custom-heading \" >3. Picture dictation<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Who says that a recording must be part of a listening activity?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one is similar to an information gap activity but, in this case, only the teacher has got all the information. The teacher describes a picture and the learners attempt to recreate it. This exercise can be perfectly tailored to the learners\u2019 needs and is suitable, no matter what the topic is.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<h2 style=\"text-align:left;font-size:32px;color:#1e3466;font-family:'Nunito',Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:400;\" class=\"ts-custom-heading \" >4. Listen and act it out<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if it\u2019s a story or just a set of instructions, this activity is good for both improving the learners\u2019 listening as well as assessing their comprehension skills.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;highlight-box&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;b16strong_blue&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the learners listen to the recording or your instructions, ask them to act out what they hear. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This activity can be great fun.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<h2 style=\"text-align:left;font-size:32px;color:#1e3466;font-family:'Nunito',Arial,Helvetica;font-weight:400;\" class=\"ts-custom-heading \" >5. Storytelling Bingo<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write some of the target vocabulary on the board and ask your students to draw a Bingo Card on which they can write some of the words. Start a story with some of the target vocabulary items. The students have to cross out the items they hear in the story. Then the teacher lets a student choose a vocabulary item and continue the story.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ts-vc_btn3-container  primaryButton ts-vc_btn3-center\"><a class=\"ts-vc_general ts-vc_btn3 ts-vc_btn3-size-md ts-vc_btn3-shape-round ts-vc_btn3-style-flat ts-vc_btn3-weight-yes ts-vc_btn3-color-skincolor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BOOKRClass\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Started<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we would like to improve our listening skills, we tend to rely mostly on the same classic activities such as true-or-false and gap-filling exercises. However, if you\u2019d like to spice up your toolkit of regular activities, join us and read our tips!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8860,"template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[80,61,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookrs-recommendation","category-teaching","category-tips-tricks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/2168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11938,"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/2168\/revisions\/11938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookrclass.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}