LIS1LNING SkILL

Wn LIS1LNING NLLDS 1C 8L 1AUGn1?

''learnlng Lo speak a language ls very largely a Lask of learnlng Lo hear lL''
(nlda 1937)
urpose Ior L|sten|ng
1 ,alnLalnlng good soclal relaLlons
2 lor enLerLalnmenL
3 lor obLalnlng lnformaLlon necessary for dayLoday llvlng
4 lor academlc purpose
AIMS CI 1LACnING LIS1LNING IN MALASIAN SCnCCLS
@he componenL on llsLenlng alms aL developlng puplls' ablllLy to ||sten to
|nformat|on w|th understand|ng and prec|s|on @he subskllls of llsLenlng range from
the bas|c |eve| of sound word and phrase recogn|t|on to an understand|ng of the
who|e text @he use of var|ous text types ls recommended ranglng from Leacher
sLlmulaLed LexLs Lo medla broadcasLs and auLhenLlc conversaLlon
9uplls are encouraged Lo respond Lo Lhe lnformaLlon heard ln a varleLy of ways
@hese responses would comprlse boLh verbal and nonverbal forms 8y Lhe end of
Lhe prlmary school puplls should be able Lo llsLen Lo and respond Lo a numbered of
famlllar Loplcs @hus Lhe subskllls of llsLenlng exLend and develop skllls of
undersLandlng Lhe LexL and respondlng Lo Lhe message ln Lhe LexL as well as Lo non
verbal cues conveyed wlLhln Lhe communlcaLlon
Subsk|||s Scope
13 LlsLen Lo and follow lnsLrucLlons and
dlrecLlons
* acLlvlLles
*processes
14 LlsLen Lo undersLand and exLracL speclflc
lnformaLlon from a varleLy of LexLs for
varlous purposes
*maln ldeas
*supporLlng deLalls
*causeandeffecL relaLlonshlp
*sequence
16 LlsLen and respond Lo slmple poem
sLorles and plays
*glve oplnlon
*relaLe LexL Lo personal feellng
observaLlons and prevlous knowledge




SAMLL AUDI1Ck LkLkCISLS
Samp|e 1
LlsLen and repeaL
,lnenlne morenor mealkneel maLgnaL
,eaL neaL slnslng ranrang sunsung
Samp|e 2
When Parl says ''Pmm'' hls volce shows us LhaL he ls only mlldly lnLeresLed ln whaL Anna ls
saylng LlsLen Lo Lhe recordlng agaln and Llck (/) whlch shows Lhls lnLonaLlon
A
8

Samp|e 3
When Anna says ''Cf course lL would be useful dear'' she ls polnLlng ouL Lo Parl LhaL he
hasn'L undersLood Whlch word does she sLress?
A Cf cootse lL would be useful
8 Cf course lL woolJ be useful
8 Cf course lL would be osefol

Samp|e 4
@hls exerclse ls Lo help you ''hear'' more easlly some of Lhe weakly pronounced words ln
Lhe llsLenlng LexL use your knowledge of Lngllsh grammar Lo help you flll ln Lhe gaps ln Lhls
exLracL from Lhe LexL
Ladles _______ genLlemen Welcome ________ ,eeL _______ people _____ @I
programme _______ whlch ordlnary people _______ lnvlLed ______ glve Lhelr vlews
Samp|e S
An lmporLanL soclal skllls ls Lhe ablllLy Lo respond approprlaLely Lo someone Lelllng you
abouL someLhlng LhaL has happened ?ou can use an exclamaLlon as below
os|t|ve happen|ng Negat|ve happen|ng
Pow wonderful! Pow awful!
Pow marvellous! Pow dreadful!
SLLLC1ICN CI LIS1LNING MA1LkIALS
a) ,onologue eg people Lelllng sLorles [okes anecdoLes Lalks lecLures
b) ulalogues eg lnLervlews
c) ulscusslon eg semlnars forums
d) lnformal conversaLlon
e) 8adlo and @I broadcasL