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2. www. pdst. ie Effective Literacy Strategies for improving Listening Comprehension Trisha Mc Neill PDST Associate Saturday 07/11/2015

3. www. pdst. ie “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply” Stephen R.Covey

4. www. pdst. ie In order to facilitate good language learning we must teach the skill of listening, so that the other 3 skills speaking, reading and writing will develop.

5. www. pdst. ie to consider how we as teachers teach the skill of listening to exemplify how we can incorporate effective literacy strategies to improve listening comprehensions to share ideas for good practice to demonstrate how we can include the 4 skills of listening, speaking, reading & writing into listening comprehensions use examples from Leaving Cert 2015 Junior Cert 2015 to consider what we have discussed in the workshop. Aims of today’s session:

6. www. pdst. ie Listening Comprehension at Junior Certificate 43.75% Listening Comprehension at Leaving Certificate H/L 20% O/L 25% Activity: Using the sequence chart with your partner consider what steps you as a teacher take to ensure maximum performance during a listening activity…

8. www. pdst. ie www.german.ie www.deutsch.ie www.zdf.de www.logo.de Hörthemen Listening Comprehension Workbook Useful websites & Resources for improving listening: