 Establish › The purpose of the task › The listening skills to be practiced › The level of the learner › Vocabulary needed to understand the listening › How to generate interest in the listening text › A low affective filter where students are comfortable listening

 1. Listening for understanding › The big idea  2. Listening for specific information › Example: time, place  3. Listening to establish a context › Where, When, Who  4. Listening for later discussions › Later dialogue, sharing information

 Students need to learn › 1) Strategies that they can use to help themselves › 2) Appropriate vocabulary for the context › 3) Self-confidence in tackling listening tasks

 Warm-up – establishing context – activating prior knowledge  Vocabulary for both predicting content and comprehending it.  Establish a task.  Listen more than once.  Let students work together to build understanding.

 At home  In a classroom  Directions  T.V. News and Weather  Shopping  Informal conversations  Formal situations  School and home situations  Restaurant situations  In an airport  At work  Phone conversations

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