how are your listening skills do you
feel like you could use some practice
because if you do I have a really really
really really really awesome really fun
a listening practice it's coming up what
we're going to do is I have prepared two
texts for you today and I am going to
read these text out loud they're not
long text their short but they have a
lot of detail so I'm going to read them
twice and you have to listen for all the
details so this is an exercise where you
have to really listen and pay attention
and then say it back and when you do I'm
going to give you some clues that will
help you to remember now keep in mind
that the point of this exercise is to
improve your listening but also your
speaking so you really really really
have to speak in full sentences
this will really help your fluency are
you with me are you ready are you brave
enough okay so I brought Wes for moral
support he's going to do the exercise
with with you guys I'm a little nervous
are you sure you know this I'm a little
nervous put my listening skills on
display like yeah yeah are you guys
excited to see what he does have to see
how much I forget are going to read the
text twice and then you're going to have
to repeat what I say but I will give you
some clues to help you okay good good
number one mm-hmm this is Steve he's 35
years old he lives in California
he's manager at a paper company he works
in a small office with only 12 other
people on his lunch breaks
he likes to visit the record store next
door he likes jazz and classical music
after work Steve has dinner with his
wife Maria they love to cook Spanish
food together after dinner Steve and
Maria go for a walk with her big white
dog
snowball why are your eyes closed mm-hmm
it was the first time so who do you
think I will okay so you guys also have
to remember this is very important you
have to pay attention to the details
I'll say it again so I feel like this is
trying to cheat so I'm just I'm just
gonna cover this okay stop
this is Steve he's 35 years old
he lives in California he's manager at a
paper company he works in a small office
with only 12 other people on his lunch
breaks
he likes to visit the record store in
next door he likes jazz and classical
music after work Steve has dinner with
his wife Maria
they love to cook Spanish food together
after dinner Steve and Maria go for a
walk with their big white dog snowball
got it did you guys get it oh my god
it's okay it's okay no no no we're gonna
go for sleep it was a very exciting
story but good it's good for listening
practice okay so now I'm going to give
you some clues okay so you have to
repeat this story with as many details
as you can and you have to speak in full
sentences and use the clues I'm giving
you right here on the screen now what I
need you to do is pause the video okay
pause it and say the story with the
clues you see and then you can play it
and then you'll hear what say
so don't cheat say first and then we'll
listen to uh say
please okay are you guys ready hopefully
you should have used those clues and
should remember at least 50% of the
story I hope and let's see how much does
hey you ready was you think you remember
I will find out okay so I'm going to
show him the same clues I'm showing you
guys I'm not shirking this story okay
let's see how much he remembers it say
okay so there's a guy named Steve who he
is 35 years old he lives in California
he works at a paper company in a small
office with 12 other people he he goes
to lunch and listens to jazz or bachata
merengue or something he goes home later
after work to see his wife Maria and
they like to cook Spanish food together
and then they go walk their dog snowball
pretty good except for the bachata
merengue I am pretty sure they listen to
what jazz and something yeah so some
things that you missed I think is that
he was a manager at a Paper Company
he likes jazz and classical music pajota
no but you got in here just jazz and
classical music so then we know each
other marrying it but you got it it's
much better than so hopefully you guys
were able to to repeat these I think was
did pretty well let's do another let's
do another ready for another right you
know I'm ready for another okay so same
as last time
I'm going to read a text two times and
you have to be able to repeat with as
many details as possible pause the video
repeat and then we'll make was doing and
see how he does
okay so that's here ready
are you sleeping I'm very focused right
now Milly
is a nine-year-old girl from Boston she
goes to a bilingual school and all her
classes are in English and French her
favorite subject is art because she can
draw many pictures of her two pets
socks and mustache socks is a black cat
with white paws and mustache is a brown
and black cat with funny whiskers Milly
also loves to study history and science
but she doesn't like math when she grows
up
Milly wants to become a vet okay where
do you get these stories I'm trying to
picture everything is this going Hanalei
all right
obviously I wrote it with the cats my
work okay one more time Milly is a
nine-year-old girl from Boston she goes
to a bilingual school and all her
classes are in English and French her
favorite subject is art because she can
draw many pictures of her two pets
socks and mustache socks is a black cat
with white paws and moustache is a brown
and black cat with funny whiskers Milly
also loves to study history and science
but she doesn't like math when she grows
up
Milly wants to become a vet why are you
laughing okay so I don't know why Wes is
laughing but if you if you guys were
listening right now what I need you to
do is to pause the video look at my
clues and try to say as many details as
you remember but please don't forget to
speak in full sentences
okay so just say what you remember in
full sentences follow the clues if you
forget some of the details and pause the
video and then unpause it to see what
Wes comes up with
got it okay so I hope you remembered
some of these I think this one was a
little bit harder than the first one
because I snuck in more details in there
but I thought you said it was gonna be
easier I know but I was lied I I was
tricking you
so let's see how Wes does it are you
guys ready to see how he does I'm
curious to see how much I remember okay
I need those clues where the clues oh
yeah here are okay so there is a there
is a young girl named Millie she is nine
years old she lives in Boston and goes
to a bilingual school her favorite
subject is art because she likes to draw
pictures and she draws a picture of her
these two cats socks and whiskers
so socks and mustache socks and mustache
so socks is a black cat with white paws
mustache is brown and black with funny
whiskers and Millie because this is a
little out of order wait so the subjects
that she she likes to study history as
well history and science but she doesn't
like math and in the future she wants to
be marine biologist she wants to be a
bachata singer okay uh bachata that you
did really well
I think you got all of them right except
you didn't mention what kind of school
it was it was a bilingual school yeah
but you didn't mention the languages
English and French you did really well
how did you guys what was that wise
where'd you come up with Millie one
Millie
there is a car sounds like and it just
sounds like an older name I like the
name Milly okay what was the novella I
used to watch okay so this was our
listening activity I hope you enjoyed it
I hope you did well um like was dead
here he didn't really well right we're
proud of him we're proud of what well it
is in English so so if you guys actually
did the speaking activity I want you to
ride the word speaking in the comments
let us know if you were talking yeah I
hope so if you enjoy this lesson please
give us a thumbs up boom that's it for
today so I got we'll see you next time
bye why you guys I don't know what to
say it it sounds like a sales pitch or
something um how are you listening
skills do you feel you can can you
please get out of there I feel like you
you're making me nervous