TEACHING LISTENING & SPEAKING SKILLS

LISTENING
As comprehension As acquisition

SPEAKING
- talk as interaction -styles as speaking -functions of speaking -talk as transaction -talk as performance

As comprehension

Characteristics Of Spoken discourse Understanding spoken discourse: bottom-up and top down processing Bottom- up processing Top - down processing Combining bottom up and top-up processing in listening lesson

As acquisition Listening serves the goal of extracting meaning from messages Use bottom-up and top-down processes The language of utterances Become more effective learners

Teaching Listening & Speaking Skills

WHY SO IMPORTANT ?

Important for developing speaking and listening skills. For maintaining good social relations Learn to adapt their talk to listeners Able to become responsible person when people talk

RULES FOR TALKING Respect each others opinion One voice at a time Say what you think Say why you think it Build on what others say Support and include each other Try and reach agreement

RULES FOR LISTENING Respect each others opinions Dont interrupt Listen carefully Be open to new ideas Think about what others say Ask when you dont understand Be noise aware