This document provides strategies and steps for developing listening skills in a foreign language. It outlines three strategies: 1) Listening for general information, which involves focusing on who is talking and the general topic. 2) Listening for specific information, which involves identifying key words in questions prior to listening. 3) Previewing, which involves using titles, pictures and questions to anticipate content before listening. For each strategy, it provides the steps to use and the purpose or justification for the approach.

2. STEPS (HOW)
1. Looking up for new words in the dictionary. Find the part of speech
(word type) definition, and pronunciation of new words.
2. Identify the words you do not know.
3. Find those words in the dictionary searching in alphabetical order.
4. Read all the definitions and examples.
5. Choose the appropriate word or meaning you need according to
the context.
6. Take notes on the important information you need: meaning,
pronunciation, part of speech, or examples.
JUSTIFICATION (WHY)
To be independent when learning vocabulary. You can find information
about unknown words without the help of the teacher or classmates.

3. book 1 /bʊk/ sustantivo
1.(printed work) libro m;
2.(exercise ~) cuaderno m (note~) libreta f or cuaderno m (de
apuntes) (telephone ~) (colloq) guía f, directorio m (AmL exc
CS)
3.(set — of samples) muestrario m;
(— of matches, stamps) librito m
book 2 verbo transitivo 1.‹room/seat/flight› reservar;
2.‹appointment› concertar(conj.⇒) ;
the hotel/flight is fully ~ed el hotel/vuelo está completo;
we're fully ~ed until June hasta junio no nos queda nada;

4. With this strategy you focus all your attention on identifying the main topics of
a listening exercise.
steps
1. Listen to the record and try to answer these questions:
Who is talking?
What’s the general topic of the conversation?
2.Take notes of your answers.
3.Don’t try to understand every single word.
4. Compare with a partner and check your answers.
why
LISTENING FOR GENERAL INFORMATION helps you to identify the most
relevant information of the listening.

5. With this strategy you focus your attention on specific words or
details in a listening exercise.
steps
1.Read the questions you will have to answer about the listening
exercise.
2.Circle key words in the questions.
3. Use these words to focus your attention during the listening.
why
LISTENING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION makes easier to develop
listening exercises during test or exams. It also helps you to reduce
your anxiety while listening, because you know in advance what to
pay attention to.

6. In this strategy you use pictures, titles and headings to anticipate
information and events in listening exercises.
steps
1.Look at the title and think about the topic of the listening.
2.Look at the pictures: Where are they? Who are they? What is the
situation?
3. Think about the questions you will have to answer: Based on the
previous information imagine the possible answers to these
questions.
why
PREVIEWING makes it easier to understand listening exercises,
because it gives you a clear idea of the context in which the
conversation is happening.

7. Show that your partner’s information is
interesting and use
Steps
- You can use short expressions as: Really? Do you?
That’s interesting! Etc.
- You can repeat what the other person just said to make it
look relevant and important for you:
I’m a pilot.
A pilot? Wow!
why
To express your interest or attention in a conversation to
make it more natural and polite.

8. Express one idea that is difficult to say in a different and simpler way
How:
When you learn a new word, try to learn a synonym as well.
Try to think in English all the time and force yourself not to use Spanish with
your partners and teacher
Use synonyms, body language, or give examples, but don’t use Spanish
Use expressions like:
A____ is like a_____
It is kind of like____
It is a kind of______
It’s similar to a____
It’s when _____/It’s a place where____
Why
When you want to say something in class, but you do not know it or you forgot
it, you can express your idea in other words.