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e - Diego acevedo
Valentina Riquelm
 Do Now
spoken pictionary (5 mins)

I will say some words and you need

to guess what do they relate to.

You need to answer in English!

 (1 min)

What do all the answers

have in common?

basketball, rapping, reading, baseball

 OBJECTIVE:
Students should be able to identify information about sports
and free time activities from a listening text.

Menu for today:

predict: the best tip
guided practice: using strategies
independent practice: listening activity

PREDICT!
In the instructions, you will know
the topic of the text you will
listen to.
Listening (5 mins)
How do you feel when you
have to do a listening activity?

Take this opportunity to predict

How can you improve your
You won't feel as anxious
listening skill?
because you will be prepared

 Listening strategies (2 mins)

The most important steps:

Read the questions Underline keywords

You will know exactly what

you need to pay attention
to while listening.
 Guided practice (8 mins)
You will hear a girl talking about her hobby: dancing to kpop

Besides being able to express herself, what

When did she start to dance?
else does she like about dancing kpop?
a) at her second year at university
a) the people clapping for her
b) in 2018
b) the sparkly makeup, outfits and hairstyles
c) when she entered university
c) listening to her favourite music

TRUE OR FALSE
She changed her hair colour because of kpop idols

She hates performing in front of people

 Guided practice
Answer key
Besides being able to express herself, what
When did she start to dance?
else does she like about dancing kpop?
a) at her second year at university
a) the people clapping for her
b) in 2018
b) the sparkly makeup, outfits and hairstyles
c) when she entered university
c) listening to her favourite music

TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE She changed her hair colour because of kpop idols

FALSE She hates performing in front of people

 Independent practice (10 mins)
You will listen to an audio about whether videogaming should be
considered a sport.

1- What is the traditional definition of “sport”?
a) a game, competition or activity
b) an athletic activity that has rules and players
c) a physical and skillful activity that you do for
fun
2- What skills can you improve by playing video
games?
a) teamwork, problem solving and responsibility
b) coordination, concentration and multitasking
c) concentration, leadership and time management

4- Why could e-sports events compete with the super

3- Why is video gaming similar to chess? bowl?
a) because both are competitive and popular a) because viewership in these tournaments is really high
b) because both are slow and don’t require exercise b) because the prizes are better
c) because both are international and difficult c) because tennis, baseball and basketball aren’t popular
enough
 Independent practice
You will listen to an audio about whether videogaming should be
considered a sport.

5- What was the intention of the speaker?

a) to inform about sports and their impact on the audience
b) to analyze why video gaming should or not be considered a sport
c) to inform about the differences between video games and chess

 Answer key
1- What is the traditional definition of “sport”?
a) a game, competition or activity
b) an athletic activity that has rules and players
c) a physical and skillful activity that you do for
fun
3- Why is video gaming similar to chess?
a) because both are competitive and popular
b) because both are slow and don’t require exercise b) because the prizes are better
c) because both are international and difficult
2- What skills can you improve by playing video
games?
a) teamwork, problem solving and responsibility
b) coordination, concentration and multitasking
c) concentration, leadership and time management
4- Why could e-sports events compete with the super
bowl?
a) because viewership in these tournaments is really high
c) because tennis, baseball and basketball aren’t popular
enough
 Answer key

5- What was the intention of the speaker?

a) to inform about sports and their impact on the audience
b) to analyze why video gaming should or not be considered a sport
c) to inform about the differences between video games and chess

 Exit Ticket (5 mins)

Considering what the video explained,

do you consider video gaming a sport?
Why/why not?