Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Lead-in: What do we need to know before welcoming guests?
a) Aims
Ss activate background knowledge about ASEAN and about hosting visitors, and predict the kind of information a listening text will give.
b) Content
T writes ASEAN on the board and asks: 'What do you know about ASEAN?' Then T asks: 'If you are planning a welcome for foreign guests, what information do you need?' Ss work in pairs to list the information they would need, for example time, place, gift and end time. ASEAN means Hiệp hội các quốc gia Đông Nam Á (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).
c) Expected outcomes
- Each pair lists at least three kinds of information needed for a welcome: time, place and gift or preparation.
- Ss give a short correct meaning of ASEAN, for example: 'ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.'
- Ss state that the questions tell them what to listen for before they listen.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T writes ASEAN on the board, asks the two questions above and tells Ss they have one minute to discuss in pairs.
Students
Ss listen to the questions and get ready to discuss with their partner.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T walks around, helps pairs with vocabulary and reminds them to write the information in English.
Students
Ss discuss in pairs and note down ideas, for example 'time of arrival', 'place', 'gift'.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites three pairs to share their lists and asks: 'Why is it useful to know what information we need before we listen?'
Students
Ss report their lists. Expected answer: 'We know what to listen for, so we can catch the important details quickly.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms that predicting from the questions helps listeners focus. T introduces the lesson aim: extracting gist and specific information from a recording.
Students
Ss write the lesson title and aim in their notebooks.