3.2: listening strategies: context guessing

Our goal today

Starter:

Listening warm up!

Main course:

Context guessing

Dessert

Period 3

Tweede examen: datum volgt maar staat gepland vanaf P4 week 6.

First exam

Your first exam CE Reading and Listening B1 will take place on:

May 12th 2025

8.30 - 10.00

Listening warm up!

Now "take your car for a spin"

When I was in London I did not drive a van but rented a motorbike. I usually drive very carefully but now I almost caused an accident when I ignored the red traffic light. I almost got run over by a bus. I switched lanes on purpose so I could go to the M5 motorway.

Listen to the audio fragment and write down the 

7 words in this text that are different from what you hear.

When I was in London I did not drive a van but rented a motorbike. I usually drive very carefully but now I almost caused an accident when I ignored the red traffic light. I almost got run over by a bus. I switched lanes on purpose so I could go to the M5 motorway.

Listen to the audio fragment.

Now "take your car for a spin"

In red you see the different words.

"When I was in London I did not drive a van but rented a motorbike. I usually drive very carefully but now I almost caused an accident when I ignored the red traffic light. I almost got run over by a bus I switched lanes on purpose so I could go to the M5 motorway.

"When I was in London I did not drive a van (car) but rented a motorbike. I usually drive (cycle) very carefully (casual) but now I almost caused an accident when I ignored the red traffic light (sign). I almost got run over by a bus (lorry). I switched lanes on purpose (surprise) so I could go to the M5 motorway (highway)."

In red you see the 7 words in the original text.

In blue you see the 7 words that you heard.

Context guessing

Context guessing

Goal of this class: students know that they can use context to understand what is being said.

 

• Why is context important?

• How about if I say: "It's okay to make mistakes". 

What is context?

Elicit: what is context?

What if I say?

"It's okay to make mistakes"

"It's okay to make mistakes"

Context guessing can help you!

Listening can be difficult!

Use your eyes!

The context of the story can help you 

to understand what is going on.

Watch this video from Romania.

Use the context (your eyes) to guess what happened.

Discuss with a partner in English

What do you think has happened?

A personal train, in which there were 30 passengers, crashed into an agricultural combine. Apparently, the vehicle is right on an unmarked railroad crossing.

Paradoxical is the fact that less than 20 meters away there is a level crossing with a signalized and equipped railway, but the only access road to the agricultural fields in the area intersects with another railway. Thus, people are forced to put their lives in danger, every day.

Listening exercise

Listening: 5 questions The people's Supermarket.

What was difficult today?