Second Listen: Find the Detail

Worked classroom example

Mathematics

Worked example

Listen for the quantities in a worked problem and record the values with their units.

Use this example to make the language move visible. Select subject content appropriate to the class’s age and prior knowledge.

Teaching sequence

1. Prepare a three-box grid with the exact details to catch.
2. Replay the input, pausing only at natural section breaks if needed.
3. Learners compare notes and identify the words or signals that helped.

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Prepare

Use a short input and a three-item note grid. Choose a second example that checks the same language move without repeating the original answer.

Classroom task

Learners listen again for named details, numbers or examples and record only the requested information.

Check independent transfer

Learners compare notes and identify the words or signals that helped.

Collect a response on fresh content. Note what was achieved without the model, partner or teacher prompt, then choose one next teaching step.

Teacher language

Teacher language

Which detail answers each box in the grid?

Respond to the learner

Identify one successful meaning or language choice. Ask about one gap, allow thinking time, then invite a revision. Check the revised move again on a fresh example.

Adjust support and challenge

Offer a brief model, useful vocabulary and partner rehearsal where needed. Keep the subject goal; reduce one prompt on fresh content and record what was independent.

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More support

Use shorter chunks, purposeful replay and keyword notes. Retain captions, transcripts or other required access arrangements. Allow familiar-language notes or another response mode when checking subject understanding.

Greater independence

Change the content, evidence or audience. Remove the completed model and ask learners to explain a choice. Increase subject complexity only when it fits the curriculum and prior knowledge.

Choose the next step

If subject meaning is insecure, reteach the concept. If the concept is understood but the English is unclear, model one useful language relationship and invite a fresh response.