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Beyoncé – African-American Power Woman Listening comprehension by Martin Ehrensberger Beyoncé – African-American power woman Read On • August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 1 of 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRE-LISTENING TASK 1: a) Matching 2 b) Discussion 3 c) Mind map 3 d) Matching 4 e) Presentations 5 f) Pro-/con-discussion 5 TASK 2: a) Describing pictures 6 b) Discussion 7 c) Mind map 7 d) Writing 8 VOCABULARY TASK 1: Noun salad 9 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Completing sentences 10 TASK 2: Tick true or false 11 READING-COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Reordering sentences 12 TASK 2: Reordering the text 13 TASK 3: Guided writing 14 POST-LISTENING Full text 15 Answer key 16 Sources 19 © 2015 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 2 of 18 PRE-LISTENING TASK 1: a) Are you a pop music expert? – Part 1 Matching: Combine the pictures of female pop stars (PIC 1 – PIC 8) with their corresponding names. Be careful! There are more names than you need. PIC 1 PIC 2 PIC 3 PIC 4 PIC 6 PIC 7 PIC 5 PIC 8 a) Lady Gaga b) Sia c) Christina Aguilera d) Britney Spears e) Beyoncé f) Madonna g) Adele h) Rihanna i) Dua Lipa j) Taylor Swift k) Rita Ora l) Selena Gomez Picture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Name © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 3 of 18 b) Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partner and then in class. Always try to give reasons and explanations. Are you interested in pop music? Have you got a favourite singer or band? Do you know each of the female singers in the previous task? Who do you like and who don’t you like? Have you got a favourite female singer? Do you like pop music in general or do you prefer another kind of music? Have you got a favourite pop song? c) Mind map. Create a mind map with your spontaneous ideas. Share your ideas with your partner and then in class. What makes a pop star? When is somebody regarded as a pop star? PIC 9 © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 4 of 18 Why are popstars idols for many teenagers? Why do so many teenagers want to become popstars? PIC 9 d) Are you a pop music expert? – Part 2 Match the 16 song titles with the eight corresponding singers. Be careful! There are more singers than you need. Complete the grid below. 1) Hung Up 2) Poker Face 3) Umbrella 4) Halo 5) Someone Like You 6) Like a Prayer 7) Delicate 8) Cheap Thrills 9) Bad Romance 10) Back to You 11) Crazy in Love 12) Wolves 13) Diamonds 14) The Greatest 15) Skyfall 16) Shake it Off a) Lady Gaga b) Sia c) Christina Aguilera d) Britney Spears e) Beyoncé f) Madonna g) Adele h) Rihanna i) Dua Lipa j) Taylor Swift k) Rita Ora l) Selena Gomez © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 5 of 18 Artist Title Title Compare and discuss your answers with your partner and then in class. e) Presentations Divide your class into groups. Each group will then pick one of the following artists and create a presentation. a) Lady Gaga b) Sia c) Christina Aguilera d) Britney Spears e) Beyoncé f) Madonna g) Adele h) Rihanna i) Dua Lipa j) Taylor Swift k) Rita Ora l) Selena Gomez Try to include the following aspects: - general facts - artistry - philanthropy - discography - life and career - any other interesting info Create a PowerPoint presentation with pictures and perhaps videos, too. Duration: 4-5 minutes. Try to talk freely. f) Pro-/con-discussion Read the statements below. Find five pros and five cons and discuss them with your partner and then in class. International pop stars have the best lives you can imagine. +++ PROS +++ --- CONS --- ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 6 of 18 International pop stars have a special responsibility towards society. +++ PROS +++ --- CONS --- ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ g) Writing. TASK 2: a) Describe the pictures to your partner without showing them to each other. PIC 10 PIC 11 © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 7 of 18 b) Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partner and then in class. Always try to give reasons and explanations. What similarities and differences can you see in the two pictures? Would you like to go to a Beyoncé concert? Do you like her music? Why do people generally like to go to huge pop concerts? c) Mind map: In what ways can superstars like Beyoncé be a role model, especially for teenagers? PIC 9 © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 8 of 18 d) Writing Imagine you have won a meet and greet with Beyoncé before her concert. You are very nervous and therefore you write your friend an email. Describe how you feel and say what you would like to talk about with Beyoncé. Write about 150 words. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ VOCABULARY ___________________________________________________________________ TASK___________________________________________________________________ 1: Word salad Read the definitions below and find the nouns in the grid. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 9 of 18 VOCABULARY TASK 1: Noun salad Read the definitions below and circle the corresponding nouns in the grid. the fact that something might exist or happen, but is not certain to the act of performing a play, concert or some other form of entertainment © 2018 Carl Ed. Schünemann KG Bremen. All rights reserved. Copies of this material may only be produced by subscribers for use in their own lessons. Beyoncé – African-American power woman August 2018 Issue • page 5 page 10 of 18 a situation in which people or organizations compete with each other for something that not everyone can have a thing that somebody has done successfully, especially using their own skills the details of a person’s family, education, experience, etc. a person who is trying to be elected or is applying for a job a famous person the largest part of a group of people or things a group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to something (a play, concert, somebody speaking, etc.) violent behaviour that is intended to hurt or kill somebody an arrangement that somebody has with a bank, etc. to keep money there, take some out, etc. a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc. a large amount of money, property, etc. that a person or country owns two people or things an important topic that people are discussing or arguing about a raised area, usually in a theatre, etc. where actors, dancers, etc. perform a thing that is made to be the same as something else, especially a document or a work of art the state of being known and talked about by many people LISTENING COMPREHENSION click: key TASK 1: Listen to the text and fill in the missing words. You can use two to six words for your answer. a) Beyoncé likes surprises, and on _______________________ for the people who had come to the London Stadium for a concert by her and her husband Jay-Z. b) It was an overnight hit of course,
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