esl teacher networking december, 2010 teaching listening
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ESL Teacher Networking
December, 2010 Teaching Listening
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AGENDA
General AnnouncementsBrainstorming and categorizingESL Case Study – Listen to meWhat should we know about
teaching listening?BESLCURF - ConnectionsVideo viewing and discussionProblems of practive
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BESLCURF – Carousel Brainstorming
What are some listening activities of strategies that you already use in your classroom?
What classroom activities or strategies can be connected to learning outcomes?
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Case Study- Listen to Me
Divide into small grade level groups
Assign group roles –RecorderReporterFacilitatorTimekeeper
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Why is teaching listening important?
Receptive language Active language skill Construction of meaning Comprehensible inputl
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What makes listening difficult?
The organization of informationThe familiarity of the topicThe explicitness and sufficiency of the
informationThe type of referring expressions used
(pronouns instead of noun phrases , e.g.)
Whether the text describes a “static” or “dynamic” relationship.
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Variables of listening tasks
Listening purpose (gist, specific information, etc.)
Role of the listener (reciprocal, non-reciprocal)
Type of text being listened to (monologues, dialogues)
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Stages of the Listening Process
Recognition of the target language
Recognition of isolated wordsRecognition of phrase
boundariesListening for the gistTrue listening
Source: E. Horwitz. (2008). Becoming a Language Teacher. Boston: Pearson
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Recognition of Target Language
Songs, rhymes, etc. to get used to the sound of the language
Pretend to speak the language
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Recognition of isolated words
Listen to short passages that contain familiar phrases
Listen for familiar phrases or words
Listen to a recombination of material presented in class
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Beginning recognition of phrase boundaries
TPRNarrow listening – KrashenListening to recombination
materials in scriptsComputer programs
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Listening for gist
Preview listening materialsEstablish realistic listening
goalsStudents select pictures
that correspond to oral descriptions
Narrow listening
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True listening
PreviewSummarizeAsk opinions about what
they heardRelate what they heard to
their own lives
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Important listening strategies
Listening for the gist Listening for purpose Listening for main idea Listening for inference Listening for specific informationListening for phonemic distinctions
(first or fourth; can or can’t)Listening for tone/pitch to identify
speaker’s attitudeListening for stress (what is more
important)
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Communicative activities: Listening
Listening and performing actions and operations Listening and transferring information (spoken to
written, spoken to spoken) Listening and solving problems Listening, evaluating, and manipulating information Interactive listening and speaking: negotiating
meaning through questioning and answering routines
Listening for enjoyment pleasure and sociability
Adapted from: Morley, J. Aural Comprehension Instruction: Principles and Practices. In M. Celce-Murcia. (Ed.) (2001). Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. Heinle and Heinle: Boston.
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Listening and performing actions and operationsDrawing a picture, design, or object.
Locating routes on a mapSelecting a picture from a
description Identifying something from a
descriptionPerforming movementsOperating a piece of equipmentCarrying out steps in a process
(science, cooking)
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Listening and transferring information
Listening and taking a messageCloze activitiesCompleting a form or chartListening and summarizingListening to an explanation and writing
down the sequenceListening to a lecture and taking notesListening to directions and repeating
othersListening to a story and repeating to
others
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Listening and solving problems
Word gamesNumber games – arithmetic
problemsAsking questions (20 questions) Jeopardy or PasswordMinute mysteries Jigsaw listeningComparison shopping with
recordingsDescriptions of court cases
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Listening, evaluating, and manipulating information
Making predictionsEvaluating cause and effect
informationSummarizing Evaluating arguments in
order to take a position
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Interactive listening and speaking
Reciprocal listening (using question cards)RepetitionParaphraseVerificationClarificationExtensionChallenge
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Listening for pleasure
SongsStoriesPoemsJokesTeacher talkAnecdotes
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Ways to help develop and improve listening comprehension
Background knowledgePreviewingAdvance organizerMeaning supportRecallRecall/QuestionInference questionIntonation
Source: E. Horwitz. (2008). Becoming a Language Teacher. Pearson: Boston.
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Video viewing
Identify the instructional sequence of the lesson.
What were the listening tasks?
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Possible lesson sequence
Build background/activate prior knowledge
Vocabulary previewListen for main ideaListen for detailsListen for inferenceDiscussionLooking at language
Source: C.Numrich (2006). Tuning in: Listening and Speaking in the Real World. Boston: Pearson
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For next time
Plan a listening activity for your class.Write a language objective for it. Include an advanced organizer,
preview questions, inference questions, and a focus on language structure.
Teach the lesson if your situation allows.
Bring evidence or artifacts from the lesson to share next time.
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Next time Oral language development: Is turn and talk all we need?
Fluency versus accuracy.Academic versus social
language.