1.
Listening and Speaking
Skills

2.
Definition of
Listening:
The active process of
receiving and responding
to spoken messages.

3.
Difference between Listening and Hearing
Hearing:
 Hearing is simply
the act of perceiving
sound by the ear.
 Hearing occurs with
or without your
consent.
Listening:
Listening is an action
where you choose
to actively
concentrate on what
you hear and your
brain processes the
information into
knowledge.

4.
Global and Discrete
Listening
There are two ways of listening:
 Global Listening:
 known as extensive listening
 means wide or general
 the reader only wishes to get the main
point of a conversation
 frequently done by native speakers

5.
Discrete Listening
 known as intensive listening
 more widely used form of listening
 instructions or important
announcements made

6.
SPEAKING SKILL
Definition of Speaking:
 "Speaking" is the delivery of language
through the mouth.

7.
Stress in English
 In linguistics, stress is the relative
emphasis that may be given to certain
syllables in a word, or to certain words in
a phrase or sentence.

8.
TWO TYPES OF STRESS
1. Word Stress
2. Sentence Stress

9.
WORD STRESS
 In single words, stress is placed on
syllables.

10.
Cont…
 Stress is a characteristic of speech
 It is comparatively a greater amount of
force that is used in the pronunciation of
a particular syllable.

11.
STRESS IN SENTENCES
 In sentences, we place the stress on
words. Sentence stress is accent on
certain words within a sentence.

12.
INTONATION IN ENLISH
 The rise and fall of the voice in
speaking.

13.
Cont..
 Structure of Intonation:

14.
STRUCTURE OF
INTONATION
 Falling Tones:
Falling tones are used for statements or
for questions which are usually not
answerable by ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
 Rising Tones:
Rising tones are used for questions that
can be answered with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and
for tagged questions.

15.
Cont…
3. Fall-Rise Tones:
These tones are usually used to show
surprise.
4. Rise-Fall Tones:
These tones are used for being
surprised.