Designing listening task Prepared by: Farmonova Naima Topic: Law-what is it? Objectives

Designing listening task

Prepared by: Farmonova Naima


Topic: Law-what is it?

Objectives:

To introduce vocabulary relating to law

To develop listening and comprehension skills through discussion, brainstorming, gap filling, completing tasks

Time: 80 minutes

Materials: 4 sheets of paper, markers, pictures, handouts, tape-recorder.

Interaction: group work, individual work, pair work

Level: elementary

Procedure:

Pre-listening activities:

Activity 1. (10 min)Put students in groups of 4 and distribute each group paper, ask them to brainstorm as many words about “Law” as they can.

Collect ideas on the board.

Distribute handout 1, ask them to read the questions and discuss them with their groups.

Activity 2.(10min) Tell students that they are going to listen to the text.

Distribute handout 2 and say they must write whether statements are True or False

While-listening a

ctivity:

Activity 3 (10 min)Tell students that they are going to listen to the text(handout 3) and fill in the gaps.(individual work)

Play the tape

Each time ask a different group to check similar opinions.

Play the tape one more time and check their answers.

Ask students to discuss with partner whether the statements are true or false, check their answers.

Activity 4. (5min)Distribute handout 4, ask them to listen to the track and pay attention to the transcription of new words and remember their meaning.

Post-listening activity: (10 min)

Activity 5. Tell students to work in groups of 4 and to listen to the track which is about ''A Thief in the Night''

Distribute handout 5, ask them to listen and answer the questions.

Play the tape and check their answers.

Tape script

LAW: WHAT IS IT?

Law is a body of official rulesand regulations. It is generally found in constitutions, legislation and judicial decisions. Law is used to govern a society and to control the behaviour of its members. The nature and functions of law have varied throughout history. In modern societies, some authorized body such as a legislature or a court makes the law. It is supported by the coercive power of the state, which enforces the law by means of appropriate penalties or remedies. Formal legal rules and actions are usually distinguished from other means of social control and guides for behaviour such as morality, public opinion, and custom or tradition. Of course, a lawmaker may respond to public opinion or other pressures, and a formal law may prohibit what is morally unacceptable. Law serves a variety of functions. Laws against crimes, for example, help to maintain a peaceful, orderly, relatively stable society. Courts contribute to social stability by resolving disputes in a civilized fashion. Property and contract laws facilitate business activities. Laws limit the powers of government and help to provide some degree of freedom that would not otherwise be possible. Law has also been used as a mechanism for social change; for instance, at various times laws have been passed to improve the quality of individual life in matters of health, education, and welfare.

Law is not completely made by humans; it also includes natural law. The best;known version of this view, that God’s law is supreme, has had considerable influence in the United States and other Western societies. The civil rights movement, for example, was at least partially inspired by the belief in natural law. Such a belief seems implicit in the view that law should serve to promote human dignity, as for instance by the enforcement of equal rights for all. Muslim societies also embrace a kind of natural law, which is closely linked to the religion of Islam.

Handout

Discuss with your partner whether the statements are true or false.

N	Statements	True	False
1.	The word «law» refers to limits upon various forms of behaviour.
2.	Social traditions and rules are both enforced by governments or lawmakers.
3.	Many laws reflect social customs.
4	Any law is to improve the quality of individual life.
5	Some laws are called to limit the powers.
6	Law is enforced equally against all members of the nation.

Designing listening task

Students` worksheet

Handout 1

Read through the questions and discuss with your group.

1. What cases do you think civil law deals with?

2.Give the definition of the civil law using your background knowledge.

3.In what circumstances do people think of their everyday activities as legal matters?

4.. What does the word «law» mean for you?

Handout 2 Pictures



Handout 3

Listen and fill in the gaps

Law is a body of official rules and ___________ .It is generally found in constitutions, legislation and judicial decisions. Law is used to govern a society and to control the _____________of its members. The nature and functions of law have varied throughout history. In modern societies, some authorized body such as a legislature or a court makes the law. It is supported by the _________power of the state, which enforces the law by means of appropriate penalties or _____________. Formal legal rules and actions are usually distinguished from other means of social control and guides for behaviour such as ______________, public opinion, and custom or tradition. Of course, a _____________ may respond to public opinion or other pressures, and a formal law may prohibit what is morally unacceptable. Law serves a variety of functions. Laws against crimes, for example, help to____________a peaceful, orderly, relatively stable society. Courts contribute to social stability by resolving disputes in a ________________. Property and contract laws facilitate business activities. Laws limit the powers of government and help to provide some degree of freedom that would not otherwise be possible. Law has also been used as a mechanism for social change; for instance, at various times laws have been passed to improve the quality of _______________in matters of health, education, and welfare.

Handout 4

Listening Exercise: A Thief in the Night

Vocabulary thief/ robber- a person who takes things theft- the act or the time when a robber takes something steal- (verb) to take something that is not yours (past tense-stole) bizarre- very strange, unusual small/medium/ large build- the size of a person's body. A very big man would have a large build. describe- to tell how something looks or how something is (noun- description) knock down- (verb) to make something fall refrigerator- cold place where we keep our food

Tape script of the Dialogue

Police Officer: I understand you had a theft tonight. Could you tell me everything that happened?

Mrs. Grady: Yes, of course. I was sleeping and I heard a loud noise in the kitchen.

Police Officer: And what did you do?

Mrs. Grady: I got up and went downstairs very quietly. Then I saw a man going out of the window.

Police officer : Can you describe the thief?

Mrs. Grady: Sure. He had dark hair and a medium build. I couldn't see his face well, but he was wearing a blue shirt.

Police Officer: Did he steal anything?

Mrs. Grady: Well, it was very bizarre.

Police Officer: What do you mean?

Mrs. Grady: He knocked down the refrigerator and stole all the food!
Handout 5.Questions

1. What was Mrs. Grady doing when she heard the thief? 2. What was the thief doing when Mrs. Grady saw him? 3. What did the thief look like? 4. What was the thief wearing? 5. What did the thief knock down? 6. What did the thief steal?