unit 9 Teaching Listening.ppt

Unit 9 Teaching Listening Outline 1. Listening problems and English situations 2.The characteristics of the listening process 3.The principles and models of teaching listening 4. The common activities in teaching English I The importance of teaching listening Listening is one of the four basic skills of a language. Listening is becoming more and more necessary to understand spoken English in many situations: face-to-face conversations telephone calls business meetings Lectures Speeches television Task 1 Difficulties encountered Reasons why it is difficult Difficulties encountered Cannot hear the words can hear but cannot understand Quickly forget what is heard. Neglect the next part when thinking about meaning Unable to form a mental representation from words heard. Do not understand subsequent parts of input because of earlier problems Reasons why it is difficult Different speakers produce the same sounds in different ways. ( dialects and accents, stresses, rhythms, intonations, mispronunciations) The speed of the input of spoken material can not be controlled; Spoken material is often heard only once. And the listener cannot pause the speaker to work out the meaning. Background noise Do other tasks, such as note-taking, writing down directions or messages from telephone calls. Reasons why it is difficult 2. What do we listen to in everyday life? 3. Characteristics of the listening process (P139) Spontaneity Context Visual clues Listener’s response Speaker’s adjustment Principles for teaching listening 1. Focus on process 2. Combine listening with other skills 3. Focus on the comprehension of meaning 4. Grade difficulty level appropriately 1) type of language used 2) task or purpose in listening 3) context in which the listening occurs Task 5 (p.140) Principles (shortened form) for selecting and using activities (Oxford 1993:210) (p141) The activities must have a real, communicative purpose. The activities must use authentic language no