Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Predicting the information needed
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about college visits and learn to predict the type of information they need before listening.
b) Content
T writes three questions on the board: 'When is the training talk?', 'What can visitors do with equipment?', 'What is the booking deadline?'. Ss predict the kind of answer each question needs (a time, an action, a day) without knowing the answer. Ss then discuss in pairs: 'What events do you usually find at a college open day?'
c) Expected outcomes
Ss write down the kind of information each question needs: a time (e.g. a clock time), an action or permission (what visitors can or cannot do), and a day (the booking deadline). Ss list 2–3 events typical of a college visit, such as a talk, a demonstration, a briefing.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T says: 'Today you will listen to a college visit programme. Before listening, let's predict what information we need. Look at these three questions.' T shows the three questions on the board.
Students
Ss read the questions and listen to T's instruction.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks: 'What kind of answer does each question need: a time, an action, or a day?' T gives Ss 1 minute to discuss in pairs and asks: 'What events do you usually find at a college open day?'
Students
Ss discuss in pairs. Expected answers: 'The first question needs a time.' 'The second needs an action or a permission.' 'The third needs a day.' Events: 'a talk', 'a demonstration', 'a briefing about scholarships'.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 2–3 pairs to share. T writes the events on the board and asks: 'Can one number mean two different things?'
Students
Representative pairs report. Expected answer: 'Yes, a time can be for a meeting or for a departure.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T summarises: 'Predicting the type of information helps you listen for the right detail. Numbers can refer to different events, so listen carefully to what each time belongs to.'
Students
Ss write the key idea in their notebooks: 'Predict the type of information needed, not the answer.'