Week 1 – Getting the main ideas & details

Listening Skill 1: Getting the gist of the passages

gist questions are questions that ask about the overall ideas of a passage as a whole. They
may ask about the subject, topic, or main idea of a passage.

They may also what overall purpose the passage serves. It is important to understand that the
gist of a passage may be directly stated in the passage, or you may have to synthesize (bring
together) information from different parts of the passage to understand the overall gist.

The strategy to answer gist questions are pay attention to the beginning of the conversation
or lecture or sometimes, you can form an overall idea of the gist. Listen to any particular
words that the speaker emphasizes or stresses (pronounces more loudly than other words).
This emphasized words indicate the important information.

Listening Skill 2: Catching the details of the texts

The strategies to answer details questions are listen for the details that are discussed, not just
the overall ideas. After that think about different ways to restate the details. Find the answer
choice that accurately restate the information. You can also focus on the 4W 1 H Questions
(Who, What, Where, When and How) while listening to the passage and be ready to get the
answer since the question and answer are commonly arranged in order.
Speaking Skill: Retelling the main and detail information of the listening

In this section students are guided to pay attention more on the general idea and also the
details of information. After understanding the content, the students should reconstruct the
given information and share the information through an oral production using their own
language.

1. To get the essence of the passage, paying attention on the beginning and ending of the
listening can be helpful.

2.To get the details of a passage listen to the whole specific parts of the text is needed.

3.Lastly, in order to comprehend the materials better, retelling strategy can be one of
the good strategies to be applied.