PRODUCING LISTENING MATERIALS FOR KS4 & 5

WORKSHOP

JON MEIER Using flipcams AudacityPhones & tabletsIn order to create resources for pupilsand stimulate speaking

3 minutes – think about your experience with GCSE and A-Level pupils so far

What are the main areas of difficulty that English pupils encounter when trying to speak the language?

What would they find difficult when listening to the language?

Musical pass the questions bag

Wheeldecide.comMake a selector wheel

Pupil name selector Topic selectorWord selectorPut word in a sentencePut word into a different tense

Or play for fun:

What should we eat tonight?Which drink?Which film?Which take-away?Where should we go on holiday?

Fakebook

www.classtools.netYou can find this on:

You could do a page for

A famous personHistorical figureSportsman footballer

A townA regionA brand – e.g. PeugeotRenault AudiLamborghini

Camembert

La Croix RougeMSF

Fake Tweet

www.classtools.netYou can find this on:

You could do a tweet for

A famous personHistorical figureSportsman footballer

A townA regionA brand – e.g. PeugeotRenault AudiLamborghini

Camembert

La Croix RougeMSF

Audioboo Audiopal Vokaroo

Quick record audio message creator

Audioboo Example

AVOCADO

Adjectives

Verbs Opinions & Justification

Connectives Adverbs

Descriptions

Originality & Interest

(+ qualifiers & intensifiers)

(Variety, tenses)

(conjunctions)

(time expressions, frequency & sequencing)

(adj endings/ agreement, SACLAD -size, appearance, character, likes, activities, dislikes)

6Ws

• Who (with whom)• What• Where• When• Why• What is it like / what was it like/ how was it?

GCSE Topic Areas Specific vocabulary

transferable grammar and phrases+ visual support

GCSE Topic Areas Specific vocabulary

transferable grammar and phrases+ visual support

family and petsfamily and pets

house, home, daily routine, bedroom, helping at home

house, home, daily routine, bedroom, helping at home

school, education, part time jobs, future training and jobs

school, education, part time jobs, future training and jobs

travel, transport, holidays, weather, local customs, abroad vs UK, school tripsaccommodation

travel, transport, holidays, weather, local customs, abroad vs UK, school tripsaccommodation

famous people – my herofamous people – my hero

town, local area, environment, shops & shopping, pocket money

town, local area, environment, shops & shopping, pocket money

leisure: sports, healthy lifestyles, fitness, food and drink

leisure: sports, healthy lifestyles, fitness, food and drink

leisure & hobbies (non sport): media interests: music, gaming, reading, film, TV, cinema, mobile phones, Facebook

leisure & hobbies (non sport): media interests: music, gaming, reading, film, TV, cinema, mobile phones, Facebook

Typical A-Level Topic Areas Specific vocabulary

transferable grammar and phrases

Cultural comparisons with UK

+ visual support

Typical A-Level Topic Areas Specific vocabulary

transferable grammar and phrases

Cultural comparisons with UK

+ visual support

Youth culture and concerns Relationships (family/friendships and peer pressure) Drink, smoking & drugs FashionMarriage & the familyGeneration gap

Youth culture and concerns Relationships (family/friendships and peer pressure) Drink, smoking & drugs FashionMarriage & the familyGeneration gap

Lifestyle: health and fitness Sport and exercise Food and diet Health issues (eg smoking, skin cancer, health services)

Lifestyle: health and fitness Sport and exercise Food and diet Health issues (eg smoking, skin cancer, health services)

The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and the (French)-speaking world Tourist information, travel and transport Weather (eg natural disasters, climate change) Pollution and recycling

The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and the (French)-speaking world Tourist information, travel and transport Weather (eg natural disasters, climate change) Pollution and recycling

Education and employment Education (schooling and higher education) Education policy and student issues The world of work (eg the changing work scene, job opportunities and unemployment)

Education and employment Education (schooling and higher education) Education policy and student issues The world of work (eg the changing work scene, job opportunities and unemployment)

Media & TechnologyMusicblogs/mobile phones/internet/games)Cinema & TVAdvertising

Media & TechnologyMusicblogs/mobile phones/internet/games)Cinema & TVAdvertising

Typical A2-Level Topic Areas

Develop the previous ones in more depth

PLUS……

Typical A2-Level Topic Areas

Develop the previous ones in more depth

PLUS……

World eventsEuropeHuman rights, Equality (gender, race)

World eventsEuropeHuman rights, Equality (gender, race)

EnvironmentPollution, energy, ecology

EnvironmentPollution, energy, ecology

Multicultural issuesImmigration, integration, racism

Multicultural issuesImmigration, integration, racism

Social issuesWealth & poverty, law and order, technology and innovation

Social issuesWealth & poverty, law and order, technology and innovation

Cultural topicRegion/

communityPeriod of 20thC historyAuthor, poet, dramatist, Director, musician, artist

Cultural topicRegion/

communityPeriod of 20thC historyAuthor, poet, dramatist, Director, musician, artist

GCSE Listening Common Question types

Vocab match – common synonyms Gap-fill Who says whatNotes on advantages & disadvantagesInference of meaning (synonyms & gist comprehension)Comprehension answers in English

Example of a GCSE Listening Task

A2 French Listening Sample (AQA 2010)

Transcript is on next slideTranscript is on next slide

Sample A2 Listening (AQA)

Handouts – useful tips

Resources to look at – mainly for good year 11 and A-Level

Euronews Yahoo- France – insolitehttp://1jour1actu.com/

Ashcombe school – video clips: http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/curriculum/modlang/index_students.htm

Nachrichten für Kinder http://news4kids.de/Sowieso.de http://www.sowieso.de/portal/

Youtube learning

The power of video – look at this Chinese lesson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCWK6yy914&feature=related

3 minutes – think about your experience with GCSE and A-Level pupils so far

How could you design listening tasks to help them?

Audacity – on most school netwworks : audio recording and conversion to mp3 Fotobabble –upload a photo and add your own audio e.g: http://verulamvle.typepad.com/y8german/2011/01/fotobabbles.html

Zshare & Soundcloud offer audio file hosting

VIDEOUpload your videos to Youtube or Vimeo

The following also let you use Greenscreen (Chroma Key) : Final Cut/ Premiere Pro Pinnacle Studio (PC) I Can Present (Mac) SMARTPHONE & MOBILE DEVICESLook for: voice recorders & voice distortersGreen screen appsMorfoFotospeakPuppet pals Sock PuppetsTalking Tom

Using authentic resources

Using authentic resources 2

http://www.lyricsgaps.com/

http://www.lyricstraining.com/

http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/view/6145/Intermediate

You can use the tab key on lyrics training to get the answer

A Voki message

http://verulamvle.typepad.com/mflteaching/

EITHER

A) Record a lively, entertaining interview full of relevant language (add visuals / use greenscreen if you feel brave)

ORB) Find a website of a school/town (maybe one you know)Write a video tour or interview with quiz questions based on the webpage

ORC) Write & record your own text + questions – make it fun challenging and relevant. The questions should also be recorded & should help comprehension

CHOICE OF 3 TASKS aim at either KS4 or KS5