CRITICAL BOOK REVIEWS

General Listening Skills

Instructing Lecturer: Mrs. Citra Anggie Putri S.S M.Hum

Arranged by :

Aura Ersa Anatasia 2231220001

Jesica geraldine sibagarian 2231220021
Anggi Baru Karo 2231220024

ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ART

MEDAN STATE UNIVERSITY

2023
 PREFACE

Our praise and thanks to God Almighty for his blessings and blessings so
we are still given the opportunity to be able to resolve the critical book
report with the title "GENERAL LISTENING SKILLS", hopefully this critical
book report can add insights and knowledge to readers. In writing this
critical book report, we certainly cannot solve it ourselves without help
from

other parties. Therefore, we thanks to:

1. Our Parents
2. Our Lecturer

We realize that this critical book review is far from perfect because there
are still many shortcomings. Thereforewe with all humility apologize and
hope for constructive criticism and suggestions for future improvements
and improvements

Finally, we wish you a happy reading and hopefully the material in the
critical book report

in the form of this paper can be useful as it should for the readers

Compiler
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE..…………………………………………………………………

TABLE OF CONTENT…………………………………………………..

CHAPTER l INTRODUCING……………………………………….
a. Background of study………………………………………1.1
b. Purpose of The CBR……………………………………….1.2
c. Benefits of The CBR……………………………………….1.3

CHAPTER ll DESCRIPTION BOOK……………………………….

chapter 3 listening……..……………………………………..2.1

CHAPTER lll STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES……………

a.The strenghts of The Book………………………………2.2
b.The weaknesses of The Book………………………….2.3

REFERENCES…………………………………………………………….

CHAPTER IV CLOSING………………………………………………..
a.conclusion…………………………………………………………..3.1
b.suggestion…………………………………………………………..3.2
 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCING

A.Background

One use of language as a communication tool, namely the use of listening

languageChildren learn to speak by listening firstIt helps children to
understand how to speak properly by imitate what they've heardThrough
listeningchildren can learn speakingdevelop their thinking skill and try to
put the words by themselves creatively.

Listening skills are an important part of communicationGood listening

skills allows you to understand someone.when they're talk about
somethingimproving your pronunciation and increase your vocabulary.

B.Purpose

Review The contents of the book so as to deepen the knowledge

about the content of book contents
train students in critical thinking in finding information that is presented
in the book each chapter.
C..Identity Of The book
Title of book :The Essential speaking and listening
Edition :1st
Page :160 Pages
Author :Lyn Dawes
Publisher : Routledge; 1st edition
Published date : 9 May 2008
ISBN : 9780415449625
 CHAPTER II

DESCRIPTION BOOK

2.1 Chapter 3 Listening

Children leam to speak by listening to what is said to

them and creatively turning them into words by the
Key Stage 2 most children already have a functional
language and can speak and listen to at least one
language

Depends on physical exercisethe development of

thought depends on the use of spoken LanguageThis
does not mean that we cannot live without
languageHoweverwords allow us to express our own
feelingsexchange ideas and conceptsand organize
thoughts Listening and speaking in your own language
is the foundation of children's thinking and learning

Usuallywhen children listen in classthey will learnIf

they do not complythey may lose opportunities to
learnor they may prevent others from learningHow can
we help the children listen in classThis is no easy task

CHAPTER lll
 STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES
3.1 The Strength

Based on main bookit give us information about listening and how to help
children to understand how and why they should become active listeners

This book provide us with some sample in listening activities, how to do

the listening activities, and some picturesAnd also, the language used is
easy to understand

3.1 The Weakness

The language used is kind of hard to understand

The content is Light and not enough for a book
 CHAPTER IV

CLOSING

A.Conclusion
Talk is the medium through which children learn; and yet children may not realise why their
contributions to classroom talk are so important. This book provides teachers with resources for
developing children's understanding of speaking and listening, and their skills in using talk for
learning

B.Suggestions
For a proposed book on speaking and listening, there is surprisingly little attention to language. This
weakens the central claim made by the author about filling a gap in the market: there are many ‘tips
for teachers’ about talk in the classroom but very few which engage in detail with the nature of the
language needed for talk to be a strong