Listening activity

1. Name: LISTENING PRACTICE 2nd
Batxillerat
Load the following address http://www.esl-lab.com/story1/story1.htm
You are going to listen to a conversation about UFO's.
PRE-LISTENING ACTIVITY
Before you listen answer the following questions. You can visit the National UFO
Reporting Centre to help you get ideas.
1. What are UFOs and what do they look like?
2. What do the reported aliens look like?
3. How do you explain the numerous sightings of these objects?
4. Do you think that UFOs really exist?
LISTENING ACTIVITY
Once you've answered these questions listen to the conversation and then answer the
multiple choice questions below. You may need to listenn to it more than once. Write
down your score here:
Then click on Text Completion Quiz (up above). Play the conversation again and try to
complete the text with the information you hear.
You can also click on Quiz Script to see the lines in the conversation and vocbulary
definitions of some words. Write their translation below.
Precinct:
Bizarre:
Unidentified:
It was out of this world:
Approach:
POST-LISTENING ACTIVITY
A great deal of debate surrounds the possible existence of exterrestrial beings
(aliens). With the discovery of so many planets beyond our solar system, who knows
what might be out there? Search online for reports of UFO sightings and analyze the
information you read. What do you think is the likelihood that the story is true?
Write an essay debating this idea (100 words). Hand it out next class.