2.  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

3.  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

4.  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

5.  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.

6.  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

7.  http://www.esl-lab.com/ http://www.esl-lab.com/  http://www.elllo.org/http://www.elllo.org/  http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/Englis h_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listeni ng_Practice.htm http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/Englis h_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listeni ng_Practice.htm  http://www.rong-chang.com/listen.htm http://www.rong-chang.com/listen.htm  http://englishenglish.com/listening_skills.htm http://englishenglish.com/listening_skills.htm

8.  California Distance Learning: http://www.cdlponline.org f/archives.html  Voice of America Special English: www.voanews.com/templates/Articles.rss?sectionPath=/learningenglish/home/  CNN Literacy materials: http://literacynet.org/cnns