Listening for the message
Inglés · Unit 1: Jobs
Qué aprenderás
- Understand main ideas and explicit information in simple authentic and adapted oral texts. Identify key words, thematic vocabulary, common expressions, collocations and language features in oral texts.
- Use English about work, occupations, personal qualities, money and saving.
- Communicate meaning before seeking perfect translation.
Maya works at a neighborhood bakery on Saturdays. She prepares orders, checks prices, and talks to customers. She likes the job because she is learning to organize her time and save part of her pay for a design course.
En televisores, la síntesis de voz depende del navegador. No se fuerza una voz inglesa sobre explicaciones en español.Goal
Understand main ideas and explicit information in simple authentic and adapted oral texts. Identify key words, thematic vocabulary, common expressions, collocations and language features in oral texts. En «Listening for the message», conecta este paso con una evidencia concreta: Maya is learning work skills and saving for a future course.
- Remember: first identify who communicates, for what purpose and in what situation; then use vocabulary and grammar to build meaning.
- Understand before translating
- Use English in context
- Check meaning with evidence
Input
Maya works at a neighborhood bakery on Saturdays. She prepares orders, checks prices, and talks to customers. She likes the job because she is learning to organize her time and save part of her pay for a design course.
- What is the main message?
- Which detail supports it?
- What is the writer's or speaker's purpose?
Meaning first
Context: work, occupations, personal qualities, money and saving. The input is short, age-appropriate and designed for First Year of Chilean secondary education. Focus: Understand main ideas and explicit information in simple authentic and adapted oral texts. Identify key words, thematic vocabulary, common expressions, collocations and language features in oral texts..
- Main idea
- Relevant detail
- Purpose or response
Useful language
Learn expressions as chunks and reuse them in a new sentence: in my opinion; according to; I’m interested in; however; because; first/then/finally. En «Listening for the message», conecta este paso con una evidencia concreta: Maya is learning work skills and saving for a future course.
- Say it aloud
- Change one element
- Use it in a new context
Language tool
Grammar supports communication. Notice word order, verb time, connectors, quantities and descriptive language in the input; choose the form that makes your intended meaning clear. En «Listening for the message», conecta este paso con una evidencia concreta: Maya is learning work skills and saving for a future course.
- Meaning
- Form
- New example
Guided practice
Complete the task in English. First identify the communicative purpose; then select useful language; finally produce or interpret the message and check whether it makes sense. En «Listening for the message», conecta este paso con una evidencia concreta: Maya is learning work skills and saving for a future course.
- Purpose
- Language
- Check
Common mistakes
Avoid translating word by word, choosing an answer because one familiar word appears, or producing isolated grammar with no communicative purpose. En «Listening for the message», conecta este paso con una evidencia concreta: Maya is learning work skills and saving for a future course.
- Use context
- Read/listen beyond one word
- Prioritize intelligibility
Transfer
Use the same strategy in a different situation related to work, occupations, personal qualities, money and saving. Change the people, purpose or details while keeping the communication skill. En «Listening for the message», conecta este paso con una evidencia concreta: Maya is learning work skills and saving for a future course.
- New situation
- Same strategy
- Independent response
Closure
Say what you understood or communicated, which strategy helped you and one expression you can reuse. En «Listening for the message», conecta este paso con una evidencia concreta: Maya is learning work skills and saving for a future course.
- Message
- Strategy
- Reusable English
Actividad de desarrollo
Write 120–180 words in English about work, occupations, personal qualities, money and saving. Organize your message for a clear purpose, include relevant details, use connectors, and revise vocabulary, verb forms, spelling and punctuation before finishing.
Práctica
- Maya is learning work skills and saving for a future course.
- The text says the situation has no useful information.
- The text argues that everyone should make the same choice.
- The text focuses only on an unrelated detail.
- The opposite of the situation is stated.
- She works at a bakery on Saturdays.
- A fact not mentioned in the text is given as certain.
- The text says there are no relevant details.
- To give unrelated instructions with no connection to the topic.
- To prove that only one personal choice is acceptable.
- To describe a part-time job and what Maya learns from it.
- To list vocabulary without communicating a message.
- Translate every word before deciding what the text is about.
- Choose an answer as soon as one familiar word appears.
- Ignore context and focus only on verb forms.
- Identify the main message first, then return to specific details and context.