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LISTEN A MINUTE.

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Avatars
http://www.listenAminute.com/a/avatars.html

One minute a day is all you need to improve your listening skills.

Focus on new words, grammar and pronunciation in this short text.

Doing the online activities, discussion, survey and writing will help.

Listen many times – enough for you to you understand everything.

Follow me: http://twitter.com/SeanBanville

THE LISTENING TAPESCRIPT
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Most people know the word 'avatar'. Perhaps we all saw

the movie with the same name. Avatars are becoming a

normal part of our life. Well... I should say our online life.

Almost everywhere you go on the Internet you see

avatars. Sometimes it's a website asking you to make an

avatar, and other times it's people's real avatars. Do you

have one? Or two, or three? I see a lot of avatars that

are kind of cute and look like Japanese anime. One of the

I always take a long time to choose my avatar. It's

important to make one I really like. It has to be funny. I

also like avatars that move. All of the best avatars I've

seen move. They are usually very funny, and clever.

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LISTENING GAP FILL
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Most people know the word_______ 'avatar'.

Perhaps we all saw the movie with the same name.

Avatars are becoming andnormal__part

of_________ our life. Well... I should say our online life.

Almost everywhere you go on the Internet you see

avatars. Sometimes it's a website _asking you_to

make___________ an avatar, and other times it's

people's real avatars. Do you have one? Or two, or three?

I see a lot of avatars that _are___kind of

cute___________ and look like Japanese anime. One of

the _popular things________ is to choose an

animal as an avatar. I always __take a long

time_____________ to choose my avatar. It's important

to make one I really like. It __has to be

funny_____________. I also like avatars that move. All

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of the best avatars I've seen move. They are ___usually

very funny____________, and clever.

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CORRECT THE SPELLING
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Most people know the word 'avatar'. hpreasP we all saw

the movie with the same name. Avatars are becoming a

rloman part of our life. Well... I should say our eolinn life.

Almost everywhere you go on the Internet you see

avatars. Sometimes it's a esetibw asking you to make an

avatar, and other times it's people's real avatars. Do you

have one? Or two, or three? I see a lot of avatars that

are kind of cute and look like pnaaJees anime. One of the

most orppaul things is to csoohe an animal as an avatar.

I always take a long time to choose my avatar. It's

atnoiprtm to make one I rleayl like. It has to be funny. I

also like avatars that move. All of the best avatars I've

seen move. They are auluyls very funny, and eerclv.

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS
From: http://www.listenAminute.com/a/avatars.html

Most people know the word 'avatar'. Perhaps we all saw

the movie with the same name. Avatars are becoming a

part life of normal our. Well... I should say our online life.

Almost everywhere you go on the Internet you see

avatars. Sometimes it's a website to you asking an make

avatar, and other times it's people's real avatars. Do you

have one? Or two, or three? see lot avatars I a of that

are kind of cute and look like Japanese anime. One of the

I always time long a take to choose my avatar. It's

important I really like to make one. It has to be funny. I

also like avatars that move. All of the best avatars I've

seen move. and very They funny are , usually clever.

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

_______________________________________________________
1. _

_______________________________________________________
2. _

_______________________________________________________
3. _

_______________________________________________________
4. _

_______________________________________________________
5. _

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

_______________________________________________________
1. _

_______________________________________________________
2. _

_______________________________________________________
3. _
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_______________________________________________________
4. _

_______________________________________________________
5. _

_______________________________________________________
6. _

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STUDENT AVATARS SURVEY
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Write five GOOD questions about avatars in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student
must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3

_______ _ _______

Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

 Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found
out. Change partners often.
 Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

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WRITING
From: http://www.listenAminute.com/a/avatars.html

Write about avatars for 10 minutes. Show your partner

your paper. Correct each other’s work.

______________________________________________________________________________

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words

from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or
another search engine) to build up more associations /
collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more

information about avatars. Talk about what you discover with
your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about avatars.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give
each other feedback on your articles.

4. AVATARS POSTER Make a poster about avatars. Show it to

your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on
your posters.

5. MY AVATARS LESSON: Make your own English lesson on

avatars. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some
good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you
have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page,

MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon
account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on
avatars. Share your findings with the class.

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