E-06.02 Settle Into Aural/Oral Story-Telling Techniques with Characters Who Are Learning Skills & Strategies
E-06.02 Settle Into Aural/Oral Story-Telling Techniques with Characters Who Are Learning Skills & Strategies
An Immigration Story
WorkLife English: Competency-Based Listening/Speaking, Book 3; Chapter 2, Housing + Transcript
13 + 4 = 17 pp
Who It’s For: American-English (Teachers & Helpers of) Intermediate Students Getting Into Refurbishing of Comprehension & Information-Sharing Strategies
Why It’s Useful: Like Chapter 1 (E-06.01) of WorkLife English: A Competency-Based Listening/Speaking Book 3: An Immigration Story, Chapter 2 tells the stories of four (typical) newcomers getting into everyday life. Based on prerecorded Conversations (the texts of which appear in attached AudioScript segments), Part One has the “Principal Protagonists” answer questions about (the challenges of) their Housing Situations. After assimilating relevant Vocabulary, Grammar, & Content, listeners practice speaking by summarizing the stories. Part Two, focused on Stressed (Complex) Vowel Sounds, reinforces participants’ sentence Rhythm & Intonation. Conversational phrasing in Part Three gets them to “Ask for & Give Information” related to the Chapter Theme—as well as to “Express Interest or Disinterest.” Part Four Listening Tasks has them file a police report, identify a suspect, describe a stolen purse & its contents.
What You’ll Do: