How to teach listening potx

HOW TO TEACH listening... Why is listening important?Listening to spoken language helps Ss…  expose to varieties & accents  acquire the language subconsciously  improve listening as a

HOW TO TEACH

listening

Why is listening important?

Listening to spoken language helps Ss…

 expose to varieties & accents

 acquire the language subconsciously

 improve listening as a skill

Kinds of listening

1 Listening to authentic materials

 to help Ss “get a feel” about the

language

2.Listening to audio tapes/ CDs, videos

 to help Ss learn the language

What’s special about listening?

When we read …

• we can read at our

own pace

• we can reread easily

• we can use a

dictionary

When we listen…

• the speed of the message depends on the speaker

• we can’t listen to the message again

• we can’t look up the words we don’t know

Understanding spoken English

Father: How’s your homework? You know,

your history?

Father: You sure?

Son: It’s just… I mean all we need to do

is, well, just read some stuff

Father: But d’you understand it?

Son: Can I go and play with Tom?

Yuko: What would you like your life to be

like in 20 years’ time?

Hiroki: I’d like it to be … I want to have a

family… you know, a husband, three children, my …

Yuko: Would you be happy?

Hiroki: I’d be … I mean, yes Yeah, sure,

sure, of course What about you?

Yuko: Erm, me, well erm, er… Maybe I’d

like to have a good … you know, to

do a really interesting job … with lots of pay, of course!

What’s special about listening?

1 Spoken language is informal

 repetition / paraphrasing

 colloquial style

2 Spoken factors

 stress & rhythm

 tone of voice

Listening exercises - Example

Listen to each question and decide if the speaker is

asking about where or when something is happening.

1 When Where

2 When Where

3 When Where

4 When Where

5 When Where

What is the focus of this exercise?

Listening exercises - Example

Listen to part of the lecture about multiple intelligences.

Complete the following passage with the words you hear

This first one, (1) ……… intelligence is an ability to (2)

……… languages and the ability to use language effectively

to (3) ……… and to remember things In Gardner’s view, writers, poets, (4)………., people like that possess a (5)

……… of linguistic intelligence.

What is the focus of this exercise?

Listening basic subskills

1 Listening for main ideas

2 Listening for specific information

3 Listening for details

4 Intensive listening

5 Extensive listening

Teaching listening -

Principles

1 Tape recorder is as important as the

tape.

 T needs to be skillful in using tape recorder.

 Good quality of sound 

Teaching listening -

Principles

2 Preparation is vital

T has to…

 listen to the tape in advance

 predict any problems Ss may have

 think of ways to get ready for them

Teaching listening -

Principles

3 Once will not be enough

 1st listening  get general comprehension

 2nd listening  listening task 1

 3rd listening  listening task 2

 …

Teaching listening -

Principles

4 Encourage Ss to respond to the

content of a listening

Examples

Example 1

a Listen & notice the difference in

pronunciation b/w these 2 sentences:

I can meet you on Monday

I can’t meet you on Monday.

b Listen & circle the word you hear.

Example 2

• Listen to Liz talking about what she can do and can’t do Complete the chart

Teaching listening -

Principles

5 Different listening stages demand

different listening tasks

 Easy  Difficult

 General  Specific

 Main ideas  details

Teaching listening - Principles

getting ready

engage

listening task 1

writing task(s)

oral task(s)

…

listening task 2

TOPIC

6 Exploit listening texts to the full.

The stages of a listening lesson

Before

During

After

• Lead-in: stimulate learners’ interest;

provide them with ideas

• Language focus: vocabulary,

pronunciation, connected speech, language functions

• Listening task / tasks

• Transfer and language focus:

correction