Teaching Listening Skills

AcTIVITY: "RePlICATE ME"
• Group formation
• Speaker and Listener
• topic preparation
• Speaker Round
• Listener's turn
• scoring
• Talk about someone who
inspire you and the
qualities you admire in
them
2. Discuss a challenge you
faced and how you
overcame it.
Presented by Leo L. Nasam BSED 2A-ENGLISH
Listening
LISTENING
Listening is the ability to accurately receive
and interpret messages in the
communication process. Listening is key to
all effective communication, without the
ability to listen effectively messages are
easily misunderstood – communication
breaks down and the sender of the message
can easily become frustrated or irritated.
Listening is Not the
same as Hearing
Methods of 01. INTERPERSONAL
ACTIVITIES
Teaching
Listening skills. 02.
GROUP
ACTIVITIES
Effective,methods of teaching
Listening skills encompass
03.
AUDIO
everything from interactive SEGMENTS/SONGS
exercises to multimedia resources
04. Video
Segments
1. Interpersonal Activities
For example, you may have one student
interview another for a job with a company
or for an article in a newspaper. Even a
storytelling activity, such as one that
answers the question "What was your
favorite movie from last year?" can give
students the opportunity to ask one another
questions and then to practice active
listening skills.
2. Group Activities
For the first part, divide students into groups of five or larger and
instruct them to learn one hobby or interest of at least two other
group members. Encourage them to ask clarifying questions during
the activity, and you may allow them to take notes if helpful.
However, as time passes and their skills grow, you should limit
students to only writing notes after the completion of the first part
of the group activity. For the second part, have the students sit in a
large circle, and then have each individual student share the name
and the hobby or interest of the group members that she or he met.
This second part of the group activity can also lend itself to
additional listening exercises. For example, you may ask students to
name a number of the hobbies and interests identified during the
sharing session.
3. Audio Segments/songs
First, instruct students to prepare for listening by
considering anything that they will want to learn from
the content of the audio segment. Once they have
written down or shared these ideas, then play the
audio segment, allowing the students to take notes if
helpful. Once they have gained confidence and
experience, repeat this activity but instruct students to
not take notes until the completion of the audio
segment. You can use shorter or longer audio
segments, and you can choose more accessible or
more challenging material for this type of exercise.
4. Video Segments
With your students, first watch the segment
without any sound and discuss it together.
Encourage the students to identify what they
think will be the content of the segment. Then,
watch the segment again, this time with sound,
allowing students to take notes if helpful for their
skill level. After the completion of the video
segment, you can have students write a brief
summary of the segment, or you can take time to
discuss as a group how the segment compares
with the students' expectations.
Instructional Tips
• Keep your expectations simple, as even the most
experienced listener would be unable to
completely and accurately recall the entirety of
a message.
• Keep your directions accessible and build in
opportunities for students not only to ask
clarifying questions, but also to make mistakes.
• Help students navigate their communication
anxiety by developing activities appropriate to
their skill and confidence level, and then
strengthen their confidence by celebrating the
ways in which they do improve, no matter how
small.
Basic structures of
good listening lesson
• Before
Listening
• During
Listening
• After
Listening
The following ideas
will help make your
listening activities
successful:
• Noise
• Equipment
• Repetition
• Content
• Recording your own
tape
• Video
• Homework
tips to help teachers
develop students’
listening skills
• Promote active listening: giving the students
something to listen for ensures that they are involved
in the task. Exercise sheets are another tool that
promotes active listening;
• Identify listening strategies: give the students tools
to guide their listening; such as, looking for specific
information, identifying predictable words or
phrases, or discussing what they expect in certain
forms of speech; such as, newscasts or
advertisements.;
• Selecting the most appropriate strategy for
presenting the lesson; for example, using a top
down (general meaning, summarizing) or bottom up
(cognates, specific words, word order patterns)
approach;
4. Allow the students to hear as
much of the target language as
possible while using a variety of
teaching methods;
5. Use authentic materials; for
example, a lecture or a radio
announcement in the target
language, to help students
become accustomed to different
accents and to a realistic pace of
speech;
6. Ensure the students
know the goals of the
listening task:
7. Provide opportunities
for reflection and
discussion
8. Organize pre-listening
activities,
9. Be sure to check level
of the listening exercise
beforehand to ensure it is
an appropriate level for
the students.
ACTIVITIES TO
TEACH LISTENING
SKILLS
1. Dual
dictation
This activity works best if you give students a theme or role-play, e.g.
• A conversation between friends about holidays
• An argument between siblings
• An interview with a famous person
• A scene from a film
• Class memory quiz
Ask one student at a time to go to the front of the class. Ask the rest of the class to ask them any questions they like (as
long as they are not too personal!), e.g.
• What is your favourite colour/food/band?
• What did you have for lunch?
• Which country would you most like to visit?
Try to make a note of some of the answers. When all of the students (or half of the students, if you have a large group)
have been interviewed, explain that you are going to hold a quiz about the class. Get the students into small teams and
ask them to put their hand up if they know the answer to a question, e.g.
• Which student likes Oasis?
• What is Marie's favorite food?
• Which two students would like to be famous actors?
Award a point to the first team to answer correctly. This game can be a lot of fun, and encourages students to listen to
each other.
2. Listen for lies
Presented by Leo Nasam BSED 2A-ENGLISH
Thank
you very
much!

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