Teacher Guide
10mins: Introduction:
Online homework: Discuss any problems or difficulties the student may be having.
Independent reading: Ask the student about what they have read in English during the last week. If you are reading a novel together, discuss the assigned reading and any vocabulary words/ writing assignments.
Discussion: Do you think it's important to know where your food comes from? Why/why not? What is '0 km food'? What benefits does this practice have? Are there any negative aspects?
15mins: Test: 47 listening practice - part 2.
15mins: Mini-task: Read the help card article about food tracing. Have a discussion with the class about whether this is a useful practice or a waste of resources. Have students underline any terms they don't understand.
**15mins: **Module 3 - Student Podcast. Students will begin formatting their paper as an audio script. Discuss the following script styles with the students.
- Bullet Point Script: The bullet point script outlines the factual information to be included in the podcast and organises it into the order in which it should appear. This is a very 'bare bones' style script and works best for confident speakers who can easily think of what to say on the spot.
- Cliff Notes Script: This version of the script is like a highly detailed outline. It will include important facts and statistics, as well as some aspects of casual conversation and banter. Students will map out all the topics, themes and key points of their conversation, and might even include some scripted jokes. This outline is for students who want to feel very prepared, but would also like some flexibility to ad-lib where they see fit.
- Film Script: This version is a meticulously detailed piece of writing that has word-for-word dialogue as well as cues about intonation and timing. This script style is for students who are highly organised and don't want to improvise any part of their dialogue.
**05mins: **Warm down: Goodbye, see you next time. Encourage students to do additional reading for vocabulary building outside of the lesson. News articles, short stories, and novels are all great examples.
1) Use the time before the recording starts to read the questions and underline key information. Try to imagine who the speaker is going to be and what they will be speaking about.
2) Look at the words on either side of the gap and predict what information you might hear.
3) Right down the actual words you hear, don't waste time trying to rephrase things. Some things will be said differently in the recording, and it's the candidate's responsibility to derive meaning.
4) Most questions will focus on concrete pieces ofinformation (e.g. nouns, proper names, etc.) and will generallybe single words or very short noun groups (e.g. adjective plusnoun), and that usually no more than three words are required.
5) Don't write extra information. You will only need one, two, or three words at most.
6) Don't panic if you miss a word, skip over it and immediately prepare yourself to hear the next answer.
7) If you didn't hear something on the first listening, try again in the second listening. If all else fails, make an educated guess.
- observation
- leaves
- weather
- bacteria
- irrigation
- size
- scissors
- touch the earth