Terracotta Warriors Listening Comprehension: English B HL Paper 2 Preparation

You want to promote international mindedness while developing listening skills with your students, but can't find any updated resources. That's where this activity comes in!

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Terracotta Warriors while preparing your students for the for the English B HL Paper 2 Listening exam.

This resource can be used as formative or summative assessment and is a fantastic way for students to listen to British and North America Accents in authentic audiovisual texts.

Resource includes:

• Links to 3 audio clips about the Terracotta Army
• 18 comprehension questions
• A variety of question formats
• Detailed answer key

How it works:

Students listen to three audio clips about the Terracotta Army complete listening comprehension questions. Just like the real, Paper 2 exam, there is a section at the bottom of each page for students to take notes. There is a total of 25 marks, exactly the same amount as the Paper 2 listening exam.

Please pay each audio twice, as per Paper 2 instructions.

Types of questions include:

• Multiple choice
• Match the quote to the speaker
• Circle the 5 true statements
• Short responses
• And more!

Benefits:

✅ No prep work required!

✅ Links to video files are included

✅ Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the discovery of the Terracotta Warriors

✅ Answers are included

✅ Digital, editable google docs file

✅ Variety of accents from UK and North America

✅ Can be used as formative or summative assessment

✅ Perfect practice for Paper 2: same number of texts, and marks as the real exam

✅ Promotes International Mindedness and 'knowledgeable' IB attribute

Answers are included, so all you have to do is watch the videos!

Looking for more resources like this? Check out the complete Terracotta Army bundle!