1. Have the beam projector ready to show the activity suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section and have a set of speakers ready for the student to listen from their seats clearly.

2. Ask students if they ever listen to the news on the radio, watch the news on TV or read the news in the newspaper. Why / Why not?

3. Ask students if this is a regular practice at home.

4. Tell students they are going to listen to a news report about a school in India. Show the title now and point at the word ‘cheating’.

5. Talk about that ‘practice’ in schools and ask ‘why do students cheat?’

6. Pre- teach the vocabulary suggested by the author of the activity (that is shown on the same page right before the audio). It is suggested that you read the script first (included with this exercise) and check the vocabulary. There may be some other words you consider should be pre-teach as well.

1.prevent: to stop; to make it too difficult,

2.backlash: a very negative response by many people 

3.trial: a test or experiment, 

4.put an end: to stop the practice, 

5.install: to place in an area and make ready for use,

6.monitor: to watch or check regularly

7. Play the news report but do not scroll down since the text is shown right there and encourage them to listen carefully.

8. Get reactions from students.  Play it once again and make pauses, you can paraphrase, as a training stage, and help them understand what happened. (Decide on which the best strategy for your class is with listening.)

9. Show the text and invite five volunteers to fill in the blanks with the right information. There are 5 sentences to be completed. You may play the audio and have students get the vocabulary and complete it.

10. Invite the class to help students complete the activity in case they cannot understand the words.

11. This is the second part of the activity on the news report about that school in India.

12.  Ask student what they think of this strategy to be used in some schools in India and review what happened by writing on the board, WHAT / WHERE / WHEN / WHY.

13.Invite students to give you information to write under each heading.

14. Tell students they are going to continue working with the same news report to gain more confidence in listening to the news. Play it again in order to confirm the information that the students gave you.

15. Continue with the (3) comprehension questions on the same page (englishclub.com), ask students to read, and choose the best answer for you to click on.

16.  Discuss with students what their cheating tricks are/ were /have been, or what their classmates’ tricks are. Help with vocabulary and grammar as needed.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show students the activity suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” and a set of speakers as well.

2. Tell students they are going to listen to the news and explore it with you in terms of comprehension, vocabulary, and structure.

3. Ask students what kind of information they expect to get from the news report (what, who, where, when, etc.)

4. Show the title and tell students to complete, they are going to listen to a news report about a ___________.  Encourage students to guess and wait for answers. You may help with some words.

5. Ask students if they like or have seen on TV UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) what it is and what the fighters (male and female) look like.

6. Pre- teach the vocabulary suggested by the author of the activity (that is shown on the same page right before the audio). It is suggested that you read the script first (included with this exercise) and check the vocabulary. There may be some other words you consider should be pre-teach as well so you can include them. Up to ten words is a good number, however, if there are more words they don’t know, encourage students to get them from the context.

1.beat up: to use physical force to hurt someone

2.mugger: robber; a person who steals or tries to steal money or property from someone

3.claim: to state that something is true

4.hand over: to give someone something

5.choke hold: a grip that prevents a person from getting up or away

6.turn out: to become known or discovered after some time

7.  Play the news report but do not scroll down since the text is shown right there and encourage them to listen carefully.

8. Get reactions from students.  Play it once again and make pauses, you can paraphrase, as a training stage, and help them understand what happened.

9. Show the text and invite five volunteers to fill in the blanks with the right information. There are 5 sentences to complete. You may play the audio again and have students get the vocabulary and complete it. Once it is complete, play the audio once again so students can listen and read the news and confirm.

10. Invite some volunteers to say what happened using their own words.

11. This is the second part of the activity on the news report about a fighter beating up a robber..

12. Elicit from students what happened to the robber and why.

13. Tell students they are going to continue working with the same news report to gain more confidence in listening to the news. Play it again in order to confirm the information that the students gave you.

14. Invite students to work in pairs and answer the (3) comprehension questions on the same page (englishclub.com).

15.  Tell students to stay with the same classmate and discuss the question (from the activity on englishclub.com) Does this story inspire you to learn martial arts for self-defense? Why or why not?

16. Ask students to write a paragraph about these questions for homework.