ESOL Lr/E1.2d Listen for phonological detail

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Lr/E1.2d Listen for phonological detail (i) understand that identifying stress within a word can aid recognition and understanding of that word, and that identifying stress within a sentence can help overall understanding (ii) recognise intonation patterns, understand that they can indicate politeness and attitude, and that they can vary across cultures (iii) recognise and discriminate between individual sounds (iv) understand that listening in detail to how speakers pronounce English can be a useful way to improve their own pronunciation

Closely Related ESOl Links: ESOL Lr/E1.2a Listen for detail, ESOL Lr/E1.2b Listen for detail & respond, in a face-to-face situation, ESOL Lr/E1.2c Listen for grammatical detail, ESOL Lr/E1.2e Listen & extract key information
Related Adult Literacy links: SLlr/E1.2 Listen for detail using key words to extract some specific information
Related Functional Skills English links: FS Eng E1.2 Identify & extract the main information from short statements & explanations

A four-page resource that discusses some of the polite conventions in the UK.  Sensitively Written with ESOL learners in mind. Topics include: being polite, saying sorry and punctuality. Part of the Living in the UK series. 

Editor's notes

Although aimed at E1-E2 ESOL it would also be a useful quick starter in higher level classes. Includes exam style questions, cloze task, and discussion/role-play prompts.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
ESOL
ESOL Sc/E1.2a Make requests: ask for things or action
ESOL Sc/E1.1b Articulate the sounds of English to be comprehensible to a sympathetic native speaker
ESOL: Reading text focus - comprehension (Rt)
ESOL Sc/E1.2a Make requests: ask for things or action
ESOL Lr/E1.2d Listen for phonological detail
ESOL Sc/E2.1a Use stress & intonation adequately to make speech comprehensible / meaning understood
ESOL Sc/E2.2a Make requests: ask for things or action
ESOL Sc/E2.2e Ask for directions and instructions
ESOL Sd/E1.1a Take part in social interaction
ESOL Sd/E2.1a Take part in social interaction
ESOL Lr/E2.5a Listen and respond to requests for action / permission
ESOL Lr/E2.6c Listen to and identify simply expressed feelings and opinions

Very good straightforward text about Maria’s day with 4 pages of resources, teaching ideas and answer sheet. Covers asking and answering questions, writing simple sentences and much more .
Originally used with the DfES ESOL E1 Skills for Life materials (Unit 4 – Local Transport) but can be used alone.
http://rwp.excellencegateway.org.uk/readwriteplus/LearningMaterialsESOL

Level
Entry Level 1
ESOL
ESOL Lr/E1.2d Listen for phonological detail
ESOL Rw/E1.3b Recognise digits
ESOL Sc/E1.4a Make simple statements of fact
ESOL Ws/E1.1a Construct a simple sentence, using basic word order & verb form