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Finding and Using Listening Materials

Explore ICT tools and online materials to create engaging listening activities for language learners, with a focus on relevance, authenticity, and interactivity. Evaluate and use various platforms for developing listening proficiency.

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Finding and Using Listening Materials

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  1. Finding and Using Listening Materials Lynn W Zimmerman, PhD

  2. ICT and Listening • Technology-based listening activity • can be done by the individual • can use it in class • Extensive or intensive • Students should recycle the language in each stage of the lesson • Create human-human interactions • Provides ample scope and opportunity for integrated lessons activitating all 4 skills

  3. Evaluation Criteria for Listening Materials • Relevance • Interest • Appropriateness of topic • Authenticity • Newsworthiness • Currency • Pedagogical soundness • Usefulness • Comprehensibility • Length

  4. Evaluation Criteria for Online Listening Materials • Downloadability • Availability in streaming mode • Amount of bandwidth required • Format • Interactivity

  5. Availablilty of Supplementary Materials • Transcripts • Related activities • Tutorials • Audioplayer downloads • Visual support • Key vocabulary

  6. Especially for ELLs • Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab • www.esl-lab.com • English Language Learning Lab Online www.elllo.org • The English Listening Lounge www.englishlistening.com • BBC English Learning Home Page www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml • Takako’s Great Adventure http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako • Real English Online www.real-english.com

  7. Radio and TV Sites: Topics • Science • Earth & Sky www.earthsky.com • The Discovery Channel www.discovery.com • History • The History Channel www.historychannel.com • Literature • Poetry Archive www.poetryarchive.org • MobyLives www.mobylines.com • NPR: Books www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId-1032 • Commercials • Funny Commercials http://funnycommercials.nl • Clio Awards www.clioawards.com • Everyday Life • BBCs Video Nation www.bbc.co.uk/videonation • Sports • ESPN Sports Zone http://espn.go.com • http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/index

  8. Radio: General • World Radio Network www.wrn.org/audio.html • BBC www.bbc.co.uk • National Public Radio www.npr.org • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation www.cbc.ca • Australian Broadcasting Corporation www.abc.net.au • Voice of America www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm

  9. TV: General • ITN www.itn.co.uk • ITV www.itv.com • Central TV www.centraltv.co.uk • Channel 4 www.channel4.co.uk • ABC http://abc.go.com • CBS www.cbs.com • HBO www.hbo.com • NBC www.nbc.com • PBS www.pbs.org

  10. Podcasts for ELLs • Breaking News English www.breakingnewsenglish.com/podcast.html • Jokes in English Podcasts www.voiceblog.jp/joke • The Daily Idiom Podcast www.englishcaster.com/blogs • The English Teacher Show http://englishteacherjohn.com/podcast • TOEFL Podcast www.toeflpod.com • Voice of America’s Special English www.voanews.com/specialenglish/daily_radio.cfm

  11. Podcasts for Everyone • National Public Radio (NPR) Podcast Directory www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php • BBC Documentaries www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries • CBS News Podcast Feeds http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Podcasting

  12. Audio Books • Audible.com www.audible.com • Sherlock Holmes Audio Books www.pinkgeekaudio.net/weblog3 • Project Gutenberg’s Audio Books www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1 • Repeast After Us – Children’s Stories http://repeatafterus.com

  13. Digital Videos • Easily accessible and even downloadable from the web • Get visual support • Keep in mind • How will the learners benefit? • How does it support the curriculum? • How will the video enhance the audio component? • How will you use the clip? • How will you assess learners‘ comprehension?

  14. Video Sites • Apple Movie Trailers www.apple.com/trailers • Movietrailers.com www.movietrailers.com • English Trailers www.english-trailers.com • The Internet Movie Database www.imdb.com • CNN (or other news media) video clips www.cnn.com/video_vault • Guiness World Records www.guinessworldecords.com • Brain POP www.brainpop.com • The Biogrphy Channel www.biography.com/broadband/home/index.jsp

  15. Authentic Listening Activity Instructions • Choose one website and select an item you would use with your students as a listening activity. Fill out the chart about the item. You may do this activity individually or in pairs. • Web Site: ___________ Name(s): _________

  16. Reference • Krajka, J. (2007). English language teaching in the Internet-assisted environment. Lublin, Poland: Maria Curie-Sklodowska Univeristy Press.

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