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1.1.1 Listening: Extensive Listening
English · Grade 10 · 3 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Extensive listening for general understanding
- Identifying the main message and supporting details
- Note-taking while listening
- Barriers to effective listening
What you will be able to do
- listen to a long text for general understanding
- identify the main message and supporting details in a spoken text
- take brief notes while listening
- appreciate the role of listening in social etiquette
Key questions
“How do you follow a long talk without writing down every word?”
Lessons
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Listening for the whole message
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizFollowing a long talk without trying to catch every word.
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Taking useful notes
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizWriting less while capturing more, and retelling what you heard.
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Listening as social etiquette
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPutting extensive listening and notes to work in a real gathering, and why attention is a form of respect.