Listening 60~90” A lecture providing an extended example, counterexample, or application of the concept
Speaking 60”
Restate contents of the reading and the listening
What did you feel then? You knew that you should obey your mom’s words and do the dishes. But you felt you were an adult already and thus it was so “uncool” if you did what your mom asked you, especially in front of your friends. So what would you do?
❖ In the listening passage, the professor takes _______ for example to further illustrate this. _________.
❖ By these means, he proves that ____________________, which is related in
60-90" to listen) ↓
❖Speaking (combine info. in two sources;
30" to prepare & 60" to speak)
Format of Task 4
Steps Time
Contents
Reading 45” Definition of a general concept
Sample notes
13 male wash dishes walked into the kitchen slowly
unwilling to accept his social role as a kid anymore
Sample pattern 1
❖ The reading passage explains/gives a definition of ____________________. It states that ____________________.
❖ Only in very rare cases, people would express their reluctance to play current social roles directly. Normally, they would still keep playing the roles bestowed by their surrounding environments on one hand, but on the other hand, they would release some emotional clues that imply their unwillingness to accept the roles.
Speaking
1. Combine information in TWO sources 2. NO personal ideas 3. Make listener who hasn’t read and heard the
passages understand what is going on.
❖ This once again shows ____, which is described in the reading passage.
❖ Those are good examples for us to better understand ____ described in the reading passage.
What to listen?
That is the definition of the phenomenon which we call, er… “Role Distancing”. To help you understand this phenomenon better, here is an example. Suppose you were a 13-year-old boy and you were playing with your friends in the living room. Now your mom came in and asked you to finish your kitchen duty, that is, to wash dishes piled up in the sink.
Role distancing
(what to read?)
❖ People play many different roles all through their lives, such as sons, husbands and fathers. However, under certain circumstances, people may want to adapt to new social roles rather than keep the roles they are currently playing. In the field of social-psychology, this interesting conflict between roles people wish for and roles people possess is called “role distancing”.
the reading passage.
Sample pattern 2
❖ The reading passage explains a definition of________, which means that_________.
Task 4
integrated task
Academic Course Topic
Procedure
❖Reading (75-100 words and will disappear after;
45" to read) ↓
❖Listening (conversation on same topic with a picture;
Links between reading and
listening
❖ The reading passage describes this exact same situation.
❖ This represents the idea of ______ as described in the reading passage.
Whhe conception from reading
❖State the examples given by the professor in listening
❖Explain the relationship between reading and listening
Sample notes
“role distancing” conflict ：current role ↔prev rl 1. Play new rl 2. reluc←give out emotions
Listening
Narrator
Now listen to a lecture on this topic in a psychology class.
Reading
❖ The reading passage explains a definition of_______. It means/states that______.
Listening
❖ In the lecture, the professor gives an/two examples to further illustrate it.
You still had to wash the dishes for sure, but you did not want your friends thinking that you were a nice, good kid. Then you walked into the kitchen slowly, or you dragged yourself out of the living room, so that all your friends would know that you were unwilling to accept your social role as a kid anymore.
Reading Features：
❖ 1）Words：75-100 ❖ 2）Main content： definition +
explanation
3) reading+ note-taking 45”
Listening Features
❖ Words:150-220
❖ Listening+ note-taking 60”-90”
Sample
Reading
Role distancing
❖ People play many different roles all through their lives, such as sons, husbands and fathers. However, under certain circumstances, people may want to adapt to new social roles rather than keep the roles they are currently playing. In the field of social-psychology, this interesting conflict between roles people wish for and roles people possess is called “role distancing”.