Lesson Plan

• Identify key information in listening passages.
• Apply note‑taking strategies to record essential details.
• Evaluate answer choices against listening cues and marking criteria.
• Use prediction and signal words to anticipate content.
• Demonstrate accurate completion of various question types (multiple‑choice, short answer, true/false, matching, gap‑fill).

• Audio recordings (digital files or CDs)
• Projector and speakers
• Handouts with listening questions
• Note‑taking worksheets
• Whiteboard and markers
• Answer keys / marking scheme
• Timer

Begin with a quick discussion on why effective listening is crucial for IGCSE Kiswahili. Ask learners to recall any strategies they already use when listening to audio texts. Explain that today they will master a systematic approach that ensures they capture the right details and choose the correct answers.

1. Do‑now (5’): Students skim a sample listening guide and predict three possible keywords.
2. Modeling (10’): Teacher demonstrates reading the guide, predicting signal words, and the note‑taking layout on the board.
3. Guided practice (15’): Play the first audio clip twice; pupils take brief notes and answer three questions in pairs, then check answers together.
4. Group activity (20’): Divide class into groups of 3‑4; each group receives a different 30‑second recording, listens twice, completes 5‑7 questions, then shares answers with the whole class for peer marking.
5. Error analysis (10’): Review common mistakes from the “Makosa ya Kawaida” table; students correct sample answers together.
6. Consolidation quiz (5’): Exit ticket – one multiple‑choice question asking which listening strategy should be used first.

Recap the five‑step listening process (read guide, predict, listen, note, check). Collect the exit tickets to gauge understanding and assign homework: students must listen to a provided audio file at home, take notes, and answer a set of five mixed‑type questions.