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1.2 Active listening Attention Engagement Note taking

French · Grade 8 · 3 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Extended family: les grands-parents, l'oncle, la tante, le neveu, la nièce, le cousin, la cousine, les beaux-parents
  • Presenting a relative: Voici + possessive + name (Voici mon oncle Otieno)
  • Naming a link: Il est le frère de... / Elle est la sœur de... / Il est le fils de...
  • Listening skills: recall names and links from an oral presentation; take notes in a who / link / name / place grid

What you will be able to do

  • recall details and information accurately from oral interactions
  • interpret verbal and non-verbal cues from audio stimuli
  • use family vocabulary appropriately when listening and responding
  • express enthusiasm and willingness to listen in oral interactions

Key questions

“Why is attention important when listening?”

Lessons

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  1. Listening for the rest of the family
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Hear and recover grands-parents, oncle, tante, neveu, nièce and beaux-parents from a short oral presentation.
  2. Voici mon oncle: listening and noting
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Catch Voici + possessive + name in an oral presentation and fill a four-column note grid.
  3. Il est le frère de...: hearing the link
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Recover who is whose brother, sister, son or daughter from an oral text, using tone and pause as cues.