ENGLISH BEYOND ABILITY(EBA) TEACHERS' BOOK teachersbook eba | Page 77

THE PREDICTION GAME
Students read the questions one by one in pairs. As they go through them, they discuss and try to predict what
words or phrases they might hear during the recording. For each potential answer, they should write down two or
three phrases. This should include synonyms and paraphrasing of the possible answers.Once students have
finished, do the listening task as normal. In my lesson, students listened to the recording twice, completed the task
on their own, and didn’t check their answers with each other until after the second time the recording had been
played.Once students have discussed their answers in pairs, and compared their predictions to what they actually
heard, replay the recording, pausing between each question and go through the answers with the class. This gives
students a chance to self-correct before the answers are revealed and allows you to discuss any difficulties students
may have had.Finally, give students the recording script and ask them to find any words that they included in their
predictions. For every match, they get a point.For students who weren’t able to write many predictions, or who finish
quickly, ask them to underline new and useful words and phrases in the text and write them on the board for
discussion once every group has finished.