Extensive listening is when you listen to a lot of different recordings that are all about the same topic or idea. To do the extensive listening activity you first need to chose a topic that you are really interested in and that you can find a lot of listening materials about.
Here is an example of how you would do extensive listening. Let's say I am a football fan and really like watching Barcelona’s Lionel Messi play football. I want to learn more about him, but also improve my listening skills.
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/video_audio/196288.html?utm_campaign=9906026760Year_of_English3_21_2013;utm_medium=email;utm_source=Year+of+English
Here is an example of how you would do extensive listening. Let's say I am a football fan and really like watching Barcelona’s Lionel Messi play football. I want to learn more about him, but also improve my listening skills.
The links below are to a few different videos which focus on Lionel Messi. I will listen to each of these one time and then listen to the next.
Extensive listening is a good listening activity because the topic is always the same. Because of this, a lot of the same words will be used and you will be able to understand more of what you are listening to.
1. Lionel Messi’s Biography - watch the video
http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/spotlight/video/videoid=1657846.html?autoplay=true%23tg_stars&utm_source=Year+of+English&utm_ campaign=9906026760-Year_of_English3_21_2013&utm_medium=email
3. Lionel Messi's golden left foot
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/video_audio/196288.html?utm_campaign=9906026760Year_of_English3_21_2013;utm_medium=email;utm_source=Year+of+English
You could also add some reading to this activity. Find a few articles to read about
Messi. Here is one article from the Wikipedia Simple English page - Lionel Messi.
Lionel Messi
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi?utm_source=Year+of+English&utm_campaign=9906026760-Year_of_English3_21_2013&utm_medium=email
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lionel Andrés Messi | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004- | Barcelona | ||
| National team | |||
| 2005- | Argentina | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Argentina national team. Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (Spanish pronunciation: [ljoˈnel anˈdɾes ˈmesi];
born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer. He plays for FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team
as a forward or winger. He also holds Spanish citizenship. So he can play as a EU player. He is one
of the best football players of his generation. Many people say that he is the world's best contemporary player.
Messi received several Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year by the age of 22. His playing style and
ability have similarity to Diego Maradona.
Messi began football at a young age and his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. He left Newell's
Old Boys's youth team in 2000 and moved with his family to Europe. It's because Barcelona offered
treatment for his growth hormone deficiency. He debut in the 2004–05 season, and he broke his team
record for the youngest footballer to scoring a goal. Barcelona won La Liga in Messi's debut season,
and won a double of the league and Champions League in 2006. His breakthrough season was in the
2006–07 season; he became a first team regular, scoring a hat-trick in El Clásico. He scored 14 goals in
26 league games. Perhaps his most successful season was the 2008–09 season. In this season,
Messi scored 38 goals. In the following 2009–10 season, Messi scored 47 goals in all games.
That equalls to Ronaldo's record total for Barcelona. He is on the cover of both PES 2010 and PES 2011.[1]
