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Active listening, active minds: a fun ICT task

This activity is designed for fourth of primary students. It consists of a dictation created with Educaplay to review hobby vocabulary.


PEDAGOGICAL JUSTIFICATION

The purpose of this task is to integrate listening in the most fun way possible. For this reason, I decided to create it using the ICT tool Educaplay, as I believe that, although it is not the most entertaining activity, it adds a different element to tit and helps keep students more engaged.

In addition, the activity is clear, concise, and easy to complete. Each student can work at their own and listen to each sentence as many times as they need, which respects individual differences and learning rhythms.

This task simulates a real-life situation in which a person needs to listen to something, such as a phone call or a YouTube video, making the learning experience meaningful.

By requiring a written product after listening, students engage in productive thinking and language output, fostering deeper learning than passive listening alone.

EXTRA ACTIVITY

After doing the listening activity, they can produce a short text that includes: 

- 5 hobbies heard in the activity

- 2 new hobbies 

- Describe why hobbies are important

This can be meaningful for students, as they practice also writing skills, and it is a way to see if they have understood the content listened in the previous activity. 

NOT A SIMPLE ACTIVITY

This activity is not a simple activity, it is a task because it focuses on meaning rather than mechanical practice. Students have to listen to understand real information, using some structures that they previously know, so they have to activate their previous knowledge. 



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