LIM-AO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Kananga, Leyte ENGLISH 7 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS REMINDER : DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE MODULE. YOU MUST WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN THE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED. DO NOT FORGET TO WRITE YOUR NAME AND HAVE YOUR PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGN AT THE END OF YOUR ANSWER SHEET.PLEASE HANDLE IT WITH CARE.KEEP THIS MODULE AND YOUR ANSWER SHEET CLEAN . COMPETENCY STANDARD : Use listening strategies based on purpose, familiarity with the topic and levels of difficulty of short texts listened to. (EN7LC-II-a6) WEEK 1 LESSON 1 : LISTENING STRATEGIES OBJECTIVES : 1 1. draw out the message of the song listened to; 2. extract details in a news report listened to; 3. provide answers to questions based on a recording, and; 4. share experiences related to the material listened to. INTRODUCTION Listening occupies about 45 percent of the time that adults spend in communication. It is also one of the most challenging skills that learners need to develop as it is probably the least explicit among other skills. Listening should be given significance and much attention more than speaking and reading. These skills are both important but sometimes listening activities are not given the same attention compared to speaking and reading. Listening plays a very important role in learning and understanding. If you failed to listen correctly and properly, misunderstanding may occur. Therefore, one should be able to develop strategies in good listening. However, several difficulties may occur while listening to other people who are talking, conversing or speaking in public. Several factors such as the speaker, the listener and, the environment can contribute to these difficulties. Specifically, some of the factors that contribute to these challenges are: the speed and manner of which the speaker uses; the noise in the environment; the listener’s poor background or knowledge of the topic; and poor vocabulary. Activity 1: Let the Music Play Songs play different roles in our lives. Sometimes, it allows us to express what we feel. It can also help us to reminisce our childhood memories or other remarkable experiences. Depending on how the song relates to what we feel at the moment, we can have different interpretation on a same song. For this activity, you are now going to listen to a song, read its lyrics, and do the following: 1. jot down the words that caught your attention; 2. write vocabulary words which may represent the emotion that you feel as you listen to the song; 3. draw images which could represent the message of the song; 4. enumerate as many feelings that the song may draw out from you; and, 5. write your responses in your notebook. To listen to the song, you may browse the link https://www.metrolyrics.com/i-dont-want-you-to-go-lyricskyla.html. Then answer the guide question that follows. I Don’t Want You to Go (Music version: by Kyla) Here I am That I don't want you to go, no Alone and I don't understand Exactly how it all began Maybe we were tryin' to hard The dream just walked away It's crazy coz it's breakin' our hearts I'm holding on Things can fall apart but I know When all but the passion's gone That I don't want you to go Oh no, don't want you to go And from the start Maybe I was tryin' to hard It's crazy coz it's breakin' my heart Things can fall apart but I know That I don't want you to go And heroes die When they ignore the cause inside But they learn from what's left behind And fight for something else Guide Questions: And so it goes That we have both learned how to grow Oh it's just too much Takin' all the whole world all by myself Unless I stop trusting somebody else Somebody else And love again And from the start Maybe we were tryin' to hard It's crazy coz it's breakin' our hearts Things can fall apart but I know Are you familiar with the song? 2. What is the message of the song? (Repeat) But it's not enough 1. 4 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY 2 Directions: Read the statements carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and write FALSE if it is incorrect. 1. We always understand what we listen to. 2. When we listen, we listen to every word that the speaker is saying. 3. We can predict or guess the topic that the speaker is sharing based on the words that he or she uses. 4. We use our prior knowledge when we try to understand the message of the speaker or the material we listen to. 5. It is important to listen to the whole material to get the message of the speaker. 6. We only listen when we want to. 7. When we are listening to something and we do not understand it, we should not listen to it anymore. 8. Listening to the material once is enough to understand its content. 9. We should take note when we listen. 10. Listening is very important in good communication. 11. We listen to understand. 12. We should prepare ourselves before listening to something or someone. 13. We should ignore words that are less important when we are listening. 14. When we listen to conversations, the words that people use help us to infer the type of relationship they have with one another. 15. We will not experience problems when we listen. Listening Strategies Based on Purpose In the previous lesson, you have learned the main styles in reading. You have learned that as you read, you should know your purpose to identify the most appropriate reading strategy to be used. While in listening, it is also important to know several strategies so you can completely understand the entire message and avoid misunderstanding. Activity 3: Listen Well Directions: Read the following questions and try to answer them. 1. What are the factors to consider when you listen? 2. What are the things to do when you listen? 3. Why do you listen to someone or something? 4. Why does a person need to listen? Here are some of the reasons why you listen: to obtain information to understand to learn to communicate to enjoy Here are some of the things that you should do while you are listening: Listening for the Main Idea The purpose of listening is to grasp the main points or general information presented by the speaker or from the audio/video you are listening to. When you listen, there are times when you get stuck on a detail, on a word or on a phrase that you do not understand. This can hinder you to see the bigger picture of the message. When you are listening to get the main idea, you can possibly get the whole picture by being able to identify one crucial difference. Information comes in a sequence and in that sequence, there are content words like nouns, pronouns and adjectives that can help you form the picture. Therefore, you need to listen more carefully and attentively to capture the entire message. Source: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skills-english-learners Listening for Details You listen to gather specific important details or information. When you listen to get specific details like names, date, object or place, you do not need to put your attention to the entire message of the selection that you are listening to. You can ignore anything that does not sound relevant. This way, you can narrow down your search and get the detail that you need. You can also select the materials that you are going to listen when you need the specific details. Source: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skills-english-learners Predicting the Content Your knowledge in the world helps you anticipate the kind of information you are likely to hear. When you are listening to a news, you can often predict the kind of words or language that will be used. Your stock knowledge or any stored information in the brain can also help us predict the topic of a specific content. Source: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skills-english-learners Inferring the Meaning When you listen, it is also important to infer the meaning presented by the speaker using clues and your prior knowledge to work out the meaning of what you hear. Similarly, you can infer relationship between people from the words they use. People who have intimate relationships usually use informal language and those who have work relationships usually use formal language. By using context clues, you can identify what is being said, who is speaking, and what is taking place. Source: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skillsenglish-learners Suggestions for Improving Your Listening Skills Before You Listen 1. Think about the topic of the text you are going to listen to. What do you already know about it? What could possibly be the content of the text? 2. If you have to do a task on listening, check whether you have understood the task correctly. 3. Think about what kind of text you are 6 going to listen to. 4. Relax and make yourself ready to pay attention to the listening text. While You Are Listening 1. It is not necessary to understand every single word. Try to ignore those words that you think are less important anyway. 2. If there are words or issues that you don’t understand, use your general knowledge as well as context to find out the meaning. 3. If you still don’t understand something, use a dictionary to look up the words or ask someone else for help. 4. Focus on keywords and facts. 5. Take notes to support your memory. 6. Intonation and stress of the speakers can help you understand what you hear. 7. Try to think ahead. What might happen next? What might the speakers say? Which words might they use? After Listening 1. Think about the text again. Did you understand the main point? 2. Remember the speculations you made before listening. Did it turn out to be true? 3. Review your notes. 4. Check whether you have completed your task correctly. 5. Did you have any problem while listening or completing the task? 6. Listen again to difficult passages. Source: https://www.learning-english-online.net/listening-comprehension/listening-strategies/ ENGAGEMENT Activity 4: Detail Extraction Directions: Let us check how good you are in extracting the important details in a recording you are about to listen. 1. Find a news report from YouTube, radio, or television. A. Cite the details of the news: a. When was it aired? ________________________________ b. Name of the station _______________________________ 2. Write the important details from the news. a. What is the event? b. Who are the people involved? c. When did it happen? d. Where did it happen? e. Why did it happen? f. How did it happen? Activity 5. Let’s Do This! Directions: Listen attentively to the recorded audio that can be found from this link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjnxA2QvWbI&feature=youtu.be) or refer to the CD/flash drive given to you by your teacher. 1. What is the selection about? ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ 2. Can you recall a similar experience with the character in the video? Write your experience in a paragraph containing two – five sentences about it. _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Simple Paragraph Rubric CRITERIA Content Mechanics of Writing 4 Written experience excellently shows similarity. Rules on capitalization, spelling and neatness are properly observed in all 5 sentences. 3 Written experience clearly shows similarity. 2 Written experience almost shows similarity. 1 Written experience shows no similarity. Rules on capitalization, spelling and neatness are properly observed in all 3-4 sentences. Rules on capitalization, spelling and neatness are properly observed in 1-2 sentence. Any rules on capitalization, spelling and neatness is not observed at all. ASSIMILATION Activity 6: Take It Away Directions: Using the graphic organizer below, show us your learning progress in this module. THREE (3) THINGS I HAVE LEARNED TWO (2) THINGS I FOUND INTERESTING ONE (1) QUESTION I HAVE How is your journey through this module? Let us check what you have learned. Listen to the news report from this link: https://www.youtu.be/gfoZlu9Ssys or refer to the CD/flash drive given to you by your teacher. Activity 7: Apply It! Answer the questions given below. While listening, apply the strategies that you have learned. You can read the questions first before listening to the audio. 1. What does COVID-19 stand for? What is this virus? 2. Who is the speaker of the topic “COVID-19 virus”? 3. What are the two other corona viruses that cause forms of common colds? 4. Is corona virus the worst virus compared to those that occurred before? Explain your answer. 5. According to the speaker, should people panic with the occurrence of this virus? Yes or No. Why? 6. What is the similarity between COVID - 19 and influenza? 7. What hampers the development of the vaccine for COVID -19? 8. What are used as models to test the developed vaccine? 9. What do we need to understand in the development of its vaccine? References Ahmed, Raphael. 2015. Five Essential Listening Skills for English Learners. June 18. Accessed June 17, 2020. https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/five-essential-listening-skillsenglish-learners. Department of Education - Bureau of Learning Resources. 2017. English - Grade 7 Learner's Material. Pasig City: FEP Printing Corporation. Kyla. n.d. I Don't Want You To Go Lyrics. Accessed June 17, 2020. https://www.metrolyrics.com/idont-want-you-to-go-lyrics-kyla.html. Online, Learning English. n.d. Listening Strategies. Accessed June 17, 2020. https://www.learningenglish-online.net/listening-comprehension/listening-strategies/. Pesce, Claudia. n.d. Listening with a Purpose: 7 Types of ESL Activities. Accessed June 17, 2020. https://busyteacher.org/17878-esl-listening-activities-7-types.html.
