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General Listening Quiz

"A DAY AT SCHOOL"

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Pre-Listening Exercises
Describe a normal school day in the life of a student in your country
including hours, class subjects, meals, rules, dress, and extra-curricular
activities. What options are there in your country to take online classes
through distance learning, even for children?

Idioms
"crack the books" = start studying
"The reason why he isn't doing very well is that he rarely cracks the books."

"cut class" = miss school

"Although some of my daughter's friends cut class a lot, she is at school every day."

Listening Exercises
A. Listen to the phone message and answer the questions.

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How does Joshua go to school in Japan?

He rides the subway at 8:00 AM.

He walks with a group of students.

He takes a school bus every morning.

Correct!
Randall: Eight O'clock. And do you go by yourself, or on a school bus? Joshua: No, I have a group that
goes with me.

Which item did Joshua NOT take to school?

a backpack

a school hat

gym clothes

Correct!
Joshua: I take my taiso fuku, that is gym clothes, and I take my backpack and my books [ Oh, okay. ] and
stuff like that.

What does Josh do first when he gets to school?

He practices his reading and writing.

He stands and bows to the teacher.

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He puts on his gym clothes for class.

Correct!
Randall: Okay and what is the first thing you do when you get to school? Joshua: We do "kiritsu, rei."
Randall: "Kiritsu" and "rei." Now what are those? Joshua: It means "stand up, bow."

Where does Joshua eat lunch at school?

in his classroom

in the lunchroom

in the gymnasium

Correct!
Randall: Okay, and where do you eat lunch? Do you have a lunchroom or cafeteria? Joshua: No, we eat in
our classroom.

Joshua probably gets home from school between _____.

3:00 and 4:00 p.m.

1:00 and 2:00 p.m.

2:00 and 3:00 p.m.

Correct!
Joshua: We come home sometimes at 3:00 and sometimes at 2:00.

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Vocabulary Practice
Try this activity to practice the vocabulary from the conversation:

Gap-fill Exercise

Post-Listening Exercises
What thing did you most enjoy about your school life in your country? Talk with a partner. Explain and discuss
some of these topics:

the length of the school year

a typical day at school
teacher and student interaction
school rules (e.g., dress, hair styles, chewing gum, talking in class, cheating, arriving late, etc.)

Online Investigations
Listen to recordings from language learners from around the world and find out the answers to these
questions:

What time does the person go to school?

How does he or she get to school?
What does he or she study there?
What other facts do you learn about the person's experience at school?

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