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Listening

Explore our engaging listening ESL activities designed to enhance your students' comprehension of diverse accents and decode the meaning behind the words. Our lesson plans feature authentic materials reflecting various ages, accents, countries, and genders, ensuring a comprehensive language experience.

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Feminism
B2
C1
In this lesson, your students will talk about feminism👀 and debunk its most common myths. Is feminism all about gender equality👫 or female superiority👑?
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Spring Fashion Trends
B1
B2
In this lesson, your students will talk about wearable fashion trends👠 for this spring👗! They'll watch a YouTube video 🎞 where a popular fashion influencer will show us three awesome outfits🧥.
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Swamped With Work
B1
B2

In this lesson, your students will talk about work schedules📎 and what we do at work day-to-day💼. A life of a product manager👩‍💻 is extremely busy with lots of back-to-back meetings🗣, chating🤳, and decision-making💭. Your students will peep into a life of a product manager💻 who will share two days of her life at work💪🏻.

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What Do You Do?
A1
A2
In this lesson, your students will talk about jobs👷‍♀️and what we do at work every day.🛠 They will watch a street interview with a TV host📺, hairdresser💇‍♀️, teacher👩‍🏫, etc., and gain insights 💡 into the typical tasks associated with each role.
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Negotiations
B1
B2

In this lesson, your students will listen to two product managers👨🏻‍💻👩‍💻 who are discussing the backlog✏️ for the next quarter📆, preventing backlog chaos🌪. Each manager brings forth their unique perspective📍, contributing valid insights,💡 yet the challenge lies in harmonizing🎼 their viewpoints.

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Job Interview
B1
B2

In this lesson, your students will listen to Charlie, a seasoned product manager🧑, who will interview Tom👨🏻‍💻, a prospective marketing manager📈 at Digitise🏢. Tom will talk about his experience🗂 and what he can bring to the table💼 at Digitise, and Charlie will test Tom’s expertise with lots of insightful, matter-of-fact questions!

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Amazing Sprint Demos
B1
B2

In this lesson, your students will learn to do great demos💻 and work on their presentation skills.🎤 They will listen to Tom👨🏻‍💻, a product manager🏢, who will do an amazing demo and share all the achievements🌟 and mishaps😫 of the previous 3 months⬅️.

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How Much Do You Spend?
A2
B1
In this lesson, your students will talk about money💰 and their average monthly expenses📅. Depending on the city🏙 and our lifestyles🧘, we spend different sums of money monthly💵. Your students will watch🎥 a street interview🎤, where New Yorkers🗽 will talk about how much money they spend living in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
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Geography Trivia
A2
B1
This ESL geography lesson is designed to engage students through trivia-based activities. Suitable for intermediate learners, it introduces key geography vocabulary and encourages students to practice speaking,

Real-World Listening Lesson Plan and ESL Activities

Listening stands as a fundamental communication skill, essential for establishing rapport and understanding among individuals—a universal desire. Hence, allocating enough time to hone listening skills is essential, even for beginners. While textbooks offer numerous audio resources, they are often overly refined and unrealistic, leaving students unprepared for the diverse realities of spoken English. With our listening lesson plan ESL activities, we aim to bridge this gap, guiding educators to equip students, starting from the A1 level, with the awareness that English can sound different!

What Makes These Listening ESL Activities Effective?

Our listening lesson plan ESL activities lesson plans are crafted based on established teaching frameworks like CELTA, ensuring students engage extensively with audio materials. They progress from grasping the main idea to discerning intonation patterns and pronunciation nuances, ultimately enhancing communication comprehension. Another integral part of our listening lesson plan ESL is diversity—we offer a variety of genres, from dialogues to university lectures, and feature speakers ranging from children to those with Scottish accents, preparing students for real-life interactions.

Why Is It Important to Listen to Authentic Voices?

Exposure to authentic voices is crucial as it mirrors real-life language encounters. It allows students to acclimate to diverse accents, speech patterns, and cultural nuances, preparing them for communication in the real world. By listening to authentic voices, students develop an ear for natural language use, enhancing their comprehension skills and confidence in various linguistic contexts.

Let's bridge the gap between textbook English and authentic communication! Try out our listening ESL activities and say goodbye to scripted dialogues and hello to real-world English diversity!