Objectives: By the end of this session We’ll be able to: know the importance of listening skill Types of listening How to present listening Teaching tips for teaching listening A practical lesson with &without teaching techniques of listening

Why (do) listening?

Listening is a receptive skill and receptive skills give way to productive skills. This brings us to the must of integrating language skills.

Who is the able listener? Understanding a speaker’s accent or pronunciation, his grammar and his vocabulary and grasping his meaning

Micro-skills of listening Predicting what people are going to talk. Guessing at unknown words or phrases. Using one’s own knowledge of the subject to help one understand. Identifying relevant points ; rejecting irrelevant information. Retaining relevant points ( note-taking, summarizing) Recognizing cohesive devices (linking words, pronouns, references)

Recognizing discourse markers (well,oh,another thing is,Now, finally) Understanding different intonation patterns and uses of stresses which give clues to meaning and social setting. Understanding inferred information (speakers' attitude or intention )

To improve our learners’ listening skills, we should let students ; Adopt a positive attitude. Be responsive. Shut out distraction Listen for the speaker’s purpose. Look for summaries of what has gone before. Evaluate the supporting material. Look for non-verbal clues

Types of listening listening gist Specific information inference

Gist means: Looking for the main idea Do Not focus on understanding everything

Example : What is the main idea of the passage?

Listening for gist is a lot like skimming in reading

{ Gist listening is like standing in a waterfall. The message washes over you and you get a general understanding }

Specific information listening

It doesn’t mean listening to every word to find the answer. It is about {scanning}

Teaching tips: Read the task or questions before listening

Example: matching the pictures with the sentences

Listening for specific information is Not understanding everything. It is knowing what you need and catching it.}

Inference listening Inference means: {deduction,using evidence} A fact that you decide must be true based on information you already know}

Inference is a high level of comprehension. Learners really do need to be able to listen between the lines. { Inference is neither magic nor pure imagination. It’s hearing meaning that’s there, even when the words aren’t }

How to present listening?

Warm up for listening The teacher’s role: motivator The teacher can prepare students for the listening process by giving them a chance to guess the topic of listening through an open discussion Giving them the new vocabularies

Pre listening questions{ gist} The teacher’s role: motivator, facilitator and instructor The teacher motivates students to the topic. Giving them instructions for what they are going to listen.

Presentation The teacher’s role: organiser,instructor. The teacher asks students to read the task first { questions; specific information, inference questions} Giving them the material{ task sheets,textbooks}

During listening The teacher’s role: Facilitator, observer

After listening,The teacher’s role: motivator and instructor The teacher can check students’ understanding of what they listened through: Creating dialogues{pairwork, groupwork}to get the answers of the questions so students can practise {listening,speaking and writing }skills

{ critical Thinking } The teacher’s Role: instructor organiser and facilitator The teacher lets students practise what they understood and learned from language in general and use the language in a particular situation

Teaching tips for listening Do it in pairs (when?) Play it again ( When?) Do Not give out the script (why?) Listen for fun

Presented by: Mr.Saeed Awaad Mr. Osama Galal Mr. Ayman Farag Mr.Khalid Abdel Hady Mr. Ahmed Bahaa Miss.Abeer Karam Special Thanks For Mr. Saeed Dawood

Thank you and good luck