Teaching Listening Prepared by Group “P”

Date: 16 August 2024 (Friday)

Submitted to: Tr Daw Sein Moh Moh Aung (Lecturer, English Department of YUOE)

Curriculum: Methods and Metholodogy (1)

Class: Dip ELTM (2024/2025)
Assignment: Teaching listening (Lesson plan+ audio script+ worksheet with possible answers)
Members: (1) DE-1: Tin Nilar Soe

(2) DE-7: Naw Hser Hser Wah

(3) DE-15: May Oo Khine
(4) DE-24: Phoo Pwint Mon
(5) DE-37: Phyu Hnin Thu

(6) DE-38: May Zin Aung Thein

(7) DE-43: Yee Mon Myint Naing
Listening Title: Work-Life Balance or Changes in Life
Level : Pre-intermediate level A2
Audio Source: www.test-english.com/ Listening

Learning Objective: Students will learn to

- Identify how speakers has personal value and preference in their life
- Develop critical thinking, vocabularies and speaking skills

Learning Aim: Today you will explore

- different situations, choices, and decisions making in life

Interaction:
- All students will be able to think and express their own opinion about their significant
changes in life and its underlying background together
- Most students will be able to understand a range of content from audio file about the
topic, give impressive presentation for their real experiences and explore from peers.

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 - Some students will be able to express more subtle and involved thoughts about the
topic, explain their opinion in details, opposing viewpoints, yet clearly supports their
own views.

Resources Needed:
1. Audio File (2:45 mins)
2. Worksheet (two copies per group)
3. Devices (e.g Phone or Computer)
4. Bluetooth Speaker
Audio File: https://youtu.be/_JRuZt8QCoM?si=OT9MQ9HTcVyzravx
Transcription:
(1) OLIVER: I used to work such long hours that I didn’t have time to enjoy life. I was like a
robot; get up, go to work, go back home, sleep. I had no personal life, and I started to feel really
miserable. I decided that I wanted to have more free time, so I told my boss that I was going
through some personal issues and that I needed to work part time. She agreed! Now I have
time to do everything I want. I don’t have as much money, but I’m much, much happier.
(2) LOUISE: Jasmine is three weeks old today. I remember a month or so ago, thinking that I
would go back to work within two or three months. Now I know that’s not going to happen! I
just can’t imagine leaving her with someone else! I’ll miss my colleagues of course, but work
will pay me an allowance for a year, so I’ve decided to take that.
(3) KAREN: I worked as a singing teacher for ten years, and I’ve had some really good success
stories. But I felt that I had gone as far as I could go in that career and I wanted a change. I
didn’t just want to do a different job in music. I want to do something completely different.
That’s why I applied to do this engineering course. It’s challenging, definitely, but I really love it.
(4) SAM: For the last nine years I’ve done the responsible thing. I got a well-paid job close to
home so that my wife didn’t have to work and I could be home by half past four to spend time
with the kids. It’s worked, but I really began to hate work! Now, the kids are older, so after
some discussion, my wife agreed I could get a job I loved, even though I will be home much
later, and earn less. I started last week. It’s great!

(5) OSCAR: My wife and I both had really good jobs, which we really enjoyed. But we rarely saw
our kids, and they started to have difficulties at school. We began to think we were being
selfish. Together, we were earning far more money than we needed. So, we decided that I
would give up work and teach the children myself, at home. It’s not easy, but now we spend a
lot more time together and it’s good for all of us.

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 Lesson Plan (worksheet+Answers)
1. Warmer: 3 mins
Individual Brainstorming about the topic by asking questions.
(1) Have you ever experienced any significant changes in your life? For eg. work life balance?
Career, Family, Martial Status, having baby, Health Condition, Social Problems, Life lessons, etc
.. mention as much as possible .
(2) If not, is your life arranged by Ma Aye Aye Win, Myanmar Film Producer? (Just a Joke)
Does everying in your life happen as you expected?
(3) Expectation Vs Reality in Life? How do/did you feel and handle those changes of your life?

2. Before Listening : 3 min

Let the students know that there will be 5 different speakers who shared about changes in their
life.

Male Speaker: Oliver

Female Speaker : Louise (Note: you will hear the name “Jasmine”,Louise Daughter)
Female Speaker : Karen
Male Speaker: Sam
Male Speaker : Oscar

Instruction: Match the words in Column (A) with their definitions in Column (B).

Column A Column B Correct Answer

1. miserable (a) lacking consideration for other people 1- d
2. responsible (b) testing one’s abilities 2-c
3. challenging (c) having an obligation to do something 3-b
4. well-paid (d) causing extreme discomfort 4- e
5. selfish (e) providing or receiving good wages 5-a

3. While Listening : 10 mins

Listening for Gist
(I) What did those speakers mention about in the audio?

(II) Write down the areas of life what you heard according to the speakers

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Listening for Specific Information
(I) Instruction: Listen to five people talking about recent life changes. For questions 1 to 6,
match the person to their life change. There is one extra option that does not match any of
the speakers.
(1) Oliver...

a. had a baby.
b. started to spend more time with his/her children.
c. started studying.
d. was fired by his/her employer.
e. stopped working full time. (Correct Answer, For details pls see underlined area in the
transcript)
f. got a new job.

(2) Louise...

a.had a baby. (Correct Answer , For details pls see underlined area in the trincript)
b. started to spend more time with his/her children.
c. started studying.
d. was fired by his/her employer.
e. stopped working full time
f. got a new job

(3) Karen...

a. had a baby.
b. started to spend more time with his/her children.
c. started studying. ( Correct Answer, see underlined area in the transcript )
d. was fired by his/her employer.
e. stopped working full time.
f. got a new job.

(4) Sam...

a. had a baby.
b. started to spend more time with his/her children.
c. started studying.
d. was fired by his/her employer.
e. stopped working full time.
f. got a new job ( Correct Answer, see underlined area in the transcript )

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 (5) Oscar...

a. had a baby.
b. started to spend more time with his/her children. ( Correct Answer, see underlined
area in the transcript )
c. started studying.
d. was fired by his/her employer.
e. stopped working full time.
f. got a new job.

(6) None of the speakers...

a. had a baby.
b. started to spend more time with his/her children.
c. started studying.
d. was fired by his/her employer. (Correct Answer)
e. stopped working full time.
f. got a new job.

(II)Instruction: Listen to the dialogue and decide whether the given statements are TRUE (T) or
FALSE (F).
1. Oliver feels happier now because he is working part-time, despite earning less money. (T)
2. Louise returned to work within two or three months after having her baby. (F)
3. Karen feels that her new course so difficult and she does not enjoy it at all. (F)
4. Sam’s decision to switch jobs was influenced by his desire to spend more time at home
with his family. (T)
5. Oscar and his wife decided to keep their high-paying jobs and hired a tutor for their
children. (F)

(III) Instruction: Listen to the audio and write down the details and the specific numbers you
heard.
(1)Why did Oliver decide to do part-time work instead of full-time one?
(2) How old is Jasmine (Louise’s Daughter)?
(3)For how many years did Karen work as a singing teacher?
(4)How was Sam’s previous job?

(5) Why did Oscar decide to quit his job?

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Possible Answers
(1) he wanted more free time.(Or) he was unhappy with his previous work-life
balance.
(2) 3 weeks old
(3) For 10 years
(4) well paid job, close to home
(5) To take care of his children by himself

4. After Listening: 10 mins

Speaking:
(I) Discuss work-life balance experiences of your own in groups. How do/did you handle it in
terms of physically or mentally? One representative from each group have to share to the
class about a case of work-life balance.
Writing:
(II) Instruction for homework: Create your own sentences by using the given adjectives.
miserable :
responsible :

well-paid :
selfish :
challenging :
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