Question on directions for an exercise

[emsr2d2]

Hi,
Thank you so much for your corrections, your dedication and your advice, they are GREAT! They are never complicated.


This is the piece they will hear:
‘Are we really eating here, Hiroshi?’ Ikuko stopped by the door of the expensive Tokyo restaurant, looking unsure.
Hiroshi smiled as he held the door open for her. ‘Of course. It’s your birthday. Everything’s arranged.’
Inside, the big room was almost full. Well-dressed people talked softly together. The waiter showed Ikuko and Hiroshi to their table and brought them a bottle of wine. Ikuko felt a little nervous. This wasn’t the sort of place they usually came to. But when Hiroshi smiled at her across the table, with his dark hair falling into his eyes as usual, she felt better.

And these are my questions out of it:

1. Write down what was Ikuko’s question was. (Spanish word order!)
2. Write down where Ikuko stopped.
3. Write down what Hiroshi did before speaking for the first time.
4. Write down what Hiroshi said after that.
5. Write down what the big room looked like.
6. Write down what the waiter did.
7. Write down how Ikuko felt.
8. Write down why Ikuko felt nervous like that (or "felt that way"). If you say "... why Ikuko felt nervous" then you have just given them the answer to question 7.
9. Write down when she(Ikuko) felt better. That's OK, but I would prefer "Write down what made Ikuko feel better".

Are they right?

See above. Just an extra note - when you number questions, either have a full stop or a dash after them, not both. I have removed the dash from each one and left the full stop in place in your list.

[learning54]

Furniture is usually "arranged," not "organized." And I echo emsr2d2 that you could be confusing students with two different senses of the word "arranged."

Hi,
Thank you for your reply. Which synonym will be appropriate for 'arranged' according to the context then?

[learning54]

See above. Just an extra note - when you number questions, either have a full stop or a dash after them, not both. I have removed the dash from each one and left the full stop in place in your list.

Hi,
Thank YOU for your great help. Now I guess I have explained what I want to do, haven't I?

This is exactly what I want to do.
1) Tell the students that you have some new vocabulary for them.
2) Give them two sentences, one containing "arranged" and one containing "organised" and explain to them that those two words are synonyms.
3) Play the audio.
4) Tell them to write down exactly what they heard.

This is how I'll present them the vocabulary:
Some comfortable chairs were arranged around the fireplace.
A synonym for 'arranged' can be 'organized'.

What do you think? Is there a better sentence including the word 'arranged' as an adjective?

[SoothingDave]

Hi,
Thank you for your reply. Which synonym will be appropriate for 'arranged' according to the context then?

"Organized" or "positioned" will work. I was just saying that the normal verb used with furniture is "arrange."

[learning54]

"Organized" or "positioned" will work. I was just saying that the normal verb used with furniture is "arrange."

Hi,
Thank you so much for your reply once again.

Best,
L54

[shannico]

You could also use laid out, though I guess organised and positioned would be easier to understand for Spanish learners.

"Organized" or "positioned" will work. I was just saying that the normal verb used with furniture is "arrange."

[learning54]

You could also use laid out, though I guess organised and positioned would be easier to understand for Spanish learners.

Hi Shan,
Thank you for your reply. Yes! You are absolutely right. That's what I'm always looking for, whenever that is possible, English synonyms with latin roots.

Best,
L54

[JohnParis]

Hi John,
Thank you for your reply.

1. Is ‘Listening Comprehension Vocavulary’ a suitable title? I don't think so. Could give a better one?
Should I only say as a title, 'Vocabulary before listening'? Since it's a title you are looking for, why not just add a colon? - Listening Comprehension: Vocabulary
2. Knowing that in the examples above the first one contains the word they’ll hear (arranged), and the second one
(organized) is a synonym, what should I write between sentences ‘a’ and ‘b’?
Should I only say 'A synonym for arranged is organized' below, 'Comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace'.

As for question 2, I think that the other posters have offered excellent options.

[learning54]

Hi John,
Thank you for your reply.

Best,
L54