After Listening: Evidence Response

Worked classroom example

Geography

Worked example

Use a heard statistic and explanation to judge which area faces greater flood risk.

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

Teaching sequence

1. Set a question that needs both the main point and one supporting detail.
2. Pairs compare what they heard and agree on the strongest detail.
3. Each learner writes or says an independent answer using that evidence.

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Prepare

Use a short input and one follow-up question. Choose a second example that checks the same language move without repeating the original answer.

Classroom task

Learners answer a subject question using one heard detail and explain how it supports the answer.

Check independent transfer

Each learner writes or says an independent answer using that evidence.

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 from the speaker supports your answer?

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.