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Listening Logs

Listening Logs. To Increase English Practice. Stephanie Hanson Senior English Language Fellow U.S. Embassy - Quito. English Practice in Class. How many hours per week are your students in class? How many hours per week are your students out of class?.

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Listening Logs

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  1. Listening Logs To Increase English Practice Stephanie Hanson Senior English Language Fellow U.S. Embassy - Quito

  2. English Practice in Class • How many hours per week are your students in class? • How many hours per week are your students out of class?

  3. QUESTION: How can students practice English more outside of class? ANSWER: Homework QUESTION: How can students practice listening to English more outside of class? ANSWER: Listening Logs!

  4. What is a log? “A record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities.” www.merriam-webster.com

  5. Listening Logs Where can students listen to English outside of class?

  6. Example “Listening Log” assignment Listen to 2 minutes of English and take notes Each week submit a ONE PAGE report: • Title and source • Notes • 2 vocabulary words + definitions • Paragraph: summary + reaction

  7. How I graded Listening Logs

  8. Listening samples • Many sources to listen to English on the internet or TV Voice of America Special English http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/ categories.cfm

  9. Other ESL listening sources • ESL Podcast http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php • ESL Phonics Video Podcast http://www.ugoeigo.com/ • Business English Pod http://www.businessenglishpod.com

  10. Other ESL listening sources • Online Writing Lab Podcasts http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/733/01/ • The Bob and Rob Show http://www.thebobandrobshow.com/website/index.php • MORE at http://a4esl.org/podcasts

  11. Other listening sources • National Public Radio http://www.npr.org • Marketplace News http://marketplace.publicradio.org/ • CNN http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/

  12. Other listening sources • One-Minute How-To http://oneminutehowto.com/ • The Public Speaker’s Quick and Dirty Tips http://publicspeaker.quickanddirtytips.com/

  13. Reading Logs • How/where can students practice reading outside of class? • How can we use those resources for a reading log?

  14. Writing Logs • How/where can students practice writing outside of class? • How can we use those resources for a writing log?

  15. Questions/Comments? Stephanie Hanson Senior English Language Fellow U.S. Embassy, Quito S_L_Hanson@yahoo.com http://ecuadorelf.wordpress.com

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