This document discusses how listening activities can help improve speaking abilities for teenagers in the third level of the proficiency program at ITSA. It addresses the problem that students don't have enough listening practice to improve their pronunciation and fluency. The document outlines the research method which will involve gathering data through surveys, classroom observations, and interviews to analyze the most useful listening activities. It also defines listening, describes four general types of listening, and discusses cognitive and metacognitive listening strategies as well as internet-based listening resources.

1.  MAYRA ALPUSIG GRANJA
 DIEGO GRANJA PEÑAHERRERA

2. TOPIC:
“DO TEENAGERS OF THIRD LEVEL IN THE
PROFICIENCY PROGRAM AT ITSA INCREASE
THEIR SPEAKING ENGLISH ABILITY THROUGH
LISTENING ACTIVITIES?”

3. PROBLEM:
 Students don´t have enough listening
actvities in order to improve their
pronunciation andfluency when they speak.

4.  Gathering relevant data to analize the most
useful listening activities.
 Surveys, classroom observations, interviews.
 Methods: Analitic, and experimental

5. LISTENING
STRATEGIES
INTERNET
LISTENING
RELATED TO
SPEAKING
WHAT´S
LISTENING ?
FOUR
GENERAL
TYPES OF
LISTENING
LISTENING
ACTIVITIES
HELP TO
LEARN
ENGLISH

6. WHAT S
LISTENING?
It is receiving language through the
ears
we use our ears to receive individual
sounds.
we use our brain to convert these into
messages that mean something to us.
Predicting
Guessing
Reflection
Recognizing connectors
Recognizing discourse markers
Understanding intonation
Summarizing
Identifying relevant and irrelevant points
Understanding inferences
A
collage
of
skills

7. FOUR GENERAL TYPES OF
LISTENING
INACTIVE: not absorbing
SELECTIVE: hearing what you want
to hear
ACTIVE: hearing what is said
REFLECTIVE: the most complex

8. COGNITIVE STRATEGIES
Mental activities-
comprehending and storing
input
Associated with the
processing of linguistic and
nonlinguistic input
Associated with the storing
of linguistic and on linguistic
input
METACOGNITIVE
STRATEGIES
Conscious or
unconscious mental
activities
Assessing
Monitoring
Self-evaluating

9. INTERNET-
BASED
RESOURCES
FOR
DEVELOPING
LISTENING
LEARNERS
CAN USE ICT
AUDIO AND
VIDEO
MOVIES AND
SONGS