by Priyanwada Jayarathne |
A Weather Forecast (Planned monologue)
This lesson provides an opportunity for the students to identify the characteristics of unplanned monologues by listening to weather forecasts. This lesson incorporates blended-learning approach.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Audience: Adult, University, Secondary
Audience Language Proficiency: Intermediate
Duration: 60 minutes
Materials And Technology:
- Language lab or web browsing enabled personal devices
- Access to Internet
- Virtual classroom (Ex: Google classroom)
Objective:
The lesson aims to enable the students to;
- Identify topics, gist, and specific information out of planned monologues.
- Recognize context-specific vocabulary and phrases.
Outcome:
At the end of the lesson students will be;
- Familiarized with the vocabulary related to weather forecasts
- Able to discuss their plans/activities based on weather forecasts
Language Skill: Listening
Content Area:
- Blended learning
- English as a Second Language
Procedure:
1. Prepare (05 minutes)
- Initiate a discussion on today’s weather, the type of weather they have in their city/village and their favorite weather condition
2. Present (20 minutes)
- Introduce words used to describe weather conditions.
- Play the Audio “Friday’s Weather Report” and ask students to note down the words and phrases they hear. (https://www.esl-lab.com/academic-english/weather-report/)
- Ask the students to compare their word lists with a peer and share with the class.
3. Practice (15 minutes)
- Instruct students to listen to the Audio “Friday’s Weather Report” and complete the related Activity (Worksheet 01)
- Discuss answers
- Randomly check the scores and ask reasons for the mistakes
4. Perform (20 minutes)
- Group the students (3/4 per group)
- Instruct them to watch to a local weather forecast video and discuss about their plans for the next week.
Assessment:
As a formative assessment, students have to write and record a weather forecast and upload it to the Google classroom.
Differentiation:
To enable the students to practice further at their own pace the following homework activity is assigned.
Complete the following activities and share the listening experience in the Google classroom.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/intermediate-b1/a-weather-forecast
References:
Friday's Weather Report: Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Supporting Files:
A Weather Forecast (Planned Monologue).pdf
TESOL Interest Section: Computer-Assisted Language Learning, English as a Foreign Language, Intensive English Programs