Teaching Listening Part II:

Students:

3rd year students (approximately 50) in Bachelor's program

Objectives:

Students will be able to -

Acquire skills to organize a listening lesson in 3 parts.

Identify the purpose and activities included in each part (pre, during, post).
Anticipate learner listening problems and use techniques to overcome these problems.

Questions:

-What is the purpose of each stage of a listening lesson?

-What activities are included in pre-listening?
-What activities are included in during listening?
-What activities are included in post-listening?
-How can listening difficulties be avoided and overcome? (anticipate problems, pre-
listening, activate schema)

Materials:

projector/computer/speakers
listening text/exercises including chart
board

Procedure:

Warming up:
Listening dictation -
S will listen to a text and draw what they hear (transfer activity).

There is a table in the middle of the picture and a cat is under the table. He is a white cat.
Near the table is a chair. There is a very fat boy sitting on it. He is very fat indeed, and
very happy, because there is a big cake on the table and he is going to eat it in a minute.
The cat is happy too; he is going to eat the mouse which is under the boy’s chair.
Listening activity:
Pre-listening -
Pre-teach vocabulary

Can you remember? What do you call a person who…?

1. talks a lot___talkative____
2. doesn’t talk a lot _ quiet_________
3.feels uncomfortable and nervous when he/she meets new people__ shy_________
4.thinks someone loves another person more than him/her____jealious_____________

S will answer vocabulary questions

S will answer questions about their position in their family in pairs

Listening -
S will listening to text about 'position in the family'.
1st listening: S will complete a chart by using adjectives to describe
oldest/middle/youngest/only children and compare answers in pairs.
2nd listening: S will listen again and check their answers.

Post-listening -

S will use the completed chart to discuss the following questions:

Is this true for you? why/why not
Is this true for your brothers, sisters, and friends? why/why not

Discussion:
T will ask students how the previous listening activity demonstrates steps of a listening
lesson.
S will discuss the 3-step procedure.

Presentation:

T will present informational slides on the aims and activities of each stage of teaching
listening.
T will discuss with S how to avoid and overcome difficulties in listening.

Conclusion:

T will summarize the 3 stages (PDP technique) of teaching listening.

S will reflect on the lessons using a scale (agree/disagree/neither) to answer questions
about today's lesson.

References:

How to Teach Listening (JJ Wilson)

Teaching Listening Comprehension (Penny Ur)
New English File (Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig)
https://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/