Listening Comprehension · B5 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.7.1.1 - Employ the Think-Aloud strategy to convey meaning from level-appropriate texts.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Listen attentively to a teacher-read or audio text and identify the main characters, setting, and key events.
Demonstrate the Think-Aloud strategy by verbalising their thoughts, questions, and confusions while listening to a text.
Use sentence starters such as “I think…”, “This reminds me of…”, “I wonder why…”, and “That does not make sense because…” to express their thinking during listening.
Explain, in their own words, how thinking aloud helps a listener understand a story better.
Practise the Think-Aloud strategy in pairs, sharing at least two thoughts or questions about a short text with a partner.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Listening Comprehension (1.7)
Content standard: B5.1.7.1 - Use appropriate skills and strategies to process meaning from texts
Indicator: B5.1.7.1.1 - Employ the Think-Aloud strategy to convey meaning from level-appropriate texts.
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 5 (Week 5 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 81
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Have learners listen to an audio text or a teacher-read text.
- Model Think-Aloud strategy to make meaning from the text.
- Have learners practise the Think-Aloud strategy to construct meaning.