The document describes different types of listening texts and tasks. It lists 8 examples of text types: 1) a news broadcast, 2) directions to a home, 3) a missing person description, 4) an embarrassing anecdote, 5) a shopping dialogue, 6) a pop song, 7) entertainment information, and 8) a weather forecast. It then lists 11 examples of tasks: a) answering wh- questions, b) putting pictures in order, c) ticking items on a list, d) drawing on a map, e) filling in a grid/table, f) choosing a picture, g) taking notes, h) choosing an adjective, i) writing exact words, j) drawing a picture

2. Listening text types Listening tasks
1. A news broadcast
2. The directions to a
person’s home
3. The description of
a missing person
4. An embarrassing
personal anecdote
5. A shopping
dialogue
6. A pop song
7. Recorded
entertainment
information
8. A weather forecast
a. Answering wh-questions
b. Putting a series of pictures in order
c. Ticking off items on a list of names of people and places
d. Drawing on a map
e. Filling in a grid or table
f. Choosing one of several pictures
g. Taking notes
h. Choosing one of several adjectives
i. Writing the exact words
j. Drawing a picture
k. Filling in gaps in a transcript
l. Give a piece of reading, and compare what they hear from the
listening and what they see in reading and find the differences
(Thornburry &Watkins, 2007)

3.  What are some characteristics of real-life
listening?
 Task before or after reading?
 What are the steps?

4. Lead-in (introduction to topic)
Pre-task (vocabulary pre-
teaching, prediction)
Easy task
Harder task
Post-task

5. Type Description
Reading for gist (Skimming) To get the general idea such as who is
speaking to whom, why, and how
successful they are in delivering the
message.
Reading for specific information
(Scanning)
To focus on a specific part of the
listening.We do not need to understand
everything. For example, reading flight
time schedule.
Reading for detail To focus on all parts of the text. For
example. when we need to find errors or
determine differences between one
passage and another.
Inferential Reading To infer or to know she speaker’s attitude
/ feeling.
(Wilson, 2012)

6.  The best way to improve English is to live in
English country, the second best way is to
read extensively.
 It is the single best way of learning reading
skills
 It is much easier to teach people to read if
they enjoy it, as a source of entertainment
 Research

7.  The reading is easy
 Has a lot of variety
 Learners are free to choose what they read
 They read as much as possible
 Reading speed is faster
 The purpose is to read for pleasure
 Reading is individual and silent
 The teacher guides the students
 The teacher is the role model of a reader

8.  Enjoy!
 Enjoy!
 Enjoy!

9. Doesn’t
understand
Reads
slowly
Doesn’t
enjoy
reading
Doesn’t
read much

10. Reads
faster
Reads more
Understand
better
Enjoys
reading