APARTMENTS VIDEO LESSON
Intermediate Level
Intermediate Level
Each of the five videos is 10 to 15 seconds long.
Check back for a new 30-minute lesson every Monday!
Teachers' Notes are available at the bottom of this page for optional Pre-Listening and Post Listening extension activity ideas.
NOTE:
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Video #1
'No Pets Allowed' Useful Phrases & Vocabulary: modern finishings, affordable Video #2
'Apartment Near Campus' Useful Phrases & Vocabulary: flyer, campus, "Have a good one!" Video #3
'That's a Lot!' Useful Phrases & Vocabulary: listing, deposit Video #4
'The Brick Building' Useful Phrases & Vocabulary: balcony, brick building Video #5
'Perfect!' Useful Phrases & Vocabulary: professionally cleaned, touch up paint 
Time: Approx 30 minutes (full lesson)
The above printable lesson is 100% human-crafted.
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TEACHERS' NOTES*:
Extending the Video Listening Lessons (optional)
Extending the Video Listening Lessons (optional)
*Depending on which of the below activities you choose, the total approximate time needed for the above video lesson may be as much as 60+ minutes.
PRE-LISTENING ACTIVITY
1. "Vocabulary Preview Worksheet":
Download and distribute the printable worksheet (green button below) to each student and have them complete the exercises). Consider: Assign this exercise to your learners for homework in the previous class.
Download and distribute the printable worksheet (green button below) to each student and have them complete the exercises). Consider: Assign this exercise to your learners for homework in the previous class.
(Add 20 minutes)
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2. "Silent Movies" (Prediction): Use the visual nature of the video to spark academic language.
- The Activity: Before playing the video with sound, play it muted.
- Task: Ask students to describe the setting and the characters' body language. "What are they talking about? How do they feel?"
- Goal: To build schema and prepare the brain for the specific vocabulary they are about to hear.
(Add 10 minutes)
POST LISTENING ACTIVITIES
2. Script Shadowing & Fluency Pairs:
Once the Comprehension Quiz and Gap-fill is completed and corrected, transition from listening to speaking.
Once the Comprehension Quiz and Gap-fill is completed and corrected, transition from listening to speaking.
- The Activity: Learners work in pairs to read the dialogue aloud.
- Extension: Encourage "Shadowing." Have students listen to the videos one last time and try to speak the lines at the exact same speed and intonation as the actors.
- Goal: To improve prosody (the rhythm and melody of speech) and word-linking.
(Add 10 minutes)
2. Creative Dialogue Expansion:
This moves learners from "reception" (listening) to "production" (writing/speaking).
This moves learners from "reception" (listening) to "production" (writing/speaking).
- The Activity: In pairs, students write extra lines for the characters.
- Intermediate Level: One extra line per character (2 total).
- Upper Intermediate Level: Two extra lines per character (4 total).
- Extension: Have pairs perform their "Extended Version" for another pair. They might also prepare one or two of their own listening comprehension questions. The second pair must listen and identify which lines were original and which were added, and perhaps answer the new comprehension questions.
- Goal: To practice contextual logic and conversational flow.
(Add 15 minutes)
3. Vocabulary "Hot Seat":
Use the 8-word definition sets you’ve created in a game format.
Use the 8-word definition sets you’ve created in a game format.
- The Activity: One student sits with their back to the whiteboard (the "Hot Seat"). The teacher writes one of the vocabulary words (e.g., affordable or deposit).
- Task: Their classmates must describe the words they learned earlier without saying the word itself. The student at front must guess the word(s).
- Goal: To reinforce retention of technical and descriptive terms.
(Add 10 minutes)
4. The "Fact-Checker" Interview:
Since listening comprehension quiz questions focus on specific details (availability, cost, location, etc.), turn the data into a roleplay.
Since listening comprehension quiz questions focus on specific details (availability, cost, location, etc.), turn the data into a roleplay.
- The Activity: Student A is a "Journalist" and Student B is the "Expert" from the video (e.g., the person calling about the apartment).
- Task: The Journalist must ask three questions based on the video (e.g., "How much is the deposit?"). The Expert must answer from memory.
- Goal: To practice information retrieval and formal Q&A structures.
(Add 5 minutes)
