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different types of activities in teaching listening to a1 level learners on the material of kids' english introduction chapter i. teaching listening skills is possibly the hardest part of our job as efl teachers. 1.1. what does it take to teach listening effectively 1.2. appropriate yl materials chapter ii. medium and message 2.1. 2.2. conclusion literature introduction many middle and high school students miss out on opportunities to improve their active listening comprehension skills, partly because teachers assume they already have them. and because teachers at the upper levels regularly think that elementary school curriculums teach these basic skills , they often don’t have a firm grasp on how to teach listening skills to these older students. and listening comprehension strategies designed for younger children tend to fall flat with high school students. though it is one of the key strands in most standards compilations, fewer than half of the …

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ing up the more minor nonverbal cues that indicate listening purpose. it’s pretty obvious to students when teachers are just trying to respond rather than listening with intent or care. taking the time to actually listen to a student - a form of informational listening - helps to form excellent teacher-student relationships as well as to provide a model for students to follow. if they feel valued in their interactions with their teachers, they are more likely to employ some of those same strategies in their own exchanges. chapter i. teaching listening skills is possibly the hardest part of our job as efl teachers. 1.1. what does it take to teach listening effectively teaching listening skills is possibly the hardest part of our job as efl teachers. it is much harder when you teach listening to young learners (yls) in a non-english-speaking environment. with very little english exposure at home …

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been doing that for a long time myself with frustrating results. i used to pre-teach new vocabulary, to get learners to ‘recognize’ the words pre-taught and offer some sort of practice extension through listening comprehension questions and that was it. it took me a while before i realized that it’s not sufficient to play a cd track to get your learners motivated to answer a list of (rather unchallenging) comprehension questions about a fake conversation, in which one of the interlocutors sounds like a yl. teaching listening effectively takes a lot more than that. a. motivation yls love visuals, animations, games, fun things to watch, listen and do. their main motivation is expressing their world to others and sharing experiences with peers. listening tasks and materials should raise learners’ interest and keep them engaged while they are doing things with the language they hear. listening in class also has to …

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when they need to follow instructions to make something, e.g. crafts, or to do something ‘fun’, e.g. playing a guessing game. in these situations, there is a clear purpose for listening and extracting key information. this is called transactional listening (richards, 1990). in this case, yls’ language knowledge can help them understand and select the information needed, which is called ‘bottom-up processing’ (ibid.). there is a lot yls haven’t experienced first-hand yet, but, while carrying out realistic tasks, they can still activate the world knowledge they have gained through games, books, stories or simply from parents’ or teachers’ talk. this is called ‘top-down processing’ (richards, 1990): the context and the listener’s background knowledge will help understand the message. new things will easily attract yls. selecting or designing materials that can feed yls’ endless curiosity and spark their imagination is just vital to make tasks engaging. while keeping learners motivated, listening …

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d be visually attractive to a child aged 8-11. selecting listening materials can be hard. you need to walk in your learners’ shoes and see the world with their eyes not your own. talk to your yls as much as you can to find out about their interests and make a list of topics that are age and culturally appropriate to your class, not yls in general. materials should always have a fun and competitive element to make the exposure to real language more enjoyable. five practical classroom ideas having outlined what makes listening tasks effective, here are five classroom ideas based on these principles. listen & play topic: weather/countries functions: understanding key information aims: developing listening skills for details using icons, maps & weather report video learning new weather words & countries around the world through listening activity: listen to the weather forecast around the world match the weather …

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different types of activities in teaching listening to a1 level learners on the material of kids' english introduction chapter i. teaching listening skills is possibly the hardest part of our job as efl teachers. 1.1. what does it take to teach listening effectively 1.2. appropriate yl materials chapter ii. medium and message 2.1. 2.2. conclusion literature introduction many middle and high school students miss out on opportunities to improve their active listening comprehension skills, partly because teachers assume they already have them. and because teachers at the upper levels regularly think that elementary school curriculums teach these basic skills , they often don’t have a firm grasp on how to teach listening skills to these older students. and listening comprehension …

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