listening
 : Class Instructions
Approach: One to one
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Resources: Video

Questions / instructions:
You are going to watch a video which shows Mrs Baldwin giving instructions to her class. I want you to imagine that you are a pupil in this class, so you need to listen very carefully to what she is saying.
Play video
Video script: Listen carefully class, while I explain what I want you to do. Those going swimming this afternoon are to get their bags and their togs from the cloakroom. It looks like it might rain so please take your jackets. When you have your togs and jackets I want you to line up in two lines at the school gate. The people who haven't paid their $1 dollar bus money are to see me before you get your togs. If you're not going swimming because you've got a cold you're to go to Mrs Kingi's room with your storybook and your dictionary.
You probably noticed that one person came into the classroom just as Mrs Baldwin had finished giving the instructions. Imagine that you have been asked to tell that pupil what the teacher said. What did Mrs Baldwin say?
Prompt: Anything else?
  % responses
y4
y8

Indicated that there are different instructions for swimmers and nonswimmers
Said that swimmers who have not paid bus money need to see the teacher

90
62
93
78

Told what further things swimmers needed to do: get bag
get togs
get jacket
line up in 2 lines
at the school gate
4 or 5 of above

45
93
63
25
43
21
42
92
72
39
56
34

Told what non-swimmers needed to do: go to Mrs Kingi's room
take storybook
take dictionary
all of the 3 above

42
68
67
28
61
72
64
37
Overall mark (out of 10): 8–10
4–7
0–3
21
69
10
35
61
4

Commentary:
This task was designed to see how well students could extract and repeat details from the instructions given by a teacher. The difference in performance between year 4 and year 8 students was quite small.

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