This video quiz is a deep listening comprehension task with 13 gapfill and multiple choice questions. 

Could you live in an 8 square meter apartment? If not, what is the smallest apartment you can picture yourself in?

What are the advantages of living in such a small apartment?

What are the disadvantages of living in such a small apartment?

Would you choose to live in a tiny apartment downtown or in a more spacious one (=larger) a bit outside the center? Explain your choice.

How do you think she can accomodate her love life with her tiny home?

If it is culturally appropriate in your country / educational setting, have students make a video tour of their room or house. They should be showing around an imaginary visitor and narrating what we can see.

Ask students about how much space they have in their room. What is it that they have difficulty finding a place for? Do they have any tricks to economize on the available space?

Tell students that they are going to watch a video about a girl who lives in an 8 square meter apartment in downtown Tokyo. The house has all the typical rooms (kitchen, work station, bedroom, bathroom, toilet, shower). Let them guess why she chooses to live in such a small apartment (answer: downtown Tokyo has exorbitant rents, so she wants to save money).

Put students in pairs, and have them brainstorm ways of saving space in such a small apartment. It's best to first list all the rooms in the house (kitchen, work station, bedroom, bathroom, toilet, shower), and focus on each room separately.

This incredibly tiny Tokyo apartment is smaller than most other apartments in downtown Tokyo. Emma, originally from Australia, lives in this 8 m2 (82 ft2) home and enjoys every minute of it. We'll find out how she manages.

Living in a 8 m2 Apartment in Tokyo (Deep Comprehension Practice)

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Let's do English ESL deep listening: focus on meaning. This video quiz is a deep listening comprehension task with 13 gapfill and multiple choice questions. 