working on listening skills
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Working on Listening skills
Listening is considered to involve the active selecting and interpreting of information comingfrom auditory clues so that a listener can identify what is happening and what is being expressed.
-Richards, JC. 1983. “Listening Comprehension: Approach, design, procedure.” TESOL Quarterly 17:2.
Passive or Active?
monitor comprehension associate new information with background
knowledge make inferences about unknown words continue listening even if they don’t
understand certain words have metacognitive knowledge about the task manage to get the main idea rather than
listen word-for-word
Effective listeners
What interferes with listening comprehension?
What interferes with listening comprehension?
Make it relevant to ss (interesting) Provide background knowledge Pre-listening exercise to activate content Use a variety of activities
Involve ss in focused listening
giving them charts / categories asking questions ahead of time showing pictures/charts discussing the topic first describing the context role playing the situation providing key word list brainstorming (situations / pros / cons) Predicting Doing follow-ups that allows them to connect directly
with their lives
listening activities (with focus) to overcome the difficulties
Why, when, what and how much to listen in the classroom?
Why?- Complex skill of the
language learning.- Important component of
communication.- Learn how to interact in a
foreign language.
When?- From the beginner levels
of learning.
What?- Authentic material
including real language- Appealing material for
students
How much?- In every single class.- The more we listen, the
better.
WHEN DOING LISTENING EXERCISES….
TRY THIS AVOID THIS
Apply meaningful input+1 but take into account your students’ level
Taking listening exercises just from cassettes and cds
Work with authentic material
Having your students watch a whole movie with no purpose
Find interesting and appealing material for your students (movies- songs- musical videos- interviews- trailers)
Taking a very advanced material for your students, because they can feel demotivated and overchallenged
TRY THIS AVOID THIS
Minimize interruptions and external distractions
Making your students aware of every single word
Plan a warm up or a pre –listening activity
Working with extense pieces of listening exercises
Define what kind of exercise it is and what is it intended for.
Including lots of unknown vocabulary
Involve specific materials relevant for students’ reason of study
Focusing only on the grammar topic you are working with
Predict your students’ difficulties with the exercise
Overchallenging your students
Redesign some of the listenings from books
Working with the material that you just can find in the books
Make use of the technology Working on this skill in an isolated way.
SONGS1. Before listening activities:
- Presentation of the new vocabulary (puzzles)- Talking about the band or singer’s background,
how the author came up with the song. - How much the students know about the song
2. While listening activities:- Design completion exercises- Replace words by drawings- Scramble some words of the lyrics
3. After listening activities:- Matching exercises- Inferring the purpose, meaning of the song- Eliciting students’ points of view towards
the lyrics- Talking about students’ experiences related
to the lyrics
Eg
MOVIES/ TRAILERS
1. Before listening activities:- Presentation of the new vocabulary (puzzles)- Talking about the students’ perceptions and
points of view about the movie- How much the students know about the movie
2. While listening activities:- Questions about specific information- Design True and False exercises- Checking exercises
3. After listening activities:- Design open questions, matching or
completion exercises- Design questions about more general
information- Questions based on visual features
EXAMPLE
THE INPUT HYPOTHESIS
Look for interesting material and come up with greatIdeas for yourStudents and make of yourTeaching something different, Enjoyable and Nice to plan, something thatInvites your student to learn Not only for need but also for fun.God bless your job!
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