Listening+Activity+1+Mean+Girls

**Listening Activity 1 : Mean Girls** ** (a) Name ** :  Mean Girls ** (b) ** **Website Link**:  [] ** Activity ** **Link**: []  The particular activity entails a video from a popular American movie “Mean Girls”. The ESL students watch and listen to the video and have to answer the related listening comprehension questions below the video. The video gives the opportunity to the teacher to pause it and rewind it if a student has a question. The students through movies and Tv show clips learn the language in a fun way. The movie clips practice and improve their listening skills and comprehension skills. Also, by watching this video the students will learn correct English pronunciation.  ** (d) ** **Language Level**:  The language level of this particular activity will be most likely addressed, practiced and understood by students of C1-C2 level. The vocabulary is as if spoken by real native speakers. They use words and phrases for conversation that are used in real-life situations. ** (e) ** **Content**: Topic : Mean Girls Type: Video – based listening comprehension exercise (movie clip) Language Level: C1-C2 The content of the activity is informative and enjoyable. The thing that attracted me more to the activity is because the exercise is based on a popular American movie. In my opinion, these kinds of activities are a great new way of learning English. Moreover, I was impressed by the great looking site which is also easy to navigate. The instructions concerning the exercise are very clear and easy to follow. First of all, the user must click on the video in order to watch and pay attention to it. When the user finishes with the listening part, s/he must answer the listening comprehension questions by clicking the right one. Finally, when the user answers the questions, s/he can check his/her results. (f) Evaluation: **  In my opinion, the particular activity is suitable to be used in a language class because by watching this video the student will learn English words and phrases that are used in real-life situations. Also, this activity will give them the opportunity to practice and improve their listening and comprehension skills. Moreover, the student will learn proper pronunciation and useful English language expressions as well as phrases for conversation. These kinds of activities will make the students feel that learning English can actually be fun!
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