Professor José Zapata

Lesson goals:
1. To introduce possible ways students can find distractions during the listening
section.
2. To improve predicting skills using contextual and co-textual clues.

Activity Time Interaction

Warmer 5 mins
- T shows a picture of a woman driving car and 2 mins Ss-Ss
asks Ss to discuss in pairs what they think what T-Ss
is happening. Ss-T
- Then T asks the following questions: 3 mins
1. What is the woman doing?
2. What may her hand gesture mean?
3. What do you try to avoid while driving a
car?
Main activities 15 mins
- T asks Ss to discuss in pairs the following
question: 1 min T-Ss
 What kind of distractions can you find in Ss-Ss
the listening section? Ss-T
- T plays an audio and shows the following S
question: Does the woman have any dietary 3 mins
restrictions? Ss discuss in pairs.
- T shows the transcript of the audio and
clarifies the distraction. 2 mins
- T says the following information:
It is a very common situation on IELTS
Listening when a speaker gives some wrong 1 mins
information, then corrects himself and gives
right information. This little trick is called
distraction. You can get distracted by the
information you hear the first time, thinking
that it is correct. And that’s where a lot of
IELTS candidates get caught! The speaker will
then correct what he/she said, and give new
information, which will be the right answer.
- T plays three more audios and Ss find the 8 mins
distractions and answer the question
individually using the worksheets.

Extension activity 8 mins S

Ss-Ss
- T gives Ss a real exercise of IELTS listening
section.
- Ss work individually.
- Ss compare their answers.
- T asks if Ss found any distractions and shows
the answers.
Feedback 2 mins
- T asks Ss what they have learned and how they T-Ss
could improve their attention or avoid
distractions.
 Worksheet

1. Write down the phone number:

_____________________________________

2. Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

What is the woman's name? _______________________________

3. Listen to the audio and tick the correct answers below.

Which water activities are available at Golden Lake Resort?

A swimming

В boating

С waterskiing

SECTION ONE

You are going to hear a conversation between a hotel receptionist and a customer who
has come to make a booking. An example has been done for you. Before starting the
IELTS listening test part 1 practice, take 30 seconds to look at questions 1-6.

When you have done that, start the recording and answer questions 1-6: