1. Listening texts are good pronunciation models 2. Good at understanding speech & also in speaking 3. Voice of their teacher 4. Regional varieties of English 5. Successful spoken communication depends on listening

1. Students listen in order to work on listening skills 2. Study the way in which English is spoken 3. It takes place in classrooms or language laboratories

1. For pleasure 2. CD's, MP3 players, DVD's, videos & internet 3. Simplified readers accompany with CD's 4. Download podcasts from sites 5. Watch English language films with subtitles

1. Recording extracts such as CD, tape, MP3 players 2. Download huge amount of useful listening material 3. Live listening 4. Real-life face-to-face encounters in the classroom 5. Students can interact with the speaker

1. News broadcasts, public announcements, recorded messages, lectures, phone conversations, dramatic dialogue 2. Authentic speech is important 3. Use of realistic language

1. Recognize paralinguistic clues such as intonation 2. It makes you understand mood & meaning 3. Listen for specific information 4. Listen for general understanding

Different listening stages demand different listening tasks

Encourage students to listen as often and as much as possible

Good teachers exploit listening texts to the full

Encourage them to ask for repetition & clarification

Useful for studying language & pronunciation issues

Freeze frame: 1. Pause the video 2. Predict the upcoming action & the language

1. Video is richer than audio 2. Speakers can be seen 3. Their body movements gives meaning as their clothes, location etc too

Play the audio without the picture: 1. Predict the physical details of the speaker 2. Play the audio with images

Play the video without sound: 1. Predict the conversation 2. Play the extract with sound

1. Visitors in the classroom 2. Follow up question technique

1. Listening skill will lead on speaking skill 2. Students predict what they will hear 3. Focus on the construction of the specific language 4. Students activate the language

1. Tell stories rather than just giving short answers 2. Predict by watching pictures 3. Listen to the audio to check their predictions & speculations 4. Audio tracks & audio-scripts 5. Re-telling a story

1. It gives a purpose for listening 2. It gives a goal to aim for 3. Assemble the facts 4. Solve a mystery

1. Listen to a phone message 2. Write the message on a notepad 3. Recorded messages about a film, answer phone, gallery guide, place an order, announcements in airports & on railway stations

1. Instrumental music get students in the right mood 2. Sound effects build up a story

1. Well-read extracts from books 2. Stories which are told more or less informally

1. Listen to lectures, vox-pop interviews 2. Listen to speeches at weddings, farewells, openings 3. Listen to dramatic or comic monologues