Teaching

Listening
with
Technology
Group 6
Nguyễn Duy Anh
Trần Quý Dương
Ngô Thị Hoài
Lê Thị Huyền Trang
 13 Activities

Main Learning
goals Focus

Requirement
Preparation
s
 Activity 1: Guess what I’m talking about

Main goals Learning Focus

Listening to different people Listening for gist and inference

talking about a subject (info not directly stated)

Requirements Preparation
Ask three to five people to talk
Voice recorder and speakers to brefly about a subject without
play back the audio mentioning what they are
talking about
 Activity 2: Other people’s interests

Authentic listening;
understanding people from
different countries talking Main goals
about their interests
Expressing likes;
vocabulary related to
Learning Focus hobbies, sports,
free time
Listening to the
recording, make a note
of the names of the Preparation
people speaking and
some other details.
Internet-enabled
Requirements computer with
speakers
 Activity 3: Search the
tube

Main goals Learning focus Requirements

Awareness of how videos can

Various Multiple computers.
be used for learning English
 Activity 4: Reordered video story

Main goals Listening for gist and for detail

Learning focus Re-creating a story

Choose a short video with a story, make

Preparation screenshots of key moment then mix up
the order

Internet-enabled computer with speakers

Requirements and access to a video site
 Activity 5: Talk-radio listening

Main goals Learning Focus

Listening for information;

Listening to peers listening for fun

Requirements Preparation

Internet-enabled computer in
Made a ”talk-radio program”
the classroom with a set of
with another class
speakers
 Activity 6: Guided tours
Learning focus Requirements
Listening for information Internet-enabled
and detail computer with speakers

Main goals Preparation

Asking learners to listen Choose an audio-guide
critically to audio site or make own
produced by others; recording
describing places
 Activity 7: Recorded poetry

Main goals Learning Focus

Listening and identifying vowel Vowel sounds; rhyming words

sounds and rhymes

Requirements Preparation

A video of poem then make

Computer photocopies of them to give to
the learners
Activity 8: Online classroom guest
Main goals
Motivating learners to listen
Preparation
Find a person who lives in
another country and is willing
and able to speak to your class
using Skype
Learning focus
Listening for information
Requirements
Computer with microphone
and internet telephony
software; Webcam
Activity 9: Recorded stories

Main goals
To practice speaking using narrative
tenses; to encourage learners to listen to
themselves and self-correct

Learning focus
Listening for information

Requirements
One voice recorder/mobile phone per
table of learners
Activity 10: Voice-recorder dictation
Main goals
To encourage learners to
listen to themselves; to
understand and reflect
on their own use of
English
Learning focus
Improving listening skill,
and general speaking
and writing
Preparation
Choose a number of
relevant written texts
then make copies for
each pair of learners in
class
Requirements
Recording device for
each pair of learners
 Activity 11: Interview
Bingo

Main goals Learning focus Requirements

Listening for information;

One internet-enabled computer
Predicting before listening listening to natural connected
with speakers
speech
 Activity 12: Someone I know

Listening practice; providing role models

Main goals for learners

Learning focus Listening for detail

Record a interview with a person about

Preparation learning language

Requirements Mobile phones; Set of speakers

 Activity 13: Altered interviews

Listening for fun! Main goals

Learning Focus Listening for detail

Have some knowledge

about edit audio; Record the
interview with learners then Preparation
edit the audio

Computers/
Requirements laptops/tablets
Thanks for listening