Урок з англійської мови. "School events (Listening)" 8 клас

Topic: School events

Grade: 8
Lesson type: Developing listening skills
Lesson objectives:

• Educational: expand vocabulary on the topic "school events", teach learners to understand main and specific information from a listening text.
• Developmental: develop listening and speaking skills, attention, and memory.
• Educational/Values: foster a positive attitude towards school life and teamwork skills.

Lesson plan

1. Warm-up

• Greeting and checking learners’ readiness for the lesson.
• Short motivational game: «Guess the Event»
  • The teacher gives a description: “It’s a celebration with teachers and learners, usually in June.”
  • Learners guess: “End-of-year party” / “School festival.”
• Purpose: activate vocabulary and set the topic.

2. Lead-in

• Short discussion about school events:
  • “What events do you have at school?”
  • “Which school event do you like the most?”
• Key words on the board: sports day, talent show, school trip, science fair, graduation, school concert.

3. Pre-listening

• Introducing vocabulary and phrases from the listening text:
  • Vocabulary focus: to organize, to participate in, exciting, boring, annual, competition, performance.
• Short activity: learners match words with their meanings or translate them.

4. Listening

Activity 1: Listening for gist (general understanding)

• Play the audio about school events.
• Task: tick the events mentioned in the audio.

Activity 2: Listening for details

• Play the audio again.
• Task: answer questions:
  1. When was the school sports day held?
  2. Who performed in the school concert?
  3. Which event did learners enjoy most?

Activity 3: True/False

• Listen again and mark statements as True or False.

5. Post-listening / Speaking

• Pair or group work: discuss learners’ experiences:
  • “Which school events have you attended?”
  • “Which event would you like to organize?”
• Short oral presentations (1–2 minutes per learner).

6. Homework

• Write a short text (5–7 sentences) about a school event you organized or attended.
• Highlight new words and expressions learned during the lesson.

7. Feedback and reflection

• Discuss what learners liked and found difficult.
• Learners self-assess: “I understood most of the audio,” “I want to practice more vocabulary.”