The two pieces of news are from the ICRT, yesterday and today respectively, both about the disqualification of Yang Shu-chun at the Asian Games, an issue the students are familiar with and concerned about.
With the appropriate schema, they found it easy to process the messages, though it is English news, something daunting to many English learners. When challenged, they showed more interest.
It was a pity that I didn't record either of the news reports from the radio. If I had, I would have had the students listen to the news after the above activity. After that, I would have had them read the news aloud along with the reporter, trying to catch his speed and imitate his speaking. That would be thrilling!
Of course, if my primary purpose had been to train their listening, I would have had the students listen to the news first before they saw the transcript.
The following are the two transcripts I projected onto the screen.
The government says-icrt-guessing the missing words.doc
Yang Shu-chun-icrt-guessing the missing words.doc
If you just want to get a brief glimpse of the transcripts, please read on.
1.
The government says the Lee and Li law firm will file an appeal with the
Court of Arbitration for Sport on the disqualification of Yang Shu-jun at the
Asian Games taekwondo event.
Yang was disqualified from an opening round bout last Wednesday for allegedly attaching extra sensors to her ___________ socks.
The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee has appealed to the Olympic Council of Asia - calling for a full (i)_____________ into the matter.
The committee says it has presented videotapes and other (e)___________ to disprove comments by the Asian Taekwondo Union ….
The A-T-U says the probe is ongoing...but no formal results will be released ____________ after the Asian Games ends on November 27-th.
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2.
Yang Shu-jun (r) ___ a hero's welcome on her return yesterday from the Asian Games--_______ she was disqualified for wearing extra sensors in her footguards.
She was met at Taoyuan International Airport by Deputy Premier Sean Chen, Deputy Sports Minister Steven Chen and a crowd of several hundred (f)__________.
Speaking to reporters yesterday evening.... Yang urged people to avoid blaming Koreans for her elimination...saying her disqualification was "not really the Koreans' (f)______________."
Yang also expressed concerns that the incident had lost focus ... and was being thrust into the limelight of the upcoming mayoral elections -- a move she described as "very (i)___________."
ICRT 20101123
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