English LessonListening and

Speaking Skills

Types of listening and Speaking Skills Types Of Listening ACTIVE LISTENING PASSIVE LISTENING MARGINAL LISTENING PROJECTIVE

LISTENING SENSITIVE LISTENING

Types Of Speaking INFORMAL SPEAKING FORMAL SPEAKING

• GROUP DISCUSSION

• JOB INTERVIEW

• MEETINGS & CONFERENCE

• PUBLIC SPEAKING & PRESENTATIONS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS EYE CONTACT BODY LANGUAGE

Why is Listening

Important?Why is listening important?

1. Since the rise of the radio and the development of television, the spoken word has regained much of its lost stature.

2. Being listened to means we are taken seriously, our ideas and feelings are known, and, ultimately, what we have to say matters

Great Listeners are: MIND READER: Ask what the person is

thinking or feeling. REHEARSER: Let the customer finish their

thoughts before determining what question to ask next.

FILTERER: Be aware of your own assumptions.

DREAMER: Stay present.

Why is Speaking

Important? Ability to convey your information in a proper way Ability to stand out from the rest Career enhancement Encouraging people to communicate with each other.

Functions of Speaking 3 functions of speaking

Talk as Interaction: primarily a social function. Focus is on the speaker, not the message.

Talk as Transaction: focus on what is said or done. The message is #1! (Problem-solving activities, asking for directions).

Talk as Performance: public speaking, form of monolog, mimics written language.

Fluency vs Accuracy in Speaking

• When fluency comes first accuracy will follow. Anyway nobody will notice your accuracy when you are not fluent.

(Abra Alueku Sewonu , Togo, TEYL participant)

Strategies Of ListeningCognitive: comprehension, storing/memory process,

retrieval

Metacognitive: assessing, monitoring, self-evaluating and self-testing

Listening and SpeakingThrough listening the students can build an

awareness of the interworking's of language systems at various levels and thus establish a base for more fluent productive skill- speaking.

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