This document discusses various listening activities that can be used in the classroom to engage students and improve their listening comprehension. It describes activities like "listen and do" where students listen and then move or act based on the instructions. Other activities mentioned include listening for specific words or information, filling in missing details, answering questions after listening to a passage, and listening to and telling stories. The document emphasizes that listening activities should be appropriately leveled for students' ages and attention spans, and should include movement, interaction and variety to keep students engaged while developing their listening skills.

1. LISTENING
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LISTENING

2. *
-Reading
-Writing
-Listening
-Speaking

4. We can’t re-listen
in the same way
that we can re-read,
so…
…we have to
concentrate very
hard when we
are listening

5. Children have a very short attention span...
…but it is something that
improves with time.

6. We have to develop activities to verify the
understanding of children while they are listening.

7. It is important not to overload children when
you are working on listening task…

8. Some listening activities will…
… make your pupils
move about, create
movement and/or
noise
… make them
concentrate and
create a peaceful
atmosphere.

9. What are we going to see?
Listening in the classroom
 “Listen and do activities”
 Listening for information
 “Listen and repeat” activities
 Listening to stories

10. “Listen and do activities”
MOVING ABOUT

11. “Listen and do activities”
MOVING ABOUT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVY3TRT8zso

12. “Listen and do activities”
MOVING ABOUT
• Activities connected to doing ordinary things in classroom: you can ask
your pupils to do all sorts of crazy things:

13. MOVING ABOUT
Watching by
others
“Listen and do activities”
Helps us to know if
they have understood
Instructor
MOVING ABOUT

14. “Listen and do activities”
Did you heard that?
Put your hand up
PUT YOUR HAND UP
We set some rules and tell some words.
When children hear determinate words, they put up their hands.
Improves vocabulary, listening comprehension and reaction times.
Very active and amusing.
Activity for 2º course.

15. “Listen and do activities”
MIME STORIES
Mime stories
• In a mime story pupils listen to the story and
the teacher and pupils do the action
• In your own words what does it mean?
• Telling a short story.

16. “Listen and do activities”
`Listen and do´ activities
Listen & Draw!
Teacher tells pupils
what to draw.
This kind of activities
are useful for
checking object
vocabulary
prepositions, colours
and numbers.
Drawing

17. To check what pupils know
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“Listening for information”
To give new information

18. “Listening for information”
Identifying activities
We can use
identifying
activities to
learn
vocabulary

19. “Listening for information”
Listen for the mistake

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“Listening for information”
Putting things in order
THE LION AND THE MOUSSE

21. “Listening for information”
Questionnaire
 We can put our students to a test with a little
writing in a questionnaire.
 Questionnaires are good improving reading or listening
comprehension.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgOpoiMFwp4&authuser=0
Activity for 4º course.

22. “Listening for information”
Listen and colour

23. Activitie: ANIMAL AND COLOURS

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“Listening for information”
Filling in missing information (with a song)

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“Listening and repeat” activities
Rhymes

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29. Songs and rhymes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rSLCIF6DPI

30. Listening to stories and
telling stories
Stories are a critical part on children’s development.
Listening to stories make easier to the students to make mental
pictures.
We need to prepare properly the children before a listening.
Also telling stories develops several skills on the students.
Creating stories and reading others from books is also useful.

31. •REFLECTION
•RATIONALE FOR USING STORIES
•TECHNIQUES FOR STORYTELLING
•STORYTELLING ACTIVITIES
•CONCLUSION:
•CREATIVITY IS KEY!
•GET STUDENTS INVOLVED!
•INCORPORATE SONGS & CHANTS!
•COLLABORATE & SHARE MATERIALS!

32. “Creating stories”
The very hungry caterpillar