Classroom Activities To Improve A Student's Listening Skills
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The document describes several classroom activities teachers can use to improve students' listening skills. It recommends having students work in pairs to describe photographs to each other, play word or number bingo to listen for called items, pass secret messages by whispering between classmates to see if the full message makes it to the end, or have one student guide a blindfolded partner through an obstacle course by listening to directions. These activities require students to closely listen to peers and teach the importance of focused listening.
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