Listening Skills

https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/blog/whats-the-best-way-to-learn-receptive-skills/

photos that hint what skill it is

what challenges might students encounter while listening to the audio?
Elicit
Do a few of activities, show the twee website and other devices I have used to do it

Activity
How many words?
This micro listening is a great activity to try towards the end of your listening lesson, when
learners have already heard the recording, so they know the speakers’ voices and the
topic.

 Select a short phrase, of around 10 words, from the listening you have just
completed. Set up the audio so you are ready to press ‘Play’.
 Tell the learners to listen and count the number of words they hear. You will
need to play the audio several times. Pairs discuss. Take a range of answers
from the class, but don’t tell them the answer just yet.
 Write the phrase on the board and count the number of words with the class.
Who was the closest?
 Now ask them to listen and read the phrase at the same time. This time they
have to decide which words they hear most clearly, in other words, you want
them to notice the stressed words. Ask why they think they heard these words
most clearly. Explain that stressed words carry the key information.

This micro listening activity helps raise learners’ awareness of sounds, helping them
notice the stressed words and preparing them to listen for key information.

1. Dictation Exercises: Have students listen to a short audio clip and write down
what they hear. You can make it more challenging by including different
accents, speeds, or background noise.

Tips!
Support every learner
In mixed-ability classes, put a few simple strategies in place so the whole class can listen
to the same recording, and take part in the same activity. This means that no learner feels
lost or left behind.

 Make the gap-fill or sentence-completion task more achievable and supply the
first letter of the missing word. Alternatively supply the first and the final letter
and indicate how many letters the missing word has.
 Provide an additional layer of support for weaker learners by giving them the
audioscript. They can read the script as they listen and use it to help them find
the correct answers.

Tips!
Prepare to listen, prepare to understand
Don’t be in too much of a hurry to hand out the listening task and press ‘Play’. Time spent
in class before listening means learners are better prepared to understand.

 Before you listen, have a class discussion around the topic of the listening.
This gives learners the opportunity not only to practise their speaking, but also
to practise listening to one another. A good discussion will make them think
about the main ideas they might hear when they listen.
 Useful vocabulary always comes out of a class discussion, creating a very
natural way to pre-teach vocabulary before they listen. Useful language linked
to a discussion is easier to learn because learners have a context, which makes
it easier to remember than pre-teaching vocabulary from a wordlist.
 Take your time to discuss the task and check understanding. Encourage the
class to reflect on their discussion and predict the answers. Remember to
write their predictions on the board. Did they guess correctly? It doesn’t
matter if they did or not, what matters is that they are prepared and ready to
listen to see if they were right.

Feeling prepared to listen means learners feel confident and ready to understand, both in
the classroom and in their exam.

1) Listen to the recordings of the same text but different passages, elicit– which was
easier to understand what is told about first or second – (second should be a slower)
– facilitate listening – slower- make marks – write down where the answer starts
- Ask them to write in the chat and comment on that

My ideas
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/167863-c1-advanced-teaching-tips.pdf

https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/620562-c1-advanced-teacher-guide-for-
listening.pdf
maybe here – show the notes and they tap in the chat if we do it or don’t do it
- Miro
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baJ3PolnLqM

listen from slower to faster + do activities – various with the text – dictation +
activities
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2304/230406-anglomania-a.html
(first show how listening slowly can help understand a confusing thing in the text)
Lessons based on videos - https://esl-tube.org/
News in slow English - https://www.newsinslowenglish.com/
Listening + speaking + telegram – give a topic = thinking time + record a 30 second
speech on the topic (with topic vocab) – students listen to them, then in pairs they
discuss who they agree or disagree with, what ideas they liked
Speaking – transform speaking into the text – send in telegram – students read and
give feedback following the checklist
What makes listening challenging online?
Speech to text - https://www.speechtexter.com/
1. Cut in pieces audio – listen parts of it and guess what the whole story might be about
– assign in groups A,B,C, give the names of the Jigsaw activities: Divide students
into groups and assign each group a different section of a longer listening
passage. Ask students to listen to their section and summarize it for the rest of
 the class. This can help students to practice their listening and speaking skills
and improve their overall comprehension.

Challenges that a students may face and challenges that a teacher might have while
organizing a listening task
Tools
How to bring variety
Looses himself interest in the tasks as it gets monotomous

Before – during – after

Create a folder with parts of audio files
Change letters, names, - check that the link can be available for everyone but cannot be
deleted or edited
Put them in pairs to discuss what the audio might be about

https://app.transkriptor.com/editor?
tid=01GXWDJXRRH0BBMHSCZSHW61V3&fid=09c6bbab84c31e3c5767ce492350faf9
ff57718a079a7a85482e97cf1118de809f5a9e6a0530e2d52270dd28b5a805f797703b
c166ce4d583cac777b96c4e226

Speech to voice recognition https://www.duplichecker.com/speech-to-text.php

 https://www.media.io/app/sound-to-text

listening - book – Andrii

https://books.google.com.ua/books?
id=ciXiCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Picture of athletes – what do they in common

Doing physical exercises as a habit

5 minutes from now you will be listening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmFQqjMF_f0&ab_channel=TED-Ed

challenges of listening

https://www.usingenglish.com/teachers/articles/why-your-students-have-problems-with-
listening-comprehension.html