ESOL Listen and respond (Lr)

Adult ESOL Core Curriculum (DfES 2001) > Speaking and Listening > Listen and Respond (Lr)

Resources listed below are likely to cover several Lr curriculum elements - often at more than one curriculum level.

Three very useful sets of scripts and prompts.

  • Using polite language when out and about
  • Having someone around to your house
  • Asking questions at school (e.g. parents chatting in the playground)
Level
Entry Level 3
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 1
ESOL
ESOL Listen and respond (Lr)
ESOL Speak to communicate (Sc)

A quiz to help lower level learners recognise the names of parts of the body. The quiz can be done individually or in small teams; The names of body parts are on cards for each player/team. The tutor reads out clues to a part of the body. The learners choose the correct body part from their cards. There are three clues for each part. The players score for each correct answer: The highest points are for guessing after one clue and the lowest points for guessing only after all three clues.
This can be a reading, writing, online multiple choice or interactive whiteboard activity.

Level
Entry Level 1
English
AL Rw/E1.1 Have limited, meaningful sight vocabulary of words, signs, symbols
Functional English reading
ESOL
ESOL Rw/E1.1a Recognise a limited number of words, signs and symbols
ESOL Listen and respond (Lr)

Set of speaking prompts / paired dialogue sheets and other related worksheets for Entry 1 ESOL. Students can practise reading the conversation in pairs, complete the missing speech bubbles and answer the comprehension questions. Based on a conversation between two male college students. With many photographs and picture prompts.

Level
Entry Level 1
English
Adult Literacy: Speaking & Listening
ESOL
ESOL Listen and respond (Lr)
ESOL Speak to communicate (Sc)
ESOL: Reading text focus - comprehension (Rt)
Context
Education and teaching

Step by step instructions for an excellent paired activity. Also provides useful practice for formal speaking and listening assessments.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
SLlr/E3.2
SLlr/E3.6
SLc/E3.4
SLc/E3.3
ESOL
ESOL Listen and respond (Lr)