« Listening skill »Student: Silvana Reynoso3rd English –Cerp Centro

2012

According to Jeremy Harmer: Listening is connected to pronounciation (pitch, stress and intonation )

The more a student hear English spoken, the more they absorve the features of connected speech.

«Successful spoken communication

depends on the ability to spoke and the way

we listen» (Harmer.J 2007)

Students need to be exposed to Different Kinds of Englishes.

• Depending on the student´s level of competence.• They need more than just the voice of the teacher.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF LISTENING

• More detailed• Sts. Listen specifically in order to work

on listening skills

Intensive listening

• Sts. listen to things that more or less they understand, mostly for pleasure.

• Eg.: dvd videos , English language films with subtitles.

Extensive listening

Types of sources:

Recorded extractsCd, Mp3, Internet material

Live listeningReal life face to face encounter in the classroom

Listening skills

• Students need to be able to recognize « paralinguistic clues » such as intonation, to understand mood and meaning through listening.

• Students need to listen specific information (time, dates, address, platform n°, etc.).

• Students need to have a general understanding.(in a story, interaction in a social conversation).

LISTENING PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1:

Encourage students to listen as often and as much as possible.

Principle 2:

Help students prepare to listen.

Principle 3:

Once may not be enough

Principle 4 :

Encourage students to respond to the content of a listening, not just the language.

Principle 5:

Different listening stages demand different listening tasks.

Principle 6:

Good teachers exploit listening texts to the full.

Listening suggestions:

O jigsaw listening.O Message taking.O Transcription of announcements.O StoriesO Poetry.O Music and sound effectO News and radio announcements.O Monologues.

According to Scrivener :

Students need to listen a tape 3 or 4 times.

If a student complete a task in the first time, it was not challenging. It is more important the process than the correct answers of the task.

“Right answers are not the main goal but the listening itself.”

Students need to be challenged and stimulated.

DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TO HELP STUDENTS LISTEN BETTER

Keep the recording short.

Play the type as sufficient number of times.

Let students discuss their answers together.

Don´t immediately acknowledge correct answers with words or facial expressions.

Don´t be led by one strong student.

Play some parts again and again until it´s clear.

Give help if they are completely stuck.

Don´t change the task halfway.

Don´t let them lose heart. It should be difficult but achievable.

ESCANEOPAG 150

Scrivener,1994