potential problems in learning to listen to english

8/18/2019 Potential Problems in Learning to Listen to English

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Potential Problems in

Learning to Listen toEnglish


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Introduction

Diferent students encounter diferentproblems

It is important to recognize the eatures o thespoken language and understand how they

afect language learners What do you think are the problems that a

student might ace in listening?


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Lack of control over the speed at which speakers speak

Students eel that the utterances disappearbeore they could gure out the meaning

They are busy working out the meaning o onepart o what they hear that they miss the net

part !r" they simply ignore the whole chunk


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The listener’s limited vocabulary

(hoice o %ocabulary are in the hands o thespeaker )n unknown word can be a barrier causing

listeners to stop and think about the meaning"thus making them miss the net part o the

speech Why does this happen? )ccuracy %s' *uency #eads students to ocus on the language word by

word

Students need to de%elop the skill o keeping upwith the speaker e%en this means letting partswhich they ha%e ailed to sort out pass'


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Problems of interpretation

Students are not amiliar o the listeningcontet /The snow0s %ery bad so there0s nobody in the

o1ce0

The meaning o non2%erbal clues2acialepressions etc can be easily misunderstoodby listeners rom other cultures

3I0ll be a bit late4


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Inability to concentrate

The shortest break in attention can seriouslyimpair comprehension

#istening work is tiring" thereore" sometimes"e%en when the topic is interesting" students

don0t listen !ther actors2poor recording" classrooms

aren0t conduci%e or listening acti%ities


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Discussion

Think o at least three meanings which eacho the ollowing might ha%e depending on itscontet" the manner in which it is spoken"etc5

6, What time will you be home?7, It0s hot in here'

8, 9a%e you been to the new (hineserestaurant?

potential problems in learning to listen to english

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