ELT365 · Day 176 — Predicting Before Listening

Idea — Prediction activates schema, reduces anxiety, and gives learners a purpose for listening. When learners predict and then check their predictions, comprehension improves even when they are wrong.

Example — Show the title of a podcast episode and a photo of the guest. Ask: what do you think they will talk about? What vocabulary might you hear? Then play.

Try — Add a one-minute prediction stage before your next listening. Elicit topic vocabulary and likely content. Notice whether it changes how engaged learners are.

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