1. Session 5: Listening and speaking
Time: 14:30 – 15:20
Objectives
Practicing your ability of listening for gist
Practicing your ability of listening for detail
Task
10. Watching a video documentary

2. Task 10: Watching a video documentary (1)
Key words:
bomber casualties aircraft pilot scatter defensive escalate mission military aviator combat well-informed non-existent

3. Task 10: Watching a video documentary (2)
Pre-listening question(s):
Can you predict what the video is going to talk about from the key words given?
While-listening question(s):
listening for gist
How many countries are mentioned in the video?
Which war is the video about ?

4. Task 10: Watching a video documentary (3)
listening for specific information
What were the Germany’s casualties during Big Week?
Who tried to prevent these very losses?
Did Hitler pay attention to the increasing power of the British and the American air force?
Who in 1938 recognized the need for developing air power?
How many pilots were there in America in 1940?
How many pilots were there after 1941?
When did the Pearl Harbour incident break out?

5. Task 10: Watching a video documentary (4)
listening for specific information
What were the Germany’s casualties during Big Week?（The Germans lost a third of their aircraft and a fifth of their pilots.)
Who tried to prevent these very losses? (Adolf Galland)
Did Hitler pay attention to the increasing power of the British and the American air force? (No)
Who in 1938 recognized the need for developing air power?(President Roosevelt)
How many combat pilots were there in America in 1940?(Seven thousand)
How many combat pilots were there after 1941?(Over one hundred thousand)
When did the Pearl Harbour incident break out?(On December 7th, 1941)