TEACHING LISTENING

• LISTEN! TO WHAT?

Discussions, descriptions, talks, dialogs, stories, advertisements, interviews, lectures, pop songs, directions, folk songs, broadcasts, instructions, telephone conversations.

• LISTEN! HOW?

EXTENSIVE INTENSIVE

(general idea) ( for details)

• LISTEN! FOR WHAT?

PURPOSES:

• General information - main points;

• Specific information - particular items;

• Cultural interest - general;

• People's attitudes and opinions;

• Organization of ideas;

• Sequence of events;

• Lexical items;

• Structural items - their use and meaning;

• Functional items - their use and form.

• LISTENING - ENABLING SKILLS

1. predicting

2. guessing the unknown without panicking

3. using schemata to help understanding

4. retaining relevant points

5. recognising discourse markers

6. identyfying relevant points, rejecting irrelevant information

7. recognising cohesive devices, including link words, references etc.

8. understanding different intonation patterns and use of stress

9. understanding inferred information

• LISTEN AND -

• Identify who

• Draw

• Take notes

• Select

• Follow directions

• Place in correct order

• Discriminate

• Fill in the table

• Compare

• Complete flow chart etc.