Lesson 4: Listen to Obtain Information
Prior Knowledge
Prior Knowledge
Students may need some prior knowledge of spelling, grammar and additional vocabulary. This unit has been designed so that students with no prior knowledge can develop their listening skills.
Learning Intentions
Learning Intentions
In this lesson you will:
learn words about weather,
speak about the weather and
listen to a weather forecast and answer questions.
Task 1: Speaking
Task 1: Speaking
What do Irish people talk about most?
What do Irish people talk about most?
How does the weather affect your day?
How does the weather affect your day?
Some weather words
Some weather words
rain, wet, cold, calm, wind, clouds, fog, snow, hot, warm, dry, sunny, ice
rain, wet, cold, calm, wind, clouds, fog, snow, hot, warm, dry, sunny, ice
Question: Which words do you like to hear when you listen to the weather forecast?
Question: Which words do you like to hear when you listen to the weather forecast?
Task 2: Weather forecast
Task 2: Weather forecast
Listen to the RTÉ weather forecast and answer the questions on screen.
Listen to the RTÉ weather forecast and answer the questions on screen.
Task 3: Word search
Task 3: Word search
Find the weather words in this word-search.
Find the weather words in this word-search.
Reference:
RTÉ - Ireland's National Public Service Media (2013). RTÉ Weather Electric Picnic 2013 [video]. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4KgUPY-gpo [accessed 24 June 2020].