Listening assessment: The city.

Grade: 7th grade.
Topic: A trip to Tokio.
Communicative function: ask for help, wh questions, have to.

Presentation stage:

Let's talk about the city and trips.

• Do you know where is Tokio?
• What is a train?
• Did you ever get on a train?
• Where did you go?
  
• What places did you visit?
• How much is the train fare?

Practice stage 1:
Let's listen the dialog between two people in Tokio, Japan.

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Listen to the recording again and choose the correct answer for each question.

Who is talking?

a. Two boys.
b. Two girls.
c. A man with his baby.
d. A man and a woman.

The man will go to Tokio Tower by

a. Taxi.
b. Train.
c. Bus.
d. Subway.


Practice stage 2:

Listen to the recording again and complete the sentences with the missing information.

a. The man want to go to _________ Tower.

b. The train come every _________ minutes.

c. The train fare is ____________ yen.

d. The man will get on the train at platform number ________.


Production stage:

Listen to the dialog and complete the conversation with the missing words.

Man: Let me see now. Which train do I ______________to get on?

Woman: Excuse me. Do you ___________any help?

Man: Yes, I want to ______________ to Tokyo Tower, but I'm really lost. This is my first __________ to Japan, so I have no idea on how to ride the trains.

Woman: First, you need to buy a ticket to ____________destination. [Um-HUH] From here, it's a hundred and thirty yen.

Man: A hundred thirty yen. Okay.

Woman: Then, get on the Hibiya Subway Line at platform number 4.

Man: Number 4,____________.