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  • Post category:Listening

Topic: Navigating A City

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Components of this activity: Map, audio transcripts, answer key.

Instructions to the teacher

Review the map given below. Then, record the statements given under it and save them as audio files. Alternatively, find a suitable map of your own and replace the statements below with those true to the map you selected. Distribute copies of the map to students. Then, let students listen to the audio files and they will decide if each statement is true or false. 

NOTE: If your class setting allows, you can simply read the sentences out loud in class instead of recording them.

Instructions to the students

Read through the map below. Then, listen to the audio and answer True or False questions according to the map.

The Map

MAP.jpg

Audio Transcripts

  1. Bessey Hall is on the north of Erickson Hall
  2. Wells Hall is in the east of Erickson Hall
  3. Spartan Stadium is in the south of Wells Hall
  4. International center is in the middle of Wells hall and Erickson Hall
  5. Main library is in the northwest of the Hannah Administration Building.

Answer key

1. T

2. T

3. F

4. F

5. T