Listening Comprehension · JHS3 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.1.2.1.2 - Initiate and participate in meaningful and collaborative discussions using texts and related materials, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Listen to an extended argumentative text and identify at least three key issues or claims made by the speaker.
Initiate a discussion by asking at least two open-ended questions about a text or speech they have listened to.
Build on a classmate’s idea during a group discussion by using sentence frames such as “I agree with Ama because…” or “To add to what Kwame said…”
Express and defend their own opinion on a discussed issue clearly, giving at least one reason and one piece of evidence from the text.
Participate in a small-group conference and present the group’s combined viewpoint to the whole class in a persuasive and organised manner.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Listening Comprehension (1.2)
Content standard: B9.1.2.1 - Demonstrate the ability to listen to extended reading and identify key information
Indicator: B9.1.2.1.2 - Initiate and participate in meaningful and collaborative discussions using texts and related materials, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 4 (Week 4 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

indicator text - p.72: printed with a bullet in front of the code, '- B9.1.2.1.2. Initiate and participate ...', like an exemplar; it is bold, opens its own table row and has its own competency cell, so it is transcribed as an indicator
Curriculum reference: English Language, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 72
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Listen to and identify key issues in level-appropriate texts/speeches/ dialogues e.g. argumentative texts, news, presentations.
- Initiate discussions on ideas and share opinions on level-appropriate texts/speeches/dialogues.
- Engage in conferences to discuss ideas noted from texts/speeches/ dialogues and express your own clearly and persuasively.