LISTENING COMPREHENSION

ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S2 FIRST TERM

WEEK SEVEN

THEME: SPEECH

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. Listen attentively to a recorded passage
2. Identify main points and give details to what they listened to

CONTENT

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America, serving from March 1861 through April 1865, until he was assassinated. He presided over the Civil War and freed the slaves in the US. Despite facing the deaths of his loved ones, and many failures in running for office, Abraham Lincoln has become one of the most important presidents in US history. His face is on the penny and the $5 bill.

Lincoln was born on the frontier in 1809,…