IELTSListeningTaskType2(Matching)(2)teachersnotes

Description Thisisanactivitytointroduceandpractisethematchingtaskandpredictsomeofthe languagestudentswillhear. Timerequired: Additional materials required: 40minutes recordingoftapescriptforsampletask2(2)(Youwillhavetomake thisrecordingyourselfwithafriendorcolleagueorasktwofriends orcolleaguestodoitforyou).N.B.Thisactivityisspecifictothe taskusedherebuttheideascouldbeadaptedforusewithother matchingtasks tointroducethematchingtask toactivatestudentsknowledgeofthesituationandlanguagethey willhearthroughavocabularyexerciseandaroleplay tocompleteamatchingtask.

Aims:

Procedure 1. Playthefirsttwolinesofconversationfromthesampletask.Thenaskstudentswho thespeakersareandwhattheythinkthecontextis. 2. Writethefollowingontheboard: Ahotelinaruralarea Ahotelwhichonlyopenedrecently Ahotelwhichoffersfacilitiesforbusinessfunctions Ahotelwhichhasanindoorswimmingpool 3. Studentsworkinpairstothinkofalternativewaysofexpressingeachtypeofhotel: e.g.ahotelinaruralareacouldbeacountrysidehotelahotelsurroundedbyhills ahotel10milesfromthenearesttown. 4. Explainthattohelpthestudentstothinkaboutthecontextandthelanguageusedin thelisteningtaskthatfollows,theyaregoingtoroleplayasimilarsituation.Giveout theroleplaycards,withtheclassdividedintorolesAandB. 5. Askstudentswiththesameroletogettogetheringroupsoftwoorthreetoplantheir rolefor5minutes. 6. Setuptheroleplaysituation,changingtheclasslayoutifpossibletohavepartners facingeachother.Encouragethestudentstoroleplaytheconversationforaround5 minutes.Monitorwithoutdisturbing. 7. Listentoacoupleofpairsperformtheirroleplay. 8. Handouttheworksheet.Studentscompleteitandthenlistentoyourrecordingto check.Getsomefeedbackonstep3.
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9. Handoutthesampletask.Studentsreadtheinstructionsandthelistofmatching options.Explainthatthenamesofthehotelswillbethesameinthelisteningtextin thissampletaskastheyarepropernouns. 10. Playyourrecordingagainforstudentstocompletethetask. 11. Wholeclasscheck.Remindstudentsthattheywillonlyheartherecordingoncein thetest. 12. Elicitfromstudentswhattheyshoulddointheexamforthistasktype(theyhaveto matchanumberedlistofitemsfromthelisteningtexttoasetofoptionsinabox)and addanyextrainformationrequired(readtheinstructionsskimtheanswerchoices andquestionsandthinkofalternativewaysofexpressingthem,unlesstheyare names/propernounslistenfortheanswersbykeepingmorethanonequestionin mindatatimetheywillonlyheartherecordingoncetheyshouldonlyuseeach answerchoiceonceandalltheanswerchoicesmaynotbeused).

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IELTSListeningTaskType2(Matching)(2)answerkeys
KeytoWorksheet 1 2 3 4 isinaruralarea? onlyopenedrecently? offersfacilitiesforbusinessfunctions? hasanindoorswimmingpool?

conferences 3 Internet 3 modern 3

outdoorpool 4 country 1 citycentre 1

anexcellent reputation 2 afewmonths ago 2 refurbished 2

peaceful 1 gym 4 fitnesscentre 4

lovelyin summer 4 10kilometres away 1 meetings 3

KeytoSampleTask 1. E 2. B 3. C 4. A

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IELTSListeningTaskType2(Matching)(2)Roleplaycards
StudentA Youworkinthelocaltouristinformationcentre.Yourpartnerisgoingtoaskyousome questionstofindoutaboutthefollowinghotelsinthearea.Listentoyourpartnersrequests andgiveasmuchinformationaspossibleaboutthefollowingtypesofhotelwhichare nearby: ahotelinaruralareawhereisit?Howbigisit?Whatisitsbestfeature? ahotelwhichonlyopenedrecentlywhendiditopen?Isitcomplete?Whatstyleisit? ahotelwhichoffersfacilitiesforbusinessfunctionswhatfacilitiesdoesithave?Isit suitablefornonbusinesspeopletoo? ahotelwhichhasanindoorswimmingpoolwhatotherleisurefacilitiesdoesithave? Howbigisthepool?Whatkindofpeoplestayatthehotel?

Planwhatyouaregoingtosayabouteachoneandbepreparedtogivemoredetailsabout eachone.

StudentB Youhavejustarrivedinthetownandwanttochooseasuitablehoteltostayinoverthenext fewdaysforamixtureofbusinessandpleasure.Youareinterestedinthefollowingtypesof hotel: ahotelinaruralarea ahotelwhichonlyopenedrecently ahotelwhichoffersfacilitiesforbusinessfunctions ahotelwhichhasanindoorswimmingpool Planwhatyouaregoingtoaskthetouristinformationofficerabouteachhotel.Attheend, decidewhichhotelyouaregoingtostayin.

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IELTSListeningTaskType2(Matching)(2)Studentsworksheet
1. Whichquestiondoyouthinkthefollowingwordsareconnectedwith?

Whichhotel: 1 isinaruralarea? 2 onlyopenedrecently? 3 offersfacilitiesforbusinessfunctions? 4 hasanindoorswimmingpool?

conferences

outdoorpool

anexcellent reputation

peaceful

lovelyin summer

internet

country

afewmonths ago

gym

10kilometres away

modern

citycentre

refurbished

fitnesscentre

meetings

2. Compareyouranswerswithyourpartner.Justifyyouranswersbyexplaininghowthe wordscouldbeconnectedtothequestions. 3. Listentotherecording.Wereyourideasinstep3correct?Didanythingsurpriseyou?

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IELTSListeningTaskType2(Matching)(2)SampleTask
Questions14 Whichhotelmatcheseachdescription? Chooseyouranswersfromtheboxandwritethecorrectletter,AE,nexttoquestions14.

Hotels A B C D E TheBridgeHotel CarltonHouse TheImperial TheMajestic TheRoyalOak

1 2 3 4

isinaruralarea onlyopenedrecently offersfacilitiesforbusinessfunctions hasanindoorswimmingpool

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IELTSListeningTaskType2(Matching)(2)Tapescript
Youwillhearamantalkingtoanofficialatatouristinformationoffice.

Official Man

CanIhelpyou? Yes,Iwaswantingsomewheretostayforafewdaysafourorfivestar hotel.Canyoutellmesomethingaboutthepossibilities? OK,right,welltherearefivehotelsthatmightinterestyou.Wereyou wantingacitycentrelocation,orwouldyoubeinterestedinsomethinga bitfurtherout? Well,IdohaveacarsoIcouldgoforeither. Well,therearethreecentralhotelsintherangeyou'relookingforthere's CarltonHouseandtheImperial.They'rebothnearthemainsquare,butif you'vegotyourowntransportyoumightbeinterestedintheRoyalOak thatsoutinthecountry,abouttenkilometresaway,verypeaceful.Then there'stheBridgehotelandtheMajesticthey'rebothintownbutnotin thecentrethey'reoutontheairportroad. Mmmthatmightbeabitfaroutactually.OK,nowtheothertwoyou mentioned,inthecitycentre.Canyoutellmeabitaboutthem? Well,they'rebothexcellenthotels.Ifyouwantsomethingwithabitof character,CarltonHouseisquiteunusualit'saveryoldbuildingthatwas originallyalargeprivatehouse,itwasboughtbytheVannischainand theycompletelyrefurbishedittheytooktheirfirstguestsjustafew monthsagobutit'salreadygotanexcellentreputation.That'safivestar hotel.Orthere'stheImperial,whichisamuchmoremodernbuilding.That alsohasitsowngymanditalsohasinternetconnectionandmeetings roomsit'susedforconferencesandcorporateeventsaswellasprivate guests.That'sfivestaraswell. Doesithaveaswimmingpoolaswellasagym? NotheRoyalOakhasanoutdoorpool,whichislovelyinthesummer, buttheonlyhotelwithanindoorpoolistheBridgeHotel.Itdoesn'thavea gymthough.TheMajesticisplanningtobuildaswimmingpoolanda fitnesscentre,butit'snotfinishedyet. Isee.Well,IthinkI'llprobablygoforoneofthecitycentrehotels.

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