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THEME 1 FUTURE JOBS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Making plans and predictions
F2 Making an appointment
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11 GRADE
11 GRADE F3 Talking on the phone
11 Listening Chairs

This activity enables students to listen to and understand people talking on the phone while also answering
comprehension questions about what they have heard. It also helps them to improve their listening and speaking
skills.

Materials and Preparation

The game is similar to “Musical Chairs,” but instead of a song, students will listen to the audio. Before starting the
game, form a circle with the chairs. There should be one fewer chair than the total number of students in the class. To
start the game, ask the students a comprehension question based on the audio conversation. Make sure you have
the Internet connection. Scan the QR code to listen to the phone conversation.

Procedure

1 Start playing the audio. Tell students to walk around the circle of chairs while listening to the conversation. When a
student hears the answer to the question, he/she sits down. There may be one or several students who sit down.
2 Pause the audio. If there is only one student who sits down, ask him/her to answer the question. If there are more
students who sit down, ask them to whisper the answer to you one by one. If a student’s answer is correct, he/she
remains seated. Students who give a wrong answer, stand back.
3 Next, ask another question from the next part of the audio conversation. Let the students who have remained
standing start walking around the chairs again until they hear the answer to the new question in the audio. Continue
like this until there is one student left standing. That student is out of the game. Remove a chair from the circle.
4 All the students stand up and the game goes on until there are only two students competing for one chair to become
the winner.

Sample Comprehension Questions

1 For whom are they doing some research?
2 What is Steve Vance interested in?
3 How will the woman send the statistical reports on the towns?
4 Who will they meet from CNT?
5 How is Bracknell spelled?
6 What is Steve Vance’s telephone number?
7 Does he have an email?
8 How and when will the woman send the information?

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