Giáo án Listening

Ss activate prior knowledge about job vacancies and predict the kind of information a job announcement contains, so that they know what to listen for.

T shows a short job advertisement for a weekend part-time job. Ss look at the title, the job type and the layout, then answer: 'What information do you expect to find in a job announcement? Which details would you need before applying?'

Ss list at least three expected details, for example: working days and hours, training, deadline, application fee, or contact information.
Key idea written on the board: 'A job announcement gives the vacancy, the shift times, the requirements, the deadline and the fees.'

Ss understand and pronounce the six key vocabulary items, which are needed to follow the recording.

Ss complete Worksheet 1, Part A, by matching each word with its meaning: vacancy, applicant, qualification, reliable, shift, reference. T models pronunciation and Ss repeat in chorus and individually. Ss then read example phrases from the board: 'a job vacancy', 'an applicant for the position', 'the required qualification', 'a reliable employee', 'the morning shift', 'a reference letter'.

Worksheet 1, Part A key:

• vacancy: vị trí tuyển dụng
• applicant: người ứng tuyển
• qualification: trình độ, bằng cấp
• reliable: đáng tin cậy
• shift: ca làm việc
• reference: người hoặc thư giới thiệu
  Ss can pronounce all six words and use each in a phrase.

Ss extract the gist and the specific details from the recording, including the contrasts and conditions.

Ss listen to the en-US recording once for gist (Worksheet 1, Part B, question 1: 'What is the recording about?') and then again for specific information (Worksheet 1, Part B, questions 2 to 5). Ss record only the information required. T reminds them: 'Do not read the answer options in the key until you have answered.'
Guiding questions from T: 'Is this about a job or a course?' 'Which number is the length of the shift?' 'Which day is the training?' 'Which time is the deadline?' 'Is there any fee?'

Gist: The recording is an announcement about a job vacancy with Saturday shifts, a training requirement and an application deadline.
Specific information (Worksheet 1, Part B):

• Length of each Saturday shift: three hours (8:30 to 11:30)
• Required training: Friday afternoon, even though no experience is required
• Application deadline: Wednesday at 5:00
• Application fee: none (no application fee)
  Ss note the contrast between 'no experience requirement' and 'training is required'.

Ss recognise contrastive stress on auxiliary and modal verbs and identify simple, compound and complex sentences that appear in the recording context.

T models three sentences neutrally, then with contrastive stress: 'I can help on Saturday' (correcting 'I cannot'); 'She has completed the training' (contradicting a doubt); 'You must check the safety rules' (strong necessity). Ss repeat and explain how the focus changes without changing the words.
Then T shows examples on Worksheet 2:

• Applicants need a degree and good references. (simple, the subject and verb are compound but there is one independent clause)
• The job has a training day, and the shift starts at 8:30. (compound)
• Although she was inexperienced, she prepared carefully. (complex)

Ss can explain: the stressed word signals a correction or contrast; the sentence 'Applicants need a degree and good references' is simple because 'and' joins only nouns; 'The job has a training day, and the shift starts at 8:30' is compound; 'Although she was inexperienced, she prepared carefully' is complex because it has a subordinate clause.
Worksheet 2 key: sentence 1 simple; sentence 2 compound; sentence 3 complex.

Ss consolidate the specific information by answering the multiple-choice questions and justifying each answer with a reason from the recording.

Ss answer the multiple-choice questions from the Student's Book (Questions 2 to 5) without the key:

• Q2: How long is each Saturday shift? A. One hour B. Eight hours C. Three hours D. Four hours
• Q3: What training is required? A. Friday afternoon B. No training C. Saturday night D. Monday morning
• Q4: When is the deadline? A. Sunday at noon B. Wednesday at 8:30 C. Friday at 5:00 D. Wednesday at 5:00
• Q5: What fee is required? A. A library membership fee B. A recruitment charge C. No application fee D. A training deposit
  Then Ss explain one answer in their own words (Question 6 in the Student's Book: 'Why does this answer fit the recording: How long is each Saturday shift?').

Answer key:

• Q2: C (Three hours. 8:30 to 11:30 is three hours.)
• Q3: A (Friday afternoon. Training is a condition despite no experience requirement.)
• Q4: D (Wednesday at 5:00. The application deadline is specified.)
• Q5: C (No application fee. The final sentence rejects an application fee.)
  Ss' explanations are accepted if they are accurate and clear, even when the wording differs from the sample.

Ss use the listening information and the stress patterns to ask for confirmation in a realistic situation.

Ss work in pairs in a role-play. Student A is an applicant who wants to confirm the details of the job vacancy. Student B is the employer who has the job information. Ss use the information from the recording to ask and answer questions. Examples: 'Could you confirm the shift length, please?' 'I CAN come to the training on Friday afternoon.' 'Is the deadline Wednesday at 5:00?' 'Do I need to pay an application fee?'

Each pair produces a short dialogue of four to six turns using the correct information: three hours, Friday afternoon training, Wednesday at 5:00 deadline, no application fee.
Ss use at least one stressed auxiliary or modal verb to correct or confirm information, and at least one complex or compound sentence.