Teaching Listening to College Students

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m n RAJU TEACHING LISTENING

Hearing Listening: 

m n RAJU Hearing Listening

Classroom Listening Real Life Listening: 

m n RAJU Classroom Listening Real Life Listening

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m n RAJU To make classroom listening more like real life listening Teaching Listening - Objective

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m n RAJU A Good Listener Pays attention Recognizes the main ideas Organizes ideas Taps into prior knowledge Interprets meaning Interacts and responds

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m n RAJU Be attentive Maintain eye contact Watch nonverbal cues Keep an open mind Don't interrupt or impose Summarize, Visualize and empathize Seek clarifications at appropriate time Provide feedback Effective Listening – Tips

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m n RAJU Listen for the main idea Listen for specific detail Predict Infer Identify emotion Listen for opinion Recognize context Listening Skills

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m n RAJU Purpose for Listening Pre Listening Activities Appropriate Material Response from Listener Several Chances to Listen Follow-up Activities A Good Listening Lesson Has

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m n RAJU Listening Lesson Stages Pre-listening While-listening Post-listening

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m n RAJU Pre-listening Stage Make familiar with topic Introduce structures & words Describe situation Activate schema Clarify cultural information Know what type of text

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m n RAJU Interact with the text directly Multiple listenings Interactive tasks From global to specific Questions & clarifications Vocabulary and language While-listening Stage

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m n RAJU Reinforce understanding Expand on the text Personalize the topic Use other language skills Reinforce new vocabulary Reinforce new structures Post-listening Stage

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m n RAJU See the picture. Where are the people? What are they doing? What are they saying? Listen to the dialogue and check your answers. Audio Listening Lesson Pre-listening

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m n RAJU What is the woman’s problem? What does the man advise her to do? What is the woman’s request? Why does the man ask her to step aside? Audio Listening Lesson While-listening 1

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m n RAJU How many requests do you hear? How do the speakers make requests? Jot down one or two of the requests? Audio Listening Lesson While-listening 2

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m n RAJU Write a brief biographical sketch of the two characters. Extend the dialogue. Act out the dialogue. Audio Listening Lesson Post-listening

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m n RAJU Woman: Excuse me. I’m not able to take out any money. Can you please check the machine? Man: Sure. Can you just step aside? Let me take a look at it. Well, it seems to be all right. Can you insert your card and try again? Woman: Okay. Let me try. There it goes. It has accepted my card this time. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Man: You’re welcome. Audio Listening Lesson

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m n RAJU AV Listening Lesson - Review Pre Listening – Prediction While Listening First Listening – General Comprehension Second Listening – Specific Detail Third Listening – Grammar Focus Post Listening – Creative Writing Suggest more Post Listening Activities

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m n RAJU Listen for meaning Study/use Vocabulary Analyze Grammar Discuss theme, emotion Compare Write your own Using Music

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m n RAJU Tom’s Diner Using Music

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m n RAJU What is a diner? Where do you find diners? What kind of people can be seen in diners? What kind of food is served in diners? Tom’s Diner: Pre-listening

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m n RAJU Where does the song take place? Who is the narrator? What is she doing? How is the weather? Tom’s Diner: While-listening 1

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m n RAJU How many people does the woman see? Who are they? Tom’s Diner: While-listening 2

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m n RAJU What tense is used? How is the present continuous tense formed? Snap fingers whenever you hear a verb in the present continuous. Tom’s Diner: While-listening 3

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m n RAJU Complete the cloze. Compare with partners. Tom’s Diner: Post-listening 1

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m n RAJU Write a biographical sketch of the woman. Name? Age? Home? Job? Family? Likes? Dislikes? Tom’s Diner: Post-listening 2

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m n RAJU Write 10 sentences in the present continuous describing things happening around you. Tom’s Diner: Post-listening 3