English 7

Listening Strategies
QUARTER 2-LESSON 1

Do you hear what I hear?

Let’s listen attentively!
 EXPECTATIONS
In this lesson, you will be able to say that listening is the ability
to understand the message that is sent. Listening is as important as
reading, writing, and speaking. Thus, different strategies will help
you enhance your skill as an effective listener.
- Develop listening strategies depending on purpose;
- Appreciate the importance of listening attentively;
- Take note of important details; and
- Retell and summarize what is listened to.
WHAT YOU KNOW
List down words associated with the image in the web diagram
below. Write your answers on your notebook.
WHAT YOU KNOW
List down words associated with the image in the web diagram
below. Write your answers on your notebook.

HEAR
NOISE SOUND

LISTEN VOICE
Now, what is listening?

Listening is one of the four

communication skills which is
fundamental in learning any
language. It is the ability to
interpret the message that is sent
verbally through conversations,
narrative stories, songs, or radio
programs.

LISTENING
 HEARING LISTENING
The ability to The ability to
perceive sound by accurately receive and
detecting vibrations interpret messages in
through ear. the communication
process.

HEARING IS NOT LISTENING AND LISTENING IS NOT HEARING.

How to become a GOOD LISTENER?

1. Be attentive.
2. Keep an open mind.
3. Listen to the words.
4. Try to picture out what the speaker is saying.

We listen to understand and evaluate a

message, to get information and ideas, to
communicate, to distinguish sounds, and enjoy.
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What is a search engine?

▪A search engine is a platform on
which a user can search the
internet content.
▪Search engines help people find
the information they are looking
for online using keywords or
phrases.
▪Search engines scan the Internet
(millions of websites) and return
results immediately (less than a
second).
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Popular search engines

▪Google is the most
popular search engine
worldwide
▪Yahoo
▪Bing
▪Baidu
▪DuckDuckGo
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Steps in a web search

1. Open a web browser

2. Go to a search engine
3. Type a word or words into the search
bar
4. Scroll down through the list of results
5. Make another search if needed
Learning Goals:
1. Identify the main
idea and key points
of a passage
2. Apply the guidelines
in writing a summary
 SUMMARY
It is a shortened version or
the gist of a text.
Steps:
1. Identify the main idea and the
topic.
2. Locate the most important
details.
3. Summarize the passage in your
own words.
Step 1:
Identify the main idea and
the topic.
 “Bats, in fact, perform a number of valuable
functions. Their greatest economic value is in
eliminating insects pests. Insect-eating bats can
catch six-hundred mosquitoes in an hour and eat
half their body weight in insects every night. In
many tropical rain forests, fruit-eating bats are
the main means of spreading the seeds of tropical
fruits. Nectar-feeding bats pollinate a number of
tropical plants. If it were not for bats, we might
not have peaches, bananas, mangoes, guavas,
figs, or dates.
(Dean, D., 2020)
Topic: Bats
Main Idea:
Bats perform a number of
valuable functions.
 REMEMBER
The main idea is usually a
sentence, and it is usually the
first sentence or the last
sentence. The writer then uses
the rest of the sentences to
support the main idea.
Step 2:
Locate the most important
details.
WH Questions:

What? Who? When?

Where? Why? How?
● What information is emphasized in the
text?
● Who are the persons or groups of
people being talked about in the text?
● When did the situation or event
happen?
● Where did the action take place?
● Why was the action done or conducted?
● How were the procedures or actions done?
 “Bats, in fact, perform a number of valuable
functions. Their greatest economic value is in
eliminating insects pests. Insect-eating bats can
catch six-hundred mosquitoes in an hour and eat
half their body weight in insects every night. In
many tropical rain forests, fruit-eating bats are
the main means of spreading the seeds of tropical
fruits. Nectar-feeding bats pollinate a number of
tropical plants. If it were not for bats, we might
not have peaches, bananas, mangoes, guavas,
figs, or dates.
(Dean, D., 2020)
Main Idea:
Bats perform a number of valuable
functions.

Important Details:
1. Bats eliminate insect pests.
2. Bats spread seeds.
3. Bats pollinate plants.
SUMMARIZING PARAPHARASING
- shorter than - shorter or longer
original text than the original
- eliminates text
details, - describes the
original text in
examples, and
different words. It
supporting does not leave out
points, details.
Main Idea:
Bats perform a number of valuable functions.
Important Details:
1. Bats eliminate insect pests.
2. Bats spread seeds.
3. Bats pollinate plants.
SUMMARY:
Bats can be helpful to humans. They kill unwanted
bugs, scatter fruit seeds and enable plant
pollination.
ANSWER:

Main Idea:
Today, the survival of many bat species is
uncertain.
Important Details:

1. Bats are being killed by predators.

2. Some are victims of pesticides and human
distractions.
3. The bat population has dropped.
SUMMARY:

At present, it is difficult to tell how

long bats would live. Their number
significantly decreased due to deaths
caused by predator attacks, pest sprays
and other human activities.
 ANALOGY
A comparison in which two-word pairs
(four words total) re-paired together
through some type of relationship or
relating factor.
 ANALOGY
In is to out as up is to Down
in : out :: up : down
 ANALOGY
Purple is to grapes as red is to
Cherries
purple : grapes :: red : cherries
Types of Analogy
SYNONYMS
- pairs that show a similar
relationship or have the same
meaning
example:
beautiful : pretty : small : tiny
ANTONYMS
- pairs that show an opposite
relationship
example:
hot : cold : day : night
CAUSE & EFFECT
- one word is the source of some action
and the other word is the result or the
consequence
example:
rain : flood : earthquake : collapse
PART TO WHOLE
- pairs that show the first word as
part of the second word
example:
thumb : hand : toe : foot
LOCATION
- pairs that show where something
can be found
example:
fish : sea : monkey : forest