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Listening exercises - Example Listen to part of the lecture about multiple intelligences.. Complete the following passage with the words you hear.b[r]

Why is listening important?

Listening to spoken language helps Ss…

 expose to varieties & accents

 acquire the language subconsciously

Kinds of listening

1 Listening to authentic materials

 to help Ss “get a feel” about the

language

2.Listening to audio tapes/ CDs, videos

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

Understanding spoken English

Father: How’s your homework? You know, your history?

Son: Easy

Father: You sure?

Son: It’s just… I mean all we need to is, well, just read some stuff

Father: But d’you understand it?

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?

What’s special about listening?

1 Spoken language is informal

 incomplete utterances  repetition / paraphrasing  hesitation

 colloquial style

2 Spoken factors

 stress & rhythm  intonation

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

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

Listening basic subskills

1. Listening for main ideas

2. Listening for specific information

3. Listening for details

4. Intensive listening

Teaching listening - Principles

1 Tape recorder is as important as the tape.

 T needs to be skillful in using tape recorder.

Teaching listening - Principles

2 Preparation is vital

T has to…

 listen to the tape in advance

Teaching listening - Principles

3 Once will not be enough

 1st listening  get general comprehension

 2nd listening  listening task

 3rd listening  listening task

Teaching listening - Principles

4 Encourage Ss to respond to the

content of a listening

Example 1

a Listen & notice the difference in

pronunciation b/w these 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 and can’t Complete the chart

Can Can’t

1

2

3

4

Teaching listening - Principles

5 Different listening stages demand different listening tasks

 Easy  Difficult

Teaching listening - Principles getting ready engage listening task writing task(s) oral task(s) … listening task TOPIC

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: