与英语听说亲密接触 A Close Encounter with Listening & Speaking

与英语听说亲密接触A Close Encounter with Listening & Speaking Presented by: Cao Wen

All About Listening 学生：老师，我英语听力特差。老师：怎么差了？学生：听不懂。老师：怎么听不懂了？学生：…【如果你是他，你怎么回答？】

All About Speaking I believe that practice makes perfect. I do a great deal of speaking practice everyday. I talk to myself in English whenever possible. How come I don’t see much improvement in my speaking?

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Listening & Speaking Receptive skill Productive skill Input Output • Listening and speaking skills go hand in hand. To language learners: • If you can’t listen well, you can neither speak well. • Good listening skill is only meaningful if it leads to good speaking skill.

Improve Your Listening Step 1: Identify the problem Step 2: Analyze the problem Step 3: Make an action plan Step 4: Design practical activities Step 5: Assess progress

Step 1: Identify the problem What makes your comprehension difficult? Example 1: Who is going to peruse this? Example 2: He was taken to the cleaner’s. Example 3: Thedessert tastes wonderful. ( /’de s:t/ /di’s :t/) Example 4: I’ll meet you at lunch hour. Example 5: You understand and comprehend everything but fail to provide a correct answer in the exercise. (eg. multiple-choice questions, blank-filling exercise)

Example 6 出租车司机开车太野，于是我和他有了这段对话：我：你开得太快了，几分了？司机：没分。我：有人呀？司机：没人。我：那怎么可能。司机：真的，头上还有星儿呢。

Step 2: Analyze the problem You fail to understand a piece of listening because: You have new words or phrases in it. (Vocabulary problem) You have been mispronouncing words in it so that you can not establish meanings. (Pronunciation problem) You miss out the linkage. (Pronunciation problem) You misunderstand the questions or you can’t read fast. (Reading problem) You don’t know how to give a summary comment to fill in the blank. (Writing problem) You lack background information. (Context problem)

Step 3: Make an action plan For this month, I will analyze all my listening performances to identify my problem. L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 ... Eg1: Eg2: Eg3: Eg4: Eg5: …

Step 4: Design practical activities When you discover what your major problem is, you can design practical activities to deal with the problem. • Vocabulary problem (words/phrases) • Pronunciation problem (individual word pronunciation/mispronunciation/linkage) • Reading comprehension problem (vocabulary/grammar/culture) • Reading speed problem • Writing problem • Background information problem

Step 5: Assess progress At the completion of Step 4, check my progress by comparing my present performance with my performance recorded in Step 3. If I made much progress, I will turn to deal with another major problem. If not, I should keep to my practical activities or try some new ones.

Improve Your Speaking Step 1: Listen and repeat with/without the script Step 3: Listen, note key words/structures and speak from the note Step 4: Listen, make an outline and speak from the outline Step 5: Make speeches or conversations on your familiar topics, based on the organization and language of the listening input

Step 1 : Listen and repeat with/without the script Interviewer: When did you graduate, Celia? Celia: I graduated last year. Interviewer: I see. And what have you been doing since then? Celia: Traveling mostly. I love to travel, but now I think it’s time for me to get a job. Interviewer: Uh-huh. Are you good at foreign language? Celia: Yes, I think so. I speak English, and I can speak a little French too. Interviewer: Mmm. What kind of job you are looking for? Celia: Well, I’d like to have a job where I can use my writing skills. I love working with computer. Also, I ‘d like to work in a large office, so that I’m around other people. Interviewer: OK… Well, I think I have the perfect job for you!

Step 2: Listen, note the key words /structures and speak from the note Interviewer: When …you graduate ? Celia: … last year. Interviewer: … what been doing … then? Celia: Traveling…. love travel, … now …to get a job. Interviewer: … good …foreign language? Celia: Yes, . speak English, … speak little French Interviewer: What job … looking for? Celia: … use writing skills. … working with computer. … work in a large office, … around other people. Interviewer: ... I have … perfect job for you

Step 3: Listen, make an outline and speak from the outline Outline 1. The time of graduation 2. Experience: What has been done after graduation 3. Candidate qualities :language 4. Job preference

Step 4: Work on your own topic Interviewer: When did you graduate: You: I graduated … Interviewer: What have you been doing since then You: I’ve been … Interviewer: Are you good at…? You: Yes. … Interviewer: What kind of job are you looking for? You : I’d like to have a job where…

A Final Remark Practice doesn’t always make perfect. What makes a difference? Practice Quantity & Quality Rapid progress lies in quality practice, active listening and guided speaking instead of quantity practice, passive listening and free speaking. Listening Passive & Active Speaking Free & Guided

与英语听说亲密接触 A Close Encounter with Listening & Speaking