LISTENING
Why is teaching listening important
The teacher’s task is to pr***de opportunities for the students to listen to living English used in everyday situations such as : in shops, restaurants…
Notice: You must train your students to listen to & understand speech of native speakers of English.
Procedure:
1- Pre-listening:
Set the scene (general description of the theme) and preview the vocabulary needed.
2-While-listening:
a- Set a task ( questions in WRITTEN FORM to help them focus on the content) .
b- play the cassette. They have to listen for a specific purpose.
c- Re-play the cassette to answer the questions.
3-post-listening:
Multiple choice questions and - True / False - statements could be given or
a discussion could be conducted.
TOO EASY
Don’t ask questions which can be answered without listening to the passage.
e.g. The capital city of UK is….
DIFFICULT
Don’t choose questions that require memorization, such as numbers or a long list of similar items.
e.g. Choose :
a) She bought apples, oranges, bananas & dates.
A lot of practice in LISTENING is needed so the students can…
a- distinguish sounds, words & structure.
b- associate meanings with sounds.
c- understand conversational English in all kinds of speech situations.
d- understand & take notes of information.
1- Listening for drawing :
Ask your students to draw figures and objects in order to produce a particular picture. When they finish they can compare their drawings with the original one that you have previously prepared.
2- Listening to a short interview :
Ask your students to work in pairs and answer some written questions after listening to the interview twice. They can use their own sentences to suggest other questions and answers for a similar interview.
3- listening for sounds and letters :
Ask your students to listen and circle the letters or words for the sounds they hear.
4- rearranging a picture story:
Give your students the scrambled picture story, then ask them to listen to the story and put the pictures in their correct order.