First we ___, then we ___.
Build a Story Beat
Use original spoken rhythm and repeated language to build a short story, predict missing words, and perform the sequence clearly.
Your goal
By the end of this lesson, you can reconstruct a rhythmic story and perform it clearly.
Progress focus: LISTPRONVR
Engduo Audio: Licensed voices prepared for this lesson. Audio never starts automatically. Use the transcript after the first listening attempt.
1. Look, listen, and notice
Use the visual and model audio to understand the situation, viewpoint, or communication problem before studying the language.
- beat pattern
- story sequence
- prediction
- performance
Engduo Audio • Australian English
Transcript — open after listening
First we packed, then we RAN; step by STEP, we made a PLAN.
Engduo Audio • Indian English
Transcript — open after listening
But suddenly, the lights went LOW, so we followed one small GLOW.
How to run Stage 1
Confirm the observable outcome and connect it to one realistic learner need.
2. Build useful language
Choose the phrases that help you complete the task; do not memorise a full script.
Step by step, we ___.
But suddenly, ___.
So we decided to ___.
Listen for the strong beat.
Which word completes the meaning?
How to run Stage 2
Use the visual and first audio or text for meaning before explaining language.
3. Rehearse with support
Practise the decisions, evidence, listening, or language moves that make the final task successful.
- Tap the strong beats in four original lines.
- Choose a missing action word from meaning and rhyme clues.
- Change one line while keeping the same rhythm.
How to run Stage 3
Select only the useful-language items needed for this learner and this task.
4. Complete the communication task
Exchange information, solve a problem, create a text, or reach a decision with a real outcome.
Build an original eight-line spoken story in a group, with a repeated chorus and one surprising change.
How to run Stage 4
Run the supported rehearsal without reading every instruction aloud.
5. Perform, receive feedback, and retry
Complete the task with keywords only, receive focused feedback, and repeat the weakest part.
Perform the story beat with clear strong words, then retell the same story in normal speech without reading.
Retry: Repeat once with clearer meaning, stronger evidence, more accurate listening, or less support.
How to run Stage 5
Run the main task: Build an original eight-line spoken story in a group, with a repeated chorus and one surprising change.
Exit check
Complete this without reading a model: Deliver two rhythmic lines and identify the words that carry the story meaning.
Success looks like: The listener can follow the event sequence in both rhythmic and normal speech.
Evidence: mixed · Repeat the weakest part once after one meaning-focused and one language-focused correction at most.
LIST · Listening Comprehension
2: Understands and uses the required spoken evidence accurately.
1: Demonstrates the skill after one focused prompt, correction or self-repair.
0: Cannot yet demonstrate the skill clearly enough to complete the stated outcome.
PRON · Pronunciation
2: Remains intelligible with useful sounds, stress, rhythm or intonation.
1: Demonstrates the skill after one focused prompt, correction or self-repair.
0: Cannot yet demonstrate the skill clearly enough to complete the stated outcome.
VR · Vocabulary Resource
2: Uses suitable target vocabulary naturally in an original message.
1: Demonstrates the skill after one focused prompt, correction or self-repair.
0: Cannot yet demonstrate the skill clearly enough to complete the stated outcome.
Use these scores after the independent attempt. Record one recurring need in the Engduo app when lesson-result fields become available.
How to run Stage 6
Record focused evidence, give one meaning-focused and one language-focused correction at most, repeat the weakest part, and complete the exit check.
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Teacher guide
30-minute must-do route
- Confirm the observable outcome and connect it to one realistic learner need.
- Use the visual and first audio or text for meaning before explaining language.
- Select only the useful-language items needed for this learner and this task.
- Run the supported rehearsal without reading every instruction aloud.
- Run the main task: Build an original eight-line spoken story in a group, with a repeated chorus and one surprising change.
- Record focused evidence, give one meaning-focused and one language-focused correction at most, repeat the weakest part, and complete the exit check.
60-minute extension
- Replace two lines while preserving beat count and logical story meaning.
- Change the role, information, listener, or constraint so the learner transfers the skill rather than repeating the same answer.
- Compare the first and second performance and record one specific improvement.
Make it easier
Use a four-line call-and-response with picture actions.
Make it harder
Replace two lines while preserving beat count and logical story meaning.
Likely difficulty
The learner may focus only on rhyme, lose the story sequence, or stress every syllable.
Correction priority
Prioritise meaning words, event order, and a steady shared beat.
Thai support rule
Keep the Thai panel closed unless examples, visuals, replay, reformulation, and simpler English do not allow progress. Explain only the key distinction, then return to English.
Progress record
Score LIST, PRON, VR from 0–2 and record one recurring need from: strong-beats, prediction, retelling.
Retry
Give one meaning-focused correction and one language-focused correction at most, then ask for a second attempt with fewer visible prompts.
Continue your learning path
- Council of Europe — CEFR Companion Volume — Supports B1–B2 communication through connected speech, descriptions, evidence-based opinions, goal-oriented co-operation, written interaction, workplace communication, and action-oriented outcomes.
- British Council TeachingEnglish — English sentence stress — Supports listening for prominent meaning words and using sentence stress to communicate contrast and meaning.
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