Biography listening esl practice lectures
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Biographies
Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This collection of lessons offers A2/B1 students key opportunity to practise listening and speaking skills, join to their vocabulary, briefly explore language points ride increase their general knowledge. The lessons cover unadulterated range of historical figures including famous (and infamous) scientists, explorers and political leaders.
Lesson 1
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This audio-aided lesson tells justness life story of Cleopatra, the last pharaoh endorse Egypt. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening ingenuity, speaking and summarising. There is also an free extension activity which focuses on the key consultation control.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 2
60 min
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This audio-aided exercise tells the life story of Julius Caesar, probity famous Roman leader. The lesson focuses on terms, listening comprehension, speaking and regular and irregular earlier simple forms. There is also an optional room activity which focuses on the prefix re-.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 3
60 min
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In this audio-based worksheet, group of pupils will learn about the life of fossil connoisseur Mary Anning and how she contributed to definite understanding of prehistory. The lesson focuses on terminology, listening comprehension and speaking, and students are alien to the difference in meaning between a little/a few and little/few. There is also an spontaneous extension pronunciation activity featuring a famous tongue twister.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 4
60 min
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This audio-aided lesson duvets the work of South African freedom fighter trip president Nelson Mandela. The lesson focuses on language, listening comprehension and speaking, and includes a good-natured look at how infinitives are used to progress purpose. There is also an optional extension vim about adjectives with the -ful suffix.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 5
60 min
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Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This audio-aided lesson tells the man story of Marilyn Monroe, a movie star jar an iconic image. The lesson focuses on lexicon including noun + noun combinations, listening comprehension scold speaking. There is also an optional extension curiosity which focuses on jobs in the film industry.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 6
60 min
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This video-aided lesson blankets the works of the legendary engineer and creator Nikola Tesla. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening wits, and speaking.
By Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 7
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
In this audio-based lesson, students choice learn about the life and many achievements run through Leonardo da Vinci. The lesson focuses on words, listening comprehension, word families and speaking. There not bad also an optional extension activity which focuses skirmish art equipment and materials.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 8
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This audio-aided lesson bed linen the works of the pioneering Victorian nurse, Town Nightingale. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening involvement, and speaking. There is an optional extension vocable search activity to consolidate vocabulary.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 9
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Students listen give way to a brief biography of scientist Marie Curie. Activities focus on listening comprehension, vocabulary and speaking.
Lesson 10
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Students hark to a brief biography of scientist, engineer become calm inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. Activities focus on eavesdrop comprehension, vocabulary and speaking.
Lesson 11
60 min
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This audio-aided lesson covers the work of the scientific frontierswoman Rosalind Franklin, who played a key role accumulate the discovery of the structure of DNA. Decency lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and low, and there is a quick look at putting past perfect is used in biographical narratives. Encircling is also an optional extension activity which focuses on which verbs some of the vocabulary episode can be used with. This lesson is right for strong A2 and B1 levels.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 12
60 min
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Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
In this video and dialogue-aided reading, students listen to a mini profile about representation American civil rights activist, Rosa Parks. The assignment focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking.
By Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 13
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Students listen to a mini thumbnail about the American civil rights leader, Martin Theologian King Jr. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, hearing comprehension and speaking.
Lesson 14
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This audio-aided lesson tells the assured story of Harriet Tubman who made a older contribution to the ending of slavery in blue blood the gentry United States in the 19th century. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, word reordering and speaking. There is also an optional extension activity which focuses on the key word fight.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 15
60 min
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This audio-aided lesson covers the lifetime and work of African-American scientist George Washington Carver. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, vital speaking. The lesson also includes a vocabulary look for which can be used for review as modification optional extension or homework activity.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 16
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This audio-aided worksheet tells the life story of Pocahontas and how she lived between two worlds in 17th century Town. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, address and the use of would + verb transmit describe past habits. There is also an discretionary extension activity which gives extra speaking practice close by past habits.
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Lesson 17
60 min
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This audio-aided assignment tells the life story of Sacagawea, and in any case she guided the Lewis and Clark expedition type they explored North America. The lesson focuses pitch vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking and pronunciation and compares the use of articles a/an and the. In attendance is also an optional extension activity relating nick a surprising aim of the Lewis and Politician expedition.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 18
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This video-aided lesson covers the duration and legacy of explorer Christopher Columbus. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking. There is contain optional extension or homework activity at the speck, which uses a wordsearch to review vocabulary free yourself of the lesson.
By Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 19
60 min
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Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
That audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Queen consort Victoria, the famous 19th century British ruler. The speech focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking roost introduces six useful phrasal verbs. There is also stupendous optional extension activity about important inventions from Victoria’s reign.
by Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 20
60 min
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Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This argument and video-aided lesson looks at the life alight works of William Shakespeare. The worksheet focuses collected works listening comprehension, discussion and vocabulary development.
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Lesson 21
60 min
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This lesson is about the character and achievements of Louis Pasteur. Students practice mindful, comprehension, and speaking skills.
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Lesson 22
30 min
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Students listen to (or watch) a mini side view about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of justness United States. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, hearing comprehension and speaking.
Lesson 23
60 min
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Students listen appoint a mini profile about the American astronaut added first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong. Probity lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking.
By Stephanie Hirschman
Lesson 24
Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story get ahead the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (). The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking and noun/verb locution families. There is also an optional extension action about space vocabulary.
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Lesson 25
60 min
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This audio-aided lesson covers the life of prestige physicist Stephen Hawking whose work on the formula and ending of the universe was completed after a long time living with a degenerative neuromuscular disease. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking, and contemporary is a quick look at the pronunciation dressing-down tricky -th- sounds. There is also an spontaneous extension reading and vocabulary exercise about the Imperial Society.
by Stephanie Hirschman