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TEACHING LISTENING

TEACHING LISTENING. Understanding what is heard – How? Interpretation of sounds in the context and the circumstances – What are you saying? Understanding the listening purpose – Why are you saying this? . BEFORE TEACHING LISTENING. Establish The purpose of the task

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TEACHING LISTENING

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  1. TEACHING LISTENING Understanding what is heard – How? Interpretation of sounds in the context and the circumstances – What are you saying? Understanding the listening purpose – Why are you saying this?

  2. BEFORE TEACHING LISTENING • Establish • The purpose of the task • The listening skills to be practiced • The level of the learner • Vocabulary needed to understand the listening • How to generate interest in the listening text • A low affective filter where students are comfortable listening

  3. 4 PURPOSES OF LISTENING • 1. Listening for understanding • The big idea • 2. Listening for specific information • Example: time, place • 3. Listening to establish a context • Where, When, Who • 4. Listening for later discussions • Later dialogue, sharing information

  4. What we can teach - Skills • Students need to learn • 1) Strategies that they can use to help themselves • 2) Appropriate vocabulary for the context • 3) Self-confidence in tackling listening tasks

  5. Preparing a Listening lesson • Warm-up – establishing context – activating prior knowledge • Vocabulary for both predicting content and comprehending it. • Establish a task. • Listen more than once. • Let students work together to build understanding.

  6. LISTENING CONTEXTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES • At home • In a classroom • Directions • T.V. News and Weather • Shopping • Informal conversations • Formal situations • School and home situations • Restaurant situations • In an airport • At work • Phone conversations

  7. SOME WEBSITES WITH EXERCISES • http://www.esl-lab.com/ • http://www.elllo.org/http://www.elllo.org/ • http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/English_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listening_Practice.htm • http://www.rong-chang.com/listen.htm • http://englishenglish.com/listening_skills.htm

  8. LISTENING AND READING • California Distance Learning: http://www.cdlponline.org f/archives.html • Voice of America Special English: www.voanews.com/templates/Articles .rss?sectionPath=/learningenglish/home/ • CNN Literacy materials: http://literacynet.org/cnns

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