ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT 1

(LISTENING COMPREHENSION )

BY

NAME : ADILA HIDAYATI

CLASS : 1A KEPERAWATAN
NIM : PO 72201201631

LECTURER : WAHYU ENI SETYOHARI, M.Pd

KEMENTRIAN KESEHATAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA

POLTEKKES KEMENKES TANJUNG PINANG
PROGRAM STUDI DIII KEPERAWATAN

TAHUN 2020/2021
Listening Assignment 1
Listening Comprehension
In this article you will find an explanation of Listening Comprehension in a practical way.
 What is Listening Comprehension
Before delving into Listening Comprehension you should first understand what listening is.
Listening is the ability to receive, understand, interpret and respond to verbal and non-verbal
messages from the speaker.
 The definition of Listening Comprehension
Listening Comprehension is part of the communication skills such as the development of
reading and writing comprehension. Listening Comprehension has the multiple processes of
comprehension in language when it is understood, interpreted and spoken. This
communication skill is connected to cognitive learning as it works with the development of
memory, attention, vocabulary, grammar and comprehension monitoring.
 Differences between listening and hearing
a. Hearing is:
- Physiological order
- Perceiving the sounds
- Passive process

b. Listening to is:
- Interpretative order
- Interpreting sound and verbal and non-verbal actions
- Active process
When listening, gestures, postures, facial expressions, silences, among others, are connected
in order to understand the message given by the speaker. The relationship between words and
actions is what makes up language and how it is interpreted when there is an understanding of
what is being heard.
Listening then means being able to interpret and analyse the information that is received,
creating one’s own analysis of this information and creating one’s own concepts, opinions
and comments on what is heard.
 Elements of listening and understanding
During this cognitive process the following elements interact:
1. The listener
2. The message transmitted (text)
3. The context (linguistic environment)
The message is what is built up through linguistic understanding. The context is the message
that the listener has. These stages are evaluated and give the understanding of the listening.
For listening comprehension there are several developmental components, which are:
1. Before listening
This is the planning phase, where it is determined why one is going to listen, to whom one is
going to listen, among other questions.
2. During listening
This is the execution phase. Actions that are carried out as we listen, such as formulating
hypotheses, creating mental images, observing and supporting the speaker’s gestures and
movements, analysing and using cognitive skills in the process.
3. After listening
This is the assessment phase. This phase is about determining whether what was heard was
understood by making summaries, forming questions, etc.

 Listening Comprehension Skills

The following listening comprehension skills are distinguished
- Recognition: connecting, recognizing the components of a message .
- Selection: select the most important words in the message , then group the selected
details in level of importance.
- Interpretation: is the understanding of the information that was heard. This means
knowing the intention and purpose of the message, its main ideas and the importance
of the most significant part of the message the speaker is giving.

 Anticipating
Activating the information you have in order to use it in advance on a specific topic and to be
able to understand it better by having the right bases such as language and body expressions.
 Infer
To be able to infer the data of the sender, this means that it is possible to extract the
information from the situation that is being presented at the moment with non-verbal codes
such as gaze, fascial and body movements among others as a complement to being able to
understand the discourse much better.
 Retain
Remember key words and ideas in order to know how to interpret them.
 Listening comprehension with socio-cultural interaction
The development of Listening Comprehension is directly linked to language and how this
helps to enhance learning and significant understanding of our reality, that reality which is
lived either professionally or personally. Listening helps to interpret the speaker, his speech
and what he wants to achieve with that speech.
This relationship goes from the speaker, message, and listener, the latter being the listener as
the one who deciphers the message with the language and learning tools he or she has.
The development of listening has also been able to generate social skills as listening to others
and not simply hearing sounds and linking these sounds are essential. Listening is being able
to give a meaningful sense of rational interpretation to what a person says and this results in
the human being, being able to develop the social skill of being able to sympathise with
others.
 Listening and language
The learning of a new language generates the development of cognitive skills for the person,
in which writing and speaking can be evidenced in order to complete the knowledge of that
language with the power of Listening Comprehension.
 Listening Comprehension Example
Patrick is a student living in Switzerland and his native language is Swiss-German, however,
he wants to learn Spanish because he wants to travel to South America for a student
exchange. Patrick knows that the native language of this continent is Spanish, so he starts to
study Spanish before starting his trip.
He began to study Spanish from scratch as he had no basis in the language, thus developing
and improving his cognitive skills for the processing of information from the language he is
learning. In his learning process are the communicative skills he needs to acquire to be able
to speak, understand and process Spanish naturally.
Listening Comprehension is vital in this process because it is a fundamental part of the first
steps in immersing yourself in the new language.
 Characteristics of Listening Comprehension
In order to be able to have a comprehension in the listening it is necessary to have clear some
characteristics that are
- To know the linguistic code to be able to listen and understand better. The message
always has a sequence and congruence in order to be able to relate sounds and words
and bring them ideas of thought.
- Auditory skills are needed for this, as the person has to store information to be able to
give feedback or reflect on the message he or she is hearing.

 Listening Comprehension summary

Listening Comprehension can generate skills for retention, relationship and understanding of
a message. To be able to get the most important things out and to be able to interpret them in
the best possible way in order to develop knowledge.
In the case of the improvement of social skills, listening is an important role in order to be
able to relate to other human beings in both personal and professional life. Listening
attentively will help communication skills become social and enable better integration into
society. Listening brings analysis, identification and understanding in order to be able to
carry out responses, feedback and even good teamwork cohesion.
In listening comprehension one can construct the meanings of a message and be able to bring
that message into oral interaction
More information
1. Ur, P. (1984). Teaching listening comprehension. Cambridge University Press.
2. Rivers, W. M. (1966). Listening comprehension. The Modern Language Journal,
50(4), 196-204.
3. Boyle, J. P. (1984). Factors affecting listening comprehension. ELT journal, 38(1),
34-38.
4. Byrnes, H. (1984). The role of listening comprehension: A theoretical base. Foreign
language annals, 17(4), 317.
How to cite this article:
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GREETING AND INTRODUCTION YOUTUBE SUMMARY

1. Greetings
 Greeting definition
Something friendly or polite that you say or do when you meet or welcome someone.
 English greeting expressions
There are many ways of greeting people, both formal and informal. The speaker’s task is to
choose the appropriate one for the situation. It’s also useful to know lots of different ones so
as to not repeat yourself when you meet a number of people at the same times.
 General Expressions in English Audio Jukebox

a. General greetings(Formal)
- Hello!
- How are you?
- How are you doing?
- How is everything?
- How’s everything going?
- How have you beeb keeping?

b. Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time(Formal)

- It has been a long time.
- It’s been too long.
- What have you been up to all these years?
- It’s always a pleasure to see you.
- How long has it been?
- I’m so happy to see you again.
c. General greeting(Informal)
- Hi.
- What’s up?
- Good to see you.
- How are things(with you)?
- How’s life(been treating you)?
- How’s it going?

d. Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time(Informal)

- How come I never see you?
- It’s been such a long time.
- Long time no see.
- Where have you been hiding?
- It’s been ages since we last met.
Simple Formal Greetings, Introductions and Goodbyes Conversation
Greetings Introductions Good-byes
Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample
sentence response sentence response sentence response
Hello, Teacher It’s a It was nice It was nice
Mr.Jones/ Hello Paul, I’d like pleasure to meeting you. meeting you
Hello, to introduce meet you./ too
teacher. you to my Please to
friend Linda meet yo.
Good Good It was nice to Same to you
morning/ morning/ see you.
afternoon/ afternoon/ Have a good Thank you.
evening evening day. You too
How are Fine, thank Good night/ Good noght/
you? you. goodbye goodbye

Simple Informal Greetings, Introductions and Goodbyes Conversation

Greetings Introductions Good-byes
Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample
sentences response sentences response sentences response
Hey. Hi Hey. Hi Nice meeting
Jane, this is Hi John. you.
How are I’m good. John. He’s in Nice to meet Take it easy.
you? All right. my class. you You too
How are Pretty good. Take care
things? Hi. My I’m Jack.
How’s it Ok. Not bad. name’s Nice to meet I’m off Ok,bye.
goin? Jason. you.
How you I’m doing I gotta go.
doing? good
What’s up? So long.
What’s new? Nothing See you. See you. See
What’s much. Not a See you you later.
happening? whole lot. later. Bye
What are Nothing. Bye
you up to? Nothing
What’s Special. Not
going on? much.