If you're interested in finding out more about the North East, why not listen to an interview with somebody from Sunderland, one of the major cities in the region. There is also an associated lesson plan for you to use with your students.

 

Map of the North East

Listening

Click here to download the interview with Amy, from Sunderland

Lesson plan

This lesson takes a different approach to developing listening skills. It enables each student to participate at their own level. There are no questions with correct answers or incorrect answers, instead the students do a number of different tasks and attempt to extract information from the text. They are then able to read the text and check their own answers. The teacher should act as a guide and facilitator and only input language when students ask for it and clarify misunderstandings. The lesson has a number of prompts which help the students to build their own understanding of the text.

The lesson plan is available at the following link: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/lesson-plans/sunderland.

Alternatively, you can search for 'Sunderland' on the homepage.

 

 

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