Teaching Resource
Is It True? Listening Activity
A PowerPoint including 15 images to use as prompts for a listening activity.
Use this teaching resource to refine listening skills. The resource includes a PowerPoint and sample script describing each of the images.
Students listen to the description read by the teacher while viewing an image. They decide whether the information is accurate or not.
This resource provides great exposure to descriptive vocabulary. Vocabulary may be adjusted to suit the language level of the students.
There are two versions of the script. One version includes images and the other does not.
Read more about Speaking and Listening activities on our blog 10 Activities for Developing the Skills of Speaking and Listening.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- ENe-9B
Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts
- EN1-2A
Plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers
- EN1-7B
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
- EN1-9B
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCELA236
Identify language that can be used for appreciating texts and the qualities of people and things
- VCELA167
Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school
- VCELA237
Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purpose
- VCELA202
Understand the use of vocabulary in everyday contexts as well as a growing number of school contexts, including appropriate use of formal and informal terms of address in different contexts
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELA1462
Identify language that can be used for appreciating texts and the qualities of people and thingsElaborationsexploring how language is used to express feelings including learning vocabulary to express a gradation of feeling, for example รขยยhappyรขย...
- ACELA1437
Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at schoolElaborationsbuilding vocabulary through multiple speaking and listening experiences (Skills: Literacy, Critical and C...
- ACELA1454
Understand the use of vocabulary in everyday contexts as well as a growing number of school contexts, including appropriate use of formal and informal terms of address in different contextsElaborationslearning forms of address for visitors and how to...
- ACELA1470
Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purposeElaborationsinterpreting new terminology drawing on prior knowledge, analogies and connec...
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