TEACHING

LISTENING

CHALLENGES IN TEACHING
LISTENING
1) List down the challenges

2) What are the solutions?

LISTENING STRATEGIES
FOR EFFECTIVE
LISTENING
Take note, writing down relevant
information in shorthand.
Monitor performance while listening.
Be ready and have plan to achieve a
given task.
Reconstruct orally or in writing
Note an approximation of a difficult
word/name. Check later.

 Use word knowledge to predict what

will be said.
Ask for clarification.
Pick out only salient points, listening
selectively and ignoring irrelevant
details.
Check with other listeners
Use linguistic knowledge to predict
what will be said.
Listen for key words in topic
identification.
Listen for transition points.

Pre-listening
To activate schemata of learners.
To provide background information.
To provide purpose for listening.
Activities
Looking at pictures and talking about them
Reading a related text
Predicting outcomes
Previewing the language
Informal teacher talk and class discussion

While- Listening
To provide focus for listening
To practice the target skill

Activities
Listen and
Listen and
Listen and
Listen and
Listen and
Listen and

fill in the blanks

check
label
answer multiple choice question
tick true/false
spot the mistake

Post-listening
To extend practice of target skill
To provide feedback
Activities
Extending list given in the main activity
from pupils own experiences/knowledge
Extending notes into written assignments
Using information obtained from listening
for problem solving

Useful tips for teaching listening

Purpose- provide a purpose for listening so
that learners know why they are listening.
Listening task- learners need to notice their
listening task and focus on the task
during listening.
Listening for gist- focus on the main /
important ideas.
Listening for specific information- scan for the
information needed, it is necessary to
listen to everything. Do selective
listening.

inferring
Reading between lines
To detect and think about clues
To predict what will happen next
When we make inferences, we rely
heavily on previous experiences and
what we have learned from reading,
studying, and hearing other peoples
experience.