Skills for Life Learning Materials

Transcript of track 4 from the Entry Level 1 Literacy CD.

I saw a man walking quickly round the side of the building. I didn’t think it was important at the time. What drew my attention to him was he seemed to be trying to pull his coat over something shiny.
It wasn’t until I heard the news that I thought it could have been the same man trying to cover the World Cup with his coat.
The man was about thirty-five and he was wearing a dark coat. He wasn’t very tall. I could see he had blond hair as it was sticking out from under a blue woollen hat.

Printed versions of Skills for Life learner materials (with audio CDs) are available free from DfES to institutions in England and Wales teaching Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL.
PDFs (and teachers' notes) are at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/LearningMaterialsLiteracy
This transcript is used in Unit 1 (Lost and Found), page 10 (the transcript itself can be found page 18)

TEACHING IDEAS
If you do not have the audio CD - read the text (above) to students, discuss and read again. Alternatively, ask upper Entry 1 and Entry 2 to read a copy of the text (either as a group or independently) before answering the questions.
TIP: to print a quick copy of transcript (for students) highlight the text above with your mouse and select FILE - PRINT. In the dialogue box change the active button from 'all' to 'selection'.
LINKS
Extend this activity with our 'Describe - me' cloze and quiz; see related teaching notes page for 'clothes' and 'colours'.
Follow this activity with our 'In a Pickle' cloze1, cloze2, and quiz about the famous dog who found the World Cup

Return to World Cup cloze