Далеко не все могут произносить речь на публику, выразительно, до мурашек, чтобы рассказ увлек большую группу людей. Особенно удивительно, если спикер — ребенок. Когда говорит сверстник, его речь затрагивает самые чувствительные струны души маленьких учеников. Они представляют себя а месте говорящего, его история становится частью их истории.
Мы подобрали несколько достаточно простых речей, произнесенных детьми и подростками, и составили несколько простых упражнений для развития навыков аудирования на их основе. Дети говорят простым языком, но достаточно быстро, не всегда четко, поэтому задания подходят для учеников уровней Elementary и Pre-Intermediate.
Kindness Speech
Pre-listening
List three examples of kindness
- Helping your mum with housework
- …
- …
- …
Listening for gist
Listen and tick the things the girl discussed:
- helping friends
- bullying at school
- being kind to any stranger
- smiling to other people
- smiling only to parents
- talking to those who have no friends
Listening for details
Listen again and answer:
- What words does she repeat? Why?
- What does the word “bullying” mean?
- Underline the words she stresses in the following sentences:
There are things that I can do.
There are little things that we all can do.
So they don’t get teased.
What example does she tell us to prove her idea?
Post-listening
Make a speech on any important problem following the plan:
- introducing the topic
- defining the problem
- why it is important — examples
- what you do to help
- what other people can do to solve the problem
The Effects of Lying
Pre-listening
Play the game “Two truths and one lie” with your teacher/classmate
Rules
- Make three sentences — one true and two false ones
- Let your partner guess which one is a lie
- Swap the roles
Listening for gist
Listen and match two parts of the sentences. Which one is false? Why?
Listening for details
Listen again and choose the right answers:
You lie over and over until it becomes …
- a habit
- the truth
- your job
What can a lie do to you?
- happiness
- stress
- good health
If it is hard for you not to lie, you should…
- continue lying
- think how you feel when someone is lying to you
- go shopping
After 10 weeks the people who didn’t lie became…
- happier
- funnier
- healthier
Post-listening
Make three false sentences about you, then change them to make true.
- I like milk. — I don’t like milk.
- …
- …
- …
iPhone application developer… and 6th grader
Pre-listening
Look at these pictures. Can you guess how these apps work?
Listening for gist
Listen and order the events in Thomas’s life:
_ got an iPhone development kit
_ studied programming languages
_ started an app club at school
_ created apps
Listening for details
Listen again and finish the sentences using the phrases from the box:
- A lot of kids these days like __________.
- I persuaded my parents ___________.
- I’ve started __________.
- I’m working with a third-party company __________.
- We are getting feedback __________.
Post-listening
Draw and describe the app you would like to create.
Речи, по которым вы можете сами разработать задания:
- Lemons to lemonade | Senna
- Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante
- TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch — Charlotte Weir
- What Makes us Different | Joshua Bingwa
Помните, что некоторым ученикам нужна помощь (scaffolding) при прослушивании — заранее введите необходимую лексику. Используйте тексты для аудирования как контекст для введения или повторения грамматического или лексического материала, добавляйте, изменяйте задания.
Пусть эти выдающиеся речи вдохновят ваших учеников быть добрыми, честными, целеустремленными, а еще — любить английский язык!
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