English Exercises for Foreigners: Listening Comprehension – Movies, Songs, Commercials

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Activity Website:

http://en.ver-taal.com/index.htm

Activity Description

Use the site’s movie trailers, songs, and commercials to provide students with exposure to authentic English and practice with listening comprehension.

Preparation

Make sure that the site is not blocked at your school before using it with students.
Go to the site and select Trailers, Commercials, or Songs to view the site’s content. The trailers and commercials have cloze and/or multiple choice questions, while the songs are cloze exercises.
Select a video that fits with course content and objectives.
Preview the video and the questions to be sure your computer has the necessary plug-ins to play the video. Also test it on the student computers, if students will be working individually or in pairs.
Decide if you will have students do the exercise individually, in pairs, or as a whole-class activity.

How-To

Open a Web browser to the video you selected.
Press the play to watch the video, pausing, rewinding, and re-watching, as needed.
Answer the listening comprehension questions or complete the cloze exercises near the video by selecting answers or typing in the missing words.
Check answers by choosing the Check button.

Teacher Tips

Some videos have transcriptions. Some of the site’s content is British English.
The site has some advertising, so teach students how to avoid it.

More Ways

There are also beginning and intermediate Grammar and Vocabulary exercises, so explore them too.

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