Listening Texts
Before using the listening texts below, read the section on Listening in the online Teacher’s Guide ( www.macmillan-caribbean.com ). There follow a series of read-aloud texts, designed to practise and assess pupils’ listening skills. Each is signposted by in the unit to which it relates. Remember that any of the reading texts can be read aloud to pupils. To check their listening skills, ask pupils to summarise a section or to answer comprehension questions.
Unit 2 Listen up! page 14
Unit 6 Listen up! page 39
Tell pupils to listen carefully. Read the first sentence and ask them to point to Kim, the girl introduced on page 8. Ask pupils to point to the picture of each person that you name. Read the second sentence slowly to give pupils time to find each person. Ask the questions on page 14. Hi. My name is Kim. I live with Mom, Daddy, Grandma, Grandad and my two brothers. Daddy is a teacher. Mom works in a shop. Grandad sings in a band. What have I learnt? (Units 1–3) page 26 Read this text aloud then ask pupils to answer true or false to the questions on page 26. This is what Zabena wrote in her journal: I have a sister who is three years old and we live with our grandma. I like drawing pictures and playing cricket. I often play cricket with my cousin, Josh. One day, I want to join a cricket team and play in real cricket matches. Unit 4 Listen up! page 27 Read this text aloud then ask pupils to answer the questions on page 27. The principal made an announcement at assembly. Good morning, children. I want to remind you that the school fair is on Saturday from twelve till three-thirty in the afternoon. There will be a cake stall and a toy stall and and we hope that many of you will make or bring things to sell. The choir will be singing and there will also be a gymnastics show.
Read this poem aloud emphasising rhythm and rhyme. Ask the questions on page 39, then remind pupils that we say things differently in Creole and in Standard English. Tell pupils to imagine they are reciting the poem to someone who doesn’t speak Creole and ask them to help you say some of the phrases in Standard English.
Jus’ Chill Mi Mammy say, “Jill, Why yuh neva sit still?
Yuh jumpin’, yuh bouncin’ Why yuh doan’ jus’ chill? Yuh sista, she sit All day quiet wid me. She neva break nuttin’. Why yuh caan’ be like she?
Unit 7 Listen up! page 46
Read the story aloud. To demonstrate expressive reading, emphasise changes in intonation and volume and try to give the characters different voices. The Ant and the Dove One day, an ant fell in the river. “Help!” shouted the ant. “I can’t swim! Help! Help!” Luckily a dove saw what happened and she dropped a leaf into the river. It landed close to the struggling ant who clambered onto it. The leaf floated gently to the bank of the river and the grateful ant jumped out. He was safe. He looked up at the dove who was perched on a low branch. “Thank you for saving my life!” he said as he scuttled away.
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