Active Listening

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: listen actively through a live interview — two paraphrases, one named emotion, one five-second silence, one verbatim quote captured.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Hear what they actually said

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Active Listening

    Read a 331-word text about Active Listening

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Active Listening Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Active listening, performed

    Read a 279-word text about Active listening, performed

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Active Listening Phrases

    Word-ordering exercise, 8 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: listening vocabulary

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Practicing Active Listening on a Discovery Call

    Role-play: You are on a discovery call with a potential customer and need to practice active listening techniques like paraphrasing, reflecting, and asking clarifying questions. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the listening interview

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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active listeningreflective listeningbe presentread between the linesverbal cuenon-verbal cuecomfortable with silenceparaphrase

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