principles for teaching listening

PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING LISTENING

Rodrigo Márquez

LISTENING- What is it?

-Is it important?

Communication

ListeningSpeakingReadingWriting

WHAT MAKES LISTENING DIFFICULT?

CLUSTERINGREDUNDANCY

REDUCED FORMSPERFORMANCE VARIABLES

COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE

RATE OF DELIVERY

STRESS, RHYTHM AND INTONATION

INTERACTION

HOW DOES THIS THING WORK?

TOP-DOWNBOTTOM-UP

Focus on specific details Focus on the big picture

For Listening:

- Pronunciation- Intonation- Stress- Specific words

For Listening:

- Setting- Topic- Mood- Main idea

ACTIVATE SCHEMA

Brainstorm ideas

Make mental maps

Discuss about the topic

Games

CHOOSE RELEVANT TEXTSStudents need a purpose for listening

A motivating text is related to the student’s interests and needs

Students prefer authentic texts

DEVELOP LISTENING STRATEGIESTeach your students HOW to listen

-Look for key words

-Look for nonverbal cues

-Predict the speaker’s purpose by the context of discourse

-Associate information with one’s background knowledge

-Guess meaning from context

-Seeking clarification

-Listening for the general gist

CHECK COMPREHENSION

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ONE LITTLE GAME FOR YOU!

Team up!

What activities would you do with a video like this one?

ACTIVATE THEIR MINDS!Good sense of humour

intelligence

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