TListening Lec 1

1. BASIC CONCEPTS
AND ISSUES IN THE
TEACHING OF
LISTENING
Ervin Ramos

2. Basic Concepts And Issues In The
Teaching Of Listening
Why is listening important?
What is listening?
What should we teach?
How should we teach listening?

3. Why is listening
important?
Think of at least two reasons
why you think it’s important.

4. Listening is important because…
 “Listening takes up as much as 50% of our
everyday communication time.” (Goh, 2002)
 “Listening has been viewed as a primary vehicle
for language learning.” (Richards and Rodgers,
1986)

5. What is listening?
Is listening mere
hearing of words?

6. What is listening?
Is listening mere hearing of words?

7. What is listening?
Listening is more than mere hearing
of words…
To understand this better, I think it is
important to see listening as a skill
and listening as a process…

8. Listening as a skill.

9. Listening as a skill
Wolvin and Coackely (1996) identified five types
of purposeful listening namely:
1. Discriminative
2. Comprehensive
3. Therapeutic
4. Critical
5. Appreciative

10. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
1. This type of listening provides somebody the
opportunity to talk through a problem.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

11. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
1. This type of listening provides somebody the
opportunity to talk through a problem.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

12. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
2. This type of listening is basic to all listening
types. It is listening to distinguish auditory
and/or visual stimuli.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

13. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
2. This type of listening is basic to all listening
types. It is listening to distinguish auditory
and/or visual stimuli.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

14. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
3. This type of listening is done to evaluate a
message.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

15. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
3. This type of listening is done to evaluate a
message.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

16. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
4. This type of listening is for the purpose of
obtaining enjoyment.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

17. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
4. This type of listening is for the purpose of
obtaining enjoyment.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

18. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
5. This type is listening to understand the
message.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

19. Identify which type of listening is
described in the following sentences.
5. This type is listening to understand the
message.
 Discriminative
 Comprehensive
 Therapeutic
 Critical
 Appreciative

20. What are some listening
comprehension skills?

21. What are some listening
comprehension skills?
5 Listening Skills (Goh, 2002)
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

22. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
1. This listening skill means listening for
main ideas.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

23. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
1. This listening skill means listening for
main ideas.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

24. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
2. This is listening to specific parts of the
input.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

25. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
2. This is listening to specific parts of the
input.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

26. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
3. This involves the ability to fill in gaps in the input
which may be due to failure to listen to all parts
of the speech because of fatigue, noisy
surrounding, etc.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

27. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
3. This involves the ability to fill in gaps in the input
which may be due to failure to listen to all parts
of the speech because of fatigue, noisy
surrounding, etc.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

28. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
4. This involves the ability to anticipate before and
during listening what one is going to hear.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

29. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
4. This involves the ability to anticipate before and
during listening what one is going to hear.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

30. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
5. This listening skill involves listening for specific
information, such as key words and numbers.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

31. Identify which type of listening skill is
described in the following sentences.
5. This listening skill involves listening for specific
information, such as key words and numbers.
 Listening for details
 Listening for gist
 Drawing inferences
 Listening selectively
 Making predictions

32. IELTS Listening Tests
 Section 1
 Section 2
 Section 3

33. Basic Concepts And Issues In The
Teaching Of Listening
Why is listening important?
What is listening?
What should we teach?
How should we teach listening?

34. Assignment: Answer the following
questions. Write at least one paragraph?
(To be answered online by July 6, 2013)
What should we teach?
How should we teach listening?