Teaching listening

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Teaching listening

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Teaching listening. Teaching objectives. By the end of this unit, Ss will be able to: know the i mportance of listening know the difficulties Ss may encounter in listening Understand the nature and characteristics of the listening process know the principles for teaching listening - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Teaching listening

Teaching objectivesBy the end of this unit, Ss will be able to: know the importance of listening know the difficulties Ss may encounter in

listening Understand the nature and

characteristics of the listening process know the principles for teaching listening know the stages in teaching listening design common activities in teaching

listening

Teaching content Importance of listening Difficulties Ss may encounter in listening Nature and characteristics of the

listening process Principles for teaching listening Stages in teaching listening Common activities in teaching

listening

Imitation vs. Communication

“ Language is learned through imitation”

Audio-Lingual Method Grammar-Translation Method Focus on Form Repeat, repeat, repeat

Imitation vs. Communication

“ Language is learned through communication”

“Communicative Approaches” Task-Basked Learning Problem-Based Instruction Learner-Based Instruction Focus on Meaning

The importance of listening in daily communication Rivers (1968)

Listening:45%,Speaking: 30%Reading:16% Writing:9%

Brainstorming:Ask the students to list the difficulties they may encounter in listening.

Difficulties Ss may encounter

语言方面 : 语音、语调、单词发音在句中

的变化,如连读、同化、弱化、失去爆破 , 还有重音、语调以及口语习惯表达方法、语法结构等。

Difficulties Ss may encounter

听的技能 : 听文段大意和细节、确定中心思想、理解人物关系、推断作者意图、懂得因果关系、做出结论等等。

Difficulties Ss may encounter

文化背景知识 : 如历史、地理、社会常识、思维方式、社交礼仪、价值观念、禁忌幽默、文化习俗等

Nature of the listening process

Bottom-up: knowledge of sounds, vocabulary and grammar

Top-down :content schema: general

knowledge/life experiencetextual schema: knowledge of

situational routines topic, relationship between the

speakers, the location

Nature of the listening process

Charateristics of the listening process

SpontaneityContextVisual cluesListener’s responseSpeaker’s adjustment

Principles for teaching listening

1 Expose students to different ways of processing information: bottom-up and top-down

2 Expose students to different types of listening: specific information, gist/global listening, inference

3 Consider text, difficulty, and authenticity

4 Teach listening strategies: predicting, inferring, monitoring, clarifying, responding, evaluating

5 Expose Ss to a variety of input

pre-listening while-listening post-listening

Stages in teaching listening

Stages in teaching listening

Pre-listening Purpose: Lead-in, activate schemata, arouse interestActivities: (p.145-148)Strategies:--previewing--predicting--setting the scene/context

Stages in teaching listening

While-listening Purpose: Checking comprehension Activities: (p.148-151) Strategies:--selective attention--predicting--note-taking--elaboration/associate--inferencing--auditory representation

Stages in teaching listening

Post-listening Purpose: Expansion and development of listening tasks Activities: (p.152-154) Strategies:--grouping--self-evaluation

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Task: Identify the activities in each of the three.

Assignment Design a lesson plan of listening

instruction and prepare to present it.