Real-life Listening and Its Implication in the Teaching of Listening Lei Haiyan Taiyuan University of Science and Technology

Introduction A contradictory picture in teaching listening there is much to do for us language teachers the ultimate goal of English language teaching equip students with the ability to deal with real-life listening

What’s real-life listening 1.Listening purposes and listening situations 2. Main features of real-life listening Purpose and expectation 2) Visibility of the speaker 3) Response 4) Environmental clues 5) Instantaneousness

Implications for the Teaching of Listening 1. Engaging students in the pre-listening stage 2. Setting appropriate tasks and providing guidance in skill-training in while-listening stage 3. Teacher-student and student-student interaction in post-listening stage 4. Effective use of audio-visual and authentic listening materials

1. Engaging students in the pre-listening stage 1) To motivate students 2) To get students prepared 3) To provide background information

2. Setting appropriate tasks and providing guidance in skill-training in while-listening stage

1) Teacher-student interaction 3. Teacher-student and student-student interaction in post-listening stage 1) Teacher-student interaction a. Encouraging students’ reaction to the text b. Focusing students on analysis of the language c. Providing positive feedback to students 2) Student-student interaction Imitation roll-play

4. Effective use of audio-visual and authentic listening materials use of audio-visual listening materials select suitable authentic materials