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Listening - Coggle Diagram
Listening
The Task-Feedback Circle
Setting task
Play the recording
Feedback on task
Could they do the task?
Pre-task work
Lead-in
Conclude
Task sequence
More detailed
Language focus
General
More tasks
Answer questions, argue, choose the correct picture, take notes
Guidelines for listening
short recording, repeated recording, answers discussed, ask the class about the answers, do not one student tell all the answers, bits of recording played again, help them, let them control the recording, choose recording to their own level
Grade the task, not the recording!
You can use any recording for any level: make tasks according to their level
Possible stages of the listening task
a: play, compare, play again, b: communicative task about the topic, c: questions abou the recording, d: introduce topic, e: more detailed questions about the recording,f: questions about picture
Approaches to Listening
knowing grammar and lexis doesn't mean one can understand spoken word
Problems/difficulties:
people seem to speak too fast
can't pick out most the important parts
can't even get general message
we listen to these in real life
important details (names, dates, numbers, etc
remember needed information
general overview of the message
check list for a good listening task
task should actively improve listening skills
shouldn't be threatening
realistic and useful
should help students work around difficulties
not simply a memory test
activity must demand listening
give the questions before listening to the task
it gives students a direct aim
in real life we also listen with some original purpose
how's the weather, what did a friend do, etc
chooing the right task is key
do you want students to get a general overview?
do you want to do both?
do you want students to get specific information?
listening ideas
jigsaw listening
allows learners to work at their own speed
message-oriented communication
useful group cooperation
jigsaw task ideas
witness of crime
accident report
finding where someone might have lost their purse
working out exactly who was at a meeting
working out the sequence of events
a news story with additional details in each separate section
a description of a place or people
a party
an office
a factory process
'diary' information from 3 people
the gallery
a variation on jigsaw listening
10 interesting short jokes/stories/ads/poems
record yourself reading them
CD-s and recorders placed around the room
learners wander freely to find their favorite recording
home recording
popular tactic: interview other teachers/colleagues
works best if you give the talker a briefing on:
what you want them to talk about
any particular points that should be mentioned
language items you'd like included
how fast and clearly do you want them to speak
Live listening
invite a colleague to speak instead of the recording
have a live converastion with students about the topic
Guest stars
natural chat in the spirit of a character, students have to guess
How do we listen?
gist listening
listening for detail
top-down and bottom-up
bottom-up
: building up the messages from the individual small pieces
sounds appealing but virtually impossible
top-down:
making use of our previous knowledge to help us predict the structure and content of the text
background knowledge about...
the world
the specific topic
the whol text
longer sections of text
sentences
clauses/chunks
words
sounds
the genre
top-down and bottom-up in the classroom
when we listen--> combination of top-down and bottom-up
you have to decide and plan your classes accordingly
start with background and overview tasks
move towards detail-oriented, language-focus tasks