Teaching Listening

By Mr. Sunan Fathet Ms. Chayaporn

Thirachaimongkhonkun

Department of Western Languages Faculty of Humanities Srinakharinwirot University

Session Outline

The Reason why we listen The Reason why we listen

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Kinds of text

How to tech listening

Steps of teaching

Examples of Activities

Kinds of text that we listen to• Natural sound • A conversation• A call, a phone call• An announcement• A lecture

• News • Music• Movie• TV program• Talk Show• etc.

Why we listen

• To get messages• To respond• To follow the instruction• To get answers• To entertain ourselves• To improve our language• etc.

How to teach listening

• Predicting• Listening for general and detailed

comprehension• Listening for specific information• Listening for detailed information• Listening for text construction

Steps of teaching

Practice (While-listening) Activities Production (Post-listening)

Exercises Task

Presentation (Pre-listening)• new vocabulary• pronunciation• grammar and sentence structure

Examples of ActivitiesPresentation (Pre-listening)• giving background knowledge• the learners reading something relevant to

listening text• the learners looking at pictures• discussion of the topic/ situation• a question and answer session

Examples of ActivitiesPractice (While-listening)• marking/ checking items in pictures• putting pictures in order• completing grids• form/ chart completion• true/ false• text completion or gap-filling • etc.

Examples of ActivitiesProduction (Post-listening)• extending lists• sequencing/ ‘grading’• matching with a reading text• extending notes into written responses• summarizing• jigsaw listening• dictation, etc.