1. Are you Listening?

2. Are you Listening? sound in our everyday lives
discuss what listening actually means and raise awareness regarding our (in)ability to listen
listening and language learning

3. Are we really listening?

4. HEARING is the process wherein sound waves strike the eardrum and cause vibrations that are transmitted to the brain.

5. LISTENING occurs when (i) the brain reconstructs these electrochemical impulses into a representation of the original sound and (ii) GIVES THEM MEANING.

6. Types of Listening Discriminative listening Comprehension listening
Critical or Evaluative listening
Biased listening
Appreciative listening
Empathetic or Therapeutic listening
Relationship listening

7. Minimal pairs

8. Filters Language(s) National, regional,local identity
Culture and habits
Personal values
Attitudes
Political and religious beliefs
Expectations of the world
Opposite / same sex relations

9. ATTENDING
SUPPORTING
EMPATHISING

10. The 5 stages of Active Listening
HEARING – the physical intake of sound
ATTENDING – assuring a speaker that we are listening (Are you really listening?)
UNDERSTANDING - decoding the message & passing content through a series of filters
RECALLING – adding new information to old information to revise content
RESPONDING – acknowledging speaker’s message

11. Stages in Language Learning
RETAIN
RECALL
LANGUAGE
BE EXPOSED TO
LANGUAGE
INPUT /
CONSCIOUS
LEARNING
PROCESS
RECORD
STORE
LANGUAGE
Hearing &
Attending
Understanding
Retaining &
Responding

12. CONCENTRATION & MEMORY
So why don’t
people listen
actively?
CONCENTRATION & MEMORY

13. Concentration problems
Division of focus of attention
Distraction – external & internal
Lack of curiosity or energy
Lack of motivation
Lack of discipline
Lack of acceptance of responsibility

14. MEMORY SOUNDS SOUND PATTERNS SYNTACTIC LEXIS PATTERNS EXCHANGE
CULTURAL
NORMS
SEMANTICS

15. LANGUAGE LEARNERS NEED…
INTENSIVE LISTENING
Analysing how native speakers use language
Copying conversational stategies
Revising pronunciation skills
Doing regular listening exercises
EXTENSIVE LISTENING
Taking a daily dose of internet listening
Watching films, interviews, documentaries, slideshows
Listening to the radio
Listening to music
Top down
Bottom up

18. LISTEN
LIS TEN
SIL ENT
SILENT