Today I have a super cool, super amazing listening and speaking practice for you!
Now every time I do a lesson, I'm just going to do that.
So today I have a really great lesson because I think it's a very very useful activity
because it will get you listening and speaking, which is so important.
So what I'm going to do today is I'm going to give you a couple stories and you have to listen for the details
So this is how it's going to work:
I'm going to read the story to you twice and then in order to help you remember the story
I'm going to give you some clues.
As you follow the clues, you can remember the story, and I will ask you to pause the video,
Say this story using the clues,
and then, to make this even more fun,
and a little bit more embarrassing for Wes,
we're going to bring him over here and he is going to do this exercise with you.
So this is kind of a memory/ listening/ detail exercise,
but it's also a speaking exercise because you have to speak.
It's going to be fun. So Wes is here.
I am here to do this activity with you.
We brought him so that it's funny.
To test my listening skills. Yeah, I mean, it's just funnier than just doing it by ourselves, right? So
He's going to do this exercise with you. He's going to listen to this story.
I have it right here on my phone,
I'll read the story to Wes, and to you guys and then
I will ask you to pause the video. And then to try to say this story as you see the clues,
and then unpause it to hear Wes.
To see how much I remember.
So here's the first story:
Okay, there's a lot of numbers in there, all right. Oh yeah one more time, okay
Sorry guys
It's also a bit of history. So
Okay, I'll say it one more time if you if you can't remember it, okay?
Okay, I don't think that was too bad. All right. No the next one's pretty bad.
Okay, so I hope you were able to get all those numbers down because now it's time to retell the story that I just said.
So, please pause the video right now and use the clues that you see on the screen to retell the story
Try to remember as many details as you can
Okay, so I hope you guys got most of that
Yeah?
I know the years were a little bit tricky. Now let's see how Wes did.
Okay, so I'm showing keep the clues. I want to see them before I forget.
Okay. So um, so I'm showing him the clues right now if you want I can read it to you one more time.
No, no, it's fine. Okay, if I screw up, I screw up. Okay. Um, okay
So the
Eiffel Tower was built in
Paris, France
It was built from
nineteen....not 19...
1887 to 1889
for the World's Fair which is what they were hosting
It is 324 meters tall and it's made of iron,
And originally, it was only supposed to be there for 20 years
because the people thought it was really ugly and ruined the skyline,
but then they decided to keep it and now it's a very famous landmark in Paris.
Is that right? Is that good? It's true, but you added some stuff that wasn't in the story.
Why not? Yea, I ad-libbed, give a little more information. What did I add?
Well, you added the last part that now it's an important landmark. It's true, but...
But it wasn't in the story.
Okay, nice. Also, it's the World Fair. the world's. It belongs to all of us the World's Fair.
No, it's fine. Okay. Wait, I don't want to look at these other clues. Okay, so I hope you guys got that
Um, I think I think what could have been tricky were the years because there are a lot of numbers
But I hope you got it. Wes did really well. I rocked it.
So are you guys ready for the second story?
Are you ready? I think so. Yes. This is the this is the weird one. Yeah a little bit
All right, so the a little strange but go with it. Okay
Snow? It's about snow. All right, I got that
It's very logical. So I mean just trying to remember the the different details
Okay, so you're gonna read it again? Okay, so one more time
Okay
Okay, so now it's time for you to pause the video and use the clues on the screen to help you remember the story.
Now this one's a little bit more difficult, so don't feel bad if you couldn't remember all the details
I hope you guys got most of that right, or all of it. if you did, great job.
Now let's see how Wes does. All right. Let's see
Snow
What is snow
Oh gosh, I feel like I forgot now all of a sudden... I see the clues and now it's all
okay, so
Snow is frozen water.
It forms by
I kind of forgot the beginning.
Wait so snow... it is just no it's like frozen ice and
Snow is frozen. All right, it's frozen water
Okay it forms
High up in the sky where it's cold
it comes in all shapes and sizes and
it becomes
Snow becomes water when the temperature goes above zero degrees Celsius
There are many different winter sports that involve snow like skiing and sledding
It's also there's fun stuff that we can do with the snow and build things like a snowman
You could also build igloos and castles
I'm gonna add that to it
Snow can be very dangerous when driving because it lessens our visibility
Or lowers our visibility when driving and
In order to prevent accidents when there's snowy conditions out there you could use like salt or sand
to put on the roads
To help the the tires grip the road a little better.
And snow is the best!
Snow is wonderful. Yeah. I think I really botched that beginning
The beginning was a little iffy. You forgot about the atmosphere. You were like: high up in the air.
I hope you did a better job than I did
Please let us know if you participated in the lesson, and if you did write the word SPEAKING in the comments
so I know that you were speaking.
If you enjoyed this activity hit that like button, show us some love, and
keep practicing, keep speaking, keep listening and your skills will improve greatly.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time!
Let us know if you did better than Wes. I'm very curious. Stupid snow!