Week4_Lesson1_Listening

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Astana IT University
School of General Disciplines
Foreign Language 1. B 1- level.
Esport
WEEK 4. LESSON 1. LISTENING.
2025-2026 academic year

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Lesson outline
• LEAD-IN ACTIVITY.
• VOCABULARY PREVIEW
• WHILE-LISTENING EXERCISES
• POST-LISTENING DISCUSSION: FOUR CORNERS OF
OPINIONS
• GRAMMAR: PAST TENSES PRACTICE
• QUIZ-QUIZ-TRADE: REVIEW

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Lesson objectives
• DEVELOP LISTENING SKILLS.
• LEARN AND USE NEW VOCABULARY RELATED TO ESPORTS.
• DISCUSS AND SHARE IDEAS ABOUT ESPORTS.
• REVIEW PAST TENSES (PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT).
• PRACTICE USING PAST TENSES IN SPEAKING TASKS.

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LEAD-IN ACTIVITY (5 MINS)
Choose Top 3 games from the list and use the language in the
speaking bubbles to explain why. Exchange ideas with the group.
• CS (COUNTER-STRIKE)
• PUBG
• RDR (RED DEAD REDEMPTION)
• MORTAL KOMBAT
• CYBERPUNK 2077
• CALL OF DUTY
• DOTA
• LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
• BALDUR`S GATE
I personally prefer...
Compared to other games,
... is more
I usually/rarely/
hardly ever play ...

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PRE-LISTENING
EXERCISE 1. MATCH THE WORDS /PHRASES WITH THEIR SYNONYMS (5 MINS)
1. Can bring people together
2.Competitive gaming
3.Accessible
4.Intense matches
5.Battle royale game
6.Valuable in many areas of life
7.Offer several benefits
8.Gaming console
9.Can lead to various careers
a. A game where many players
compete to be the last one alive
b. Strong or Exciting
c. Has many advantages
d. Useful in different parts of life
e. Helps to get different jobs
f.Easy to use/join/get to
g. A device to play video games
h. Connect people
i. Playing games to win

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WHILE -LISTENING
Exercise 2. Listen to the speech about PUBG Championship and
answer the following questions. (5 mins). (Audio_clickable)
1. Where was the championship held? Indonesia
2. How many teams competed? Which team
won? 107 teams Kazakh Cybersport Federation
Professional gamer,
3. What career opportunities can e-sports give?streamer, content creator,
coach, event manager,
4. What does “accessibility” mean in e-sports?
game developer
Why e-sports can be more “accessible” to
many people can join easily.
players?

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Exercise 3. Listen to the speech and fill in the gaps. (5 mins)
team This
1. In many esports games, players work together as a _______.
helps them develop good communication
_________________ and teamwork skills
lead
to
2. Esports can _________various careers. Players can become
streamers or content creators.
professional gamers, _____________,
connect
3. Esports ______________
people from different countries and cultures.
interact
Players and fans can ___________and
build friendships through their
shared love of games.
solve
4.
Many games require players to think quickly and ______
problems
______________.
This
helps
improve
critical
thinking
and
decision-making
____________________skills.
accessible
5. Esports are ______________
to many people, regardless of their
console
physical location. As long as you have a computer or gaming
_______________
participate
and an internet connection, you can _____________.

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Grammar Focus. Match each picture to the correct tense and answer the concept questions.
Choose from: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect. (5 mins)
Past Continuous
1.Was I in the middle of lunch at 12:00? Yes
2.Did the lunch take a long or short time? Long
3.Is the lunch finished now? Yes
4.Do we know the start and end time? Yes
Past Simple
1.Did Walter wash the car in the past? Yes
2.Is the action finished? Yes
3.Do we know when it happened? Yes, on Tuesday
4.Is it connected to now? No
Past Perfect
1.Did two things happen? Yes
2.Which happened first: the train leaving or us
arriving? The train left first
3.Was the train still there when we arrived? No
4.Are both actions in the past? Yes

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GRAMMAR FOCUS. NARRATIVE TENSES
Complete the box with the correct past tense (2 min).
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Continuous
LEARN THIS!
Past Simple for completed actions, events, or states in the
• We use the _______________
past.