Listening strategies: Context guessing

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

A combination of two lessons due to the 'introduction' week.

Lesson 1 = introduction.

Lesson 2 = context guessing

Preparing for the Central Exam!

Teacher: Shirley Leferink

Spot the 10 differences (without using your hands)

Speak English

Use: top left - top right - bottom left - bottom right

Spot the 10 differences (without using your hands)

Speak English

Use: top left - top right - bottom left - bottom right

Our goal today

Preparation CE B1:

Listening strategies:

context guessing

Ask a question about the time:

What time is it?

What dit you do at this time yesterday?

4:00 AM or PM?

Exam preparation

Listening 

How to prepare for Listening?

Most importantly: listen to English as often as possible.

• Watch videos with English subtitles.
• Listen to songs and podcasts.

 

And if you do listen to English:

• Accept the fact that you are not going to understand everything.
  
• Stay relaxed when you do not understand. 
• Listen for the general idea of the conversation. Don't concentrate on detail until you have understood the main idea(s).
• Most people repeat themselves constantly. By remaining calm, you can usually understand what the speaker said.

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.

Listen and type what you hear.
You will hear the sentence only once.

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.

Context guessing can help you!

Listening can be difficult!

Focus on intonation!

The way things are said can help you 

to understand what is going on.

Listen to this audio fragment.

Focus on how things are said.

This is the audio tape from a YouTube video. 

Use the context (focus on intonation) to guess what happened.

https://youtu.be/IlaP-Kbkrps

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.

Now watch the video.

https://youtu.be/IlaP-Kbkrps

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How can you practice?

• One minute world news BBC > vergelijk nieuws
• Watch English films > zonder ondertitels
• Listen to Podcasts > over een (on)bekend onderwerp

It was fun seeing you guys, have a great weekend!