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Listening skills

Listening skills. April 170 th 2012. Today. ‘Listening – discussion task’ Listening strategy (heavy stress) Listening for the main ideas. Listening-discussion task. Discuss the questions in your groups. Extra discussion questions:

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Listening skills

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  1. Listening skills April 170th 2012

  2. Today • ‘Listening – discussion task’ • Listening strategy (heavy stress) • Listening for the main ideas.

  3. Listening-discussion task • Discuss the questions in your groups. • Extra discussion questions: • What things do you have in your room right now that you can live without? • What things are absolutely essential for you?

  4. Listening strategy – Heavy stress • We learned before that we stress new information. • i.e., “Please pass me my wallet. The blue wallet, not the black wallet.” • We also use put stress on words to show importance.

  5. Listening strategy – Heavy stress We also use put stress on words to show importance. • i.e., “I want to drink sojutonight.” • This indicates that “tonight” is important. • “I want to drink soju tonight.” • This indicates that “soju” is important.

  6. Listening strategy – Heavy stress • Practice (pp.52-53 handout).

  7. Practice p.52 A off, down, bedB last (night) tonightA Saturday, SundayBAbbb

  8. Practice p.53 1. today, tomorrow 2. her, me 3. school, comic 4. ten, twenty 5. dad, friend 6. ten, nine

  9. Listening strategy – Heavy stress • You should try to listen for this in all situations. • Helps you to better catch important points. • Can help you understand the MAIN IDEA!

  10. Listening for main/important ideas • Also known as ‘extensive listening’ because we need to listen in a more general way.

  11. Listening for main/important ideas Tips: 1. Take notes when you can: • - It’s normal to forget things after you hear them. - Writing can help you remember more easily. - Writing something encourages you to focus on and identify the main ideas (and important details). • - Can help you identify what you do and do not understand.

  12. Listening for main/important ideas Tips: 2. Listen for stressed or repeated words/ideas. • - Often, a speaker will put stress on certain words or repeat ideas important to the dialog. • - May rephrase the important information. • - May repeat the important information. • - May summarize the information.

  13. Listening for main/important ideas • The main idea is often given near the beginning of a dialog (the “topic sentence”).

  14. Listening for main/important ideas Tips: 3. Use your own knowledge and experience. • - Try to make connections between what you are hearing and your own knowledge/experience. • i.e., If someone is talking about fishing, and fishing is your hobby, you can use your existing knowledge to help you understand.

  15. Listening for main/important ideas Tips: 4. Make predictions about what is coming next. • - Try to guess what the speaker(s) will say.

  16. Watch the video • Pre-listening: • What kind of phone do you have? • Are you satisfied with the features of your phone? • What features do you think future phones should have?

  17. Watch the video • Take notes! • Think about: • - What is the topic of this discussion? • - What are the important ideas? http://www.ted.com/talks/fabian_hemmert_the_shape_shifting_future_of_the_mobile_phone.html

  18. Video 2 • Take notes! • Think about: • - What is the topic of this discussion? • - What are the important ideas? • - What important details are given? • http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter.html

  19. Listen-discussion task • There will be a new video uploaded this afternoon. • Watch the video and answer the questions. • Bring your answers to class on FRIDAY!

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