If you want to practise listening, you can choose from the following pathways....

Instructions
1. You can work by yourself for the activities listed in the Pathways. Make sure you always self-evaluate your work by keeping a progress chart or a self-study log or if you make an Independent Study Plan you can use the plan to chart your progress.

2. Follow the order of materials in the Pathway.

3. Where do I find materials ?
4. Where can I get the equipment?
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Listening to Social Conversation
Material Code / Title Suggested time to complete task (mins)
1 Worksheet EN/A/0201.005/PRT.L2
"Task Listening" - Lesley Blundell and Jackie Stokes
Unit 1 Catching the Right Train
micro-skills/objectives:
listening to specific information
Unit 2 Catching a Plane

30 each unit
2 Worksheet EN/A/ 0201.002/WKS/L1 "Weather Report" (Video) 20-25
3 Worksheet EN/A/0207.001/WKS.L2 "Episode 1: Prisoner on the Loose" 30
4 Worksheet EN/A/0207.002/WKS.L2 "Episode 2: The Hold Up" 30
Note-taking
5 Worksheet EN/A/0210.005/PRT.L2
"Study Listening: Understanding Lectures and Talks in English" - Tony Lynch 		45 - 60
6 Worksheet EN/A/0210.018/WKS.L2-3
"Stress" 		30 - 40
7 Worksheet EN/A/0210.019/WKS.L2-3
"Transplants" 		30 - 40


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Listening to Social Conversation
Material Code / Title Suggested time to complete task (mins)
1 Laser discs


Worksheet 		Sampling a movie (2 chapters)
Choose any 2 laser discs.

OR

EN/A/0209.001/WKS/L2-3
"The Fear of Flying" (Video) 		15 if sampling the first two chapters of a laser disc = 30

30-45
2 CDs




Worksheet 		Listening to songs
Choose any CD from the ELC lounge
to give yourself exposure to 'listening
for leisure'

EN/A/0207.003/WKS.L2
"Episode 3: Where did all that money
come from" (A radio play)
 20-30




20-30
3 Worksheet EN/A/0207.004/WKS.L2"
Episode 4: Crime does pay" (A radio play) 		20-30
4 Worksheet EN/A/0207.005/WKS.L2
"Episode 5:Sheer coincidence" (A radio play)

OR

EN/A/0201.013/PRT.L2
"Soundings" - Jan Bell
Unit 1 A New Job 		20-30




20-30
Note-taking
5 Worksheet EN/A/0210.016/WKS.L3-4
"Population"

OR

EN/A/0210.005/PRT.L2
"Study Listening:
Understanding Lectures and Talks in English"
- Tony Lynch

Unit 2 Recognising spoken sentences 		30-40









45 - 60
6 Worksheet EN/A/0210.017/WKS.L3-4
"Foreign student populaton in US" 		30-40

Want to practise more? Go onto the next Pathway.
Once you have worked through a Pathway, you should be more confident to work in choosing your resources to continue studying on your own WITHOUT a teacher.
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Listening to Social Conversation
Material Code / Title Suggested time to complete task (mins)
1 Worksheet EN/A/0501.001/WKS.L3
"AIDS and work" (Video) 		45-60
2 Worksheet "Around the World in 15 minutes - L3 Video series"
"Egypt"
"India"
"Canada"
"Moscow" 		15 each worksheet= total 60
Note-taking
5 Book EN/A/0210.020/PRT.L3
"Advance listening comprehension:
developing aural and Note-taking skills"
- P.Dunkel and F.Pialossi

Unit 1 The United Nations
Unit 2 The Weather - Meteorology
Unit 3 The Grand Canyon 		50-60 each unit


TEST YOUR PROGRESS
 Choose one of the following:

EN/A/0801.023/PRT.L3 'Listening Test'
p.109 in"Speaking clearly: Pronunciation and listening comprehension for learners of English"
-available from the PRONUNCIATION bookshelves
i.e. check the answers in the teacher's book.

OR

Choose a listening test from "Key to Success in the TOEFL"
- available from the TESTING bookshelves.

OR

For practice:
Past Papers - "A-Level Use of English - listening"
(i.e. no answers are available).

OR

why not search the internet?

Want to practise more? Go onto the next Pathway.
Once you have worked through a Pathway, you should be more confident to work in choosing your resources to continue studying on your own WITHOUT a teacher.
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Listening to Social Conversation
Material Code / Title Suggested time to complete task (mins)
1 Worksheet "Around the World in 15 minutes - L3 Video series"
"Kenya"
"Beijing"
"New Zealand"
"North China" 		15 each worksheet= total 60
2 Worksheet "Films for leisure" - get the worksheet from the Films shelf

Choose any laser -disc or DVD from the Films Catalogue and shelves. 		2 hrs
Note-taking
5 Book EN/A/0210.020/PRT.L3
"Advance listening comprehension: developing aural and Note-taking skills" - P.Dunkel and F.Pialossi

Unit 11 Famous people: John F. Kennedy
Unit 13 Language: Origin and diversity
Unit 14 The natural world: the world's changing climate 		50-60 each unit


TEST YOUR PROGRESS
Choose one of the following:

EN/A/0801.023/PRT.L3 'Listening Test'
p.109 in "Speaking clearly: Pronunciation and listening comprehension for learners of English"
-available from the PRONUNCIATION bookshelves i.e. check the answers in the teacher's book.

OR

Choose a listening test from "Key to Success in the TOEFL" - available from the TESTING bookshelves.

OR

For practice:Past Papers - "A-Level Use of English - listening" (i.e. no answers are available).

OR

why not search the internet?

Want to practise more? Go onto the next Pathway.
Once you have worked through a Pathway, you should be more confident to work in choosing your resources to continue studying on your own WITHOUT a teacher.
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