Listening Techniques

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Listening Techniques
These tips may be useful for neophyte (fresh) teachers

Before Listening

Pre-listening
tasks are very helpful for students. These tasks help them to develop
useful learning strategies therefore teachers should build some interest
in the tasks.These tasks also called warmers.

Prepare
your students by introducing the topic and finding out what they
already know about it. A good way to do this is to have a brainstorming
session and some discussion questions related to the topic. Then provide
any necessary background information

Some Helpful Warmers

Pictures and Photographs

Pictures are good tools to motivate students and make them understand better and they will also save your time.

Example
the listening comprehension is about shopping . You can
show students a picture about a shopping mall and discuss some ideas
about the topic.

Asking Students about their opinions , experiences

Another interesting warmer is to ask students about their attitudes ,experiences etc.

Example

the listening task is about sports. You can introduce the topic by asking these questions

What is your favourite sport?

Do you think having exercises regularly is healthy?

Introducing the key words

Essential Point
Never
read the dialogue yourself Using tapes with some explanations, pictures
key words and comments from you will really make the task easier.

Key
words may be the most thing that some students need before listening
particularly the ones who find some difficulties in understanding
therefore introducing the key vocabulary that students will need for
the listening activity is crucial in some cases. Write the key words on
the board or computer .You can elicit these words by asking
general questions.

It's at this phase (listening) that the teacher manages to pique the learners' interest for the topic of the new unit as well as for the project.Besides, he keeps their attention and arouses their curiosity for what is coming next.

Your feedback is most welcome

Head of the Forum

Thank you Mrs.Lous for this wondrous clarification.

Site Reviewer

I think were in agreement on most of the points you have posted here. Any listening session is to be handled carefully so as to reach better results achieving the final objective of the lesson that is a part of the unit main target.
What I would like to add is to also use a video whenever possible to reproach the theme to discuss within the session. That makes the best of the teacher's efforts embodied into the theme and the elements planned to reach the learners at any planned moment of the lesson.

Thank you, madam