Teaching Listening

1. Navotas Polytechnic College
Bangus St., NBBS, Navotas City
College of Education
Lesson Plan in English Grade 7
(60 min., Average)
I. Objectives:
 Use previous knowledge in making connections to the theme of the listening text.
 Recognize alliteration and sound devices in songs.
 Listen to distinguish sensory expressions.
 Demonstrate appreciation of the theme.
II. Subject Matter:
 Listening text: What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
 Materials: Pictures, speaker and printed materials.
III. Procedure:
A. Before Listening
Task 1: PICTURE PERFECT! (Whole class, 5 min.)
Post the following pictures on the board:
Process questions:
1. Describe the pictures.
2. What do you feel about them?
3. Do they depict a "What A Wonderful World"?
Task 2: UNLOCKING DIFFICULTY (Whole class, 5min.)
Post the following examples of alliteration on the board.
B.While Listening
Task 3: Fill Me! (Individual, 15 min.)
Distribute the worksheets. Play the song "What a Wonderful World". Ask the
students to complete the given task.
Examples:
 Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating
chaos.
 Eric's eagle eats eggs, enjoying each
episode of eating.
Alliteration:
 Occurs when a series of words in
a row (or close together) have the
same first consonant sound.

4. Worksheet 1
Task 3: FILL ME! ( Individual, 15 mins. )
 Listen to the song "What a Wonderful World". Then,Write A, if the words
or lines are showing alliteration and N, if not.
What a Wonderful World
By: Louis Armstrong
I see trees of __________ ,
Red roses too,
I see them _________,
For me and you,
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue,
And clouds of white.
The ________blessed day,
The dark ________ night.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
The colors of the__________ ,
So _________ in the sky.
Are also on the _________,
Of people going by,
I see ________ shaking hands.
Saying, “How do you do?”
They’re really saying,
“I love you”
I hear babies _________ ,
I _________ them grow,
They’ll learn much more,
Than I’ll ever know,
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
Yes I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
1. I see trees of green
2. Red roses too
3. What a wonderful world.
4. I see skies of blue
5. And clouds of white
6. The bright blessed day
7. So pretty in the sky
8. I see friends shaking hands.
9. They’re learn much more
10. They’re really saying