Review of HD Brown's Principles for Teaching Listening Skills from his book, "Teaching by Principles", Third Edition (2007) for myself and my classmates as we prepare for the final.

1. H. D. BROWN’S
PRINCIPLES FOR
TEACHING LISTENING
SKILLS
Slides by Daniel Beck
(aka SamuraiTheologian)
samuraitheologian@gmail.com

2. PRINCIPLE #1
Include a
FOCUS ON
LISTENING
in an integrated-skills course
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3. “ Teachers sometimes
incorrectly assume that
the input provided in the
classroom will always be
”
converted into intake.

4. PRINCIPLE #2
Use techniques
that are
INTRINSICALLY
MOTIVATING
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5. “ Since background
information (schemata) is an
important factor in listening,
take into full account the
experiences, goals, and
abilities of your students as
you design lessons.

6. PRINCIPLE #3
Use
AUTHENTIC
LANGUAGE
and contexts
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7. “Authentic language and real-
world tasks enable students to
see the relevance of classroom
activity to their long-term
”
communicative goals.

8. PRINCIPLE #4
Carefully
CONSIDER
THE FORM
of listeners’
responses
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9. “ We can only infer that
certain things have been
comprehended through
students’ overt responses to
”
speech.

10. 9 Ways to Check
Listening Comprehension

11. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
1 – doing
the listener responds physically to a
command

12. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
2 – choosing
the listener selects from
alternatives such as pictures,
objects, and texts

13. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
3 – transferring
the listener draws a picture
of what is heard

14. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
4 – answering
the listener answers questions
about the message

15. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
5 – condensing
the listener outlines or takes
notes on a lecture

16. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
6 – extending
the listener provides an ending
to a story heard

17. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
7 – duplicating
the listener translates the
message into the native language
or repeats it verbatim

18. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
8 – modeling
the listener orders a meal, for
example after listening to a
model order

19. 9 Ways to Check Listening Comprehension
9 – conversing
the listener engages in a
conversation that indicates
appropriate processing of
information

20. 9 WAYS TO CHECK LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
1.doing 6.extending
2.choosing 7.duplicating
3.transferring 8.modeling
4.answering 9.conversing
5.condensing

21. PRINCIPLE #5
Encourage the
DEVELOPMENT
OF SPEAKING
STRATEGIES
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22. LISTENING STRATEGIES

23. Listening Strategies
Looking for Key Words

24. Listening Strategies
Looking for Nonverbal
Cues to Meaning

25. Listening Strategies
Predicting Speaker’s
Purpose by Context of
Discourse

26. Listening Strategies
activating one’s
background knowledge
(schemata)

27. Listening Strategies
guessing at meanings

28. Listening Strategies
seeking clarification

29. Listening Strategies
listening for general gist

30. Listening Strategies
various test-taking
strategies for listening
comprehension

31. LISTENING STRATEGIES
looking for key words
looking for nonverbal cues to meaning
predicting speaker’s purpose by context of discourse
activating one’s background knowledge (schemata)
guessing at meanings
seeking clarification
listening for general gist
various test-taking strategies for listening
comprehension

32. PRINCIPLE #6
Include both
BOTTOM-UP
&TOP-DOWN
listening techniques
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33. “Bottom-up processing
proceeds from sounds to
words to grammatical
relationships to lexical
meanings, etc., to a final
”
message.

34. “ Top-down techniques are …
concerned with the activation
of schemata, with deriving
”
meaning of spoken discourse.

35. PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING
LISTENING SKILLS
1. Include a focus on listening in an integrated-skills course
2. Use techniques that are intrinsically motivating
3. Use authentic language and contexts
4. Carefully consider the form of listeners’ responses
5. Encourage the development of speaking strategies
6. Include both bottom-up and top-down listening
techniques

36. H. D. BROWN’S
PRINCIPLES FOR
TEACHING LISTENING
SKILLS
Slides by Daniel Beck
(aka SamuraiTheologian)
samuraitheologian@gmail.com