English Listening Lesson on
Fish

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THE LESSON ON FISH

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I think fish are the most interesting creatures on the planet. They are absolutely fascinating. I love their different shapes, colours, social behaviour, everything. I can watch tropical fish in my aquarium for hours. Even the tiny little fish are so beautiful. When I go to the city aquarium, I can spend the whole morning or afternoon looking at the fish. I don’t have a favourite fish. I must confess that after watching the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ I do now like clownfish. As well as looking at fish, I also love eating them. Tuna is my favourite, especially raw tuna. When I visit Japan, the first thing I do is go to a sushi restaurant. Raw fish is so much tastier than cooked fish. And probably a lot healthier.

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LISTENING GAP FILL

I think fish ____________________ interesting creatures on the planet. They are absolutely fascinating. I love their ____________________ , colours, social behaviour, everything. I can watch tropical fish ____________________ for hours. Even ____________________ fish are so beautiful. When I go to the city aquarium, I ____________________ whole morning or afternoon looking at the fish. I don’t have a favourite fish. I must ____________________ watching the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ I do now like clownfish. As well as looking at fish, I also love eating them. Tuna is my favourite, especially ____________________ . When I visit Japan, the first thing ____________________ a sushi restaurant. Raw fish ____________________ tastier than cooked fish. And probably ____________________ .

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

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

Write five GOOD questions about fish 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.

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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.

WRITING

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

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about fish. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. FISH POSTER Make a poster about fish. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY FISH LESSON: Make your own English lesson on fish. 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 fish. Share your findings with the class.

ANSWERS

Check your answers in the article at the top of this page.

English Listening Lesson on Fish