Add pictures to make it more visual.

I would not use this text in class.

Nothing, they would not need to understand every word.

Simplify grammar and vocabulary.

Minimal pairs/word bingo and role plays 

Split viewing and jumbled paragraphs

Eavesdropping and predictions

Simulations and broken telephone

CEFR class level, whether not knowing the words will make it difficult to understand the listening or reading

CEFR class level, whether not knowing the words will make it difficult to understand the listening or reading, whether there are any colloquial words and phrases which students would not know

CEFR class level, class interests, whether not knowing the words will make it difficult to understand the listening or reading

All of the above.

It allows the students to think about the topic of the listening, meaning it will be easier to follow what is being said in the listening.

It uses up some time in the lesson.

It gives the students a reason for listening to the text.

It’s a fun exercise and students love to guess things about what they’re going to hear.

Pre-reading, Emergent Reader, Early Reader, Transitional Reader, Fluent Reader

Transitional Reader, Emergent Reader, Fluent Reader, Early Reader, Emergent Reader

Pre-reading, Early Reader, Transitional Reader, Emergent Reader, Fluent Reader

Emergent Reader, Early Reader, Pre-reading , Fluent Reader, Transitional Reader

A fisherman from Helsinki

A lawyer from New York

A farm child living next to a game reserve in Lesotho

A teacher from London

Just speak naturally, they’ll pick it up.

CEFR.

Go through a dictionary.

What your students want to learn.