We use "top down" to describe an approach where the students first attempt to understand the overall, general meaning of what they are listening to.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
What is the aim of teaching listening skills?
Our job is to help our SS to become better listeners by helping them overcome their difficulties.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
What is bottom-up processing?
bottom-up processing happens when listeners concentrate on understanding individual words as a way of understanding the whole
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
What are some ways to approach top-down listening?
Using prediction (Activate schemata, pre teach vocabulary, have Ss look at the questions first) Getting the general idea: First ask SS to just get the main idea
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
Sometimes all the students have to listen at the speed of the audio. What are some things we can do to alleviate that problem?
*Students control stop and start *Students have access to different machines
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
lifesaver
Give 25 points!
Oops!
star
Double points!
Okay!
rocket
Go to first place!
Okay!
banana
Go to last place!
Oops!
15
Can you give examples of live listening? Explain each of them.
Reading aloud, story telling, interviews
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
What are some advantages of using film and video in class?
* They get to see "language in use" (e.g: paralinguistic features: Expression "I don't Know" matches facial expression/gestures
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
Harmer suggests some effective strategies to deal with the task of listening. Can you mention them (5)?
Think about the topic before it begins. Activate schemata/ Identify what the typical issues associated with a topic might be/ Think about what people usually sa
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
thief
Give points!
5
10
15
20
25
magnet
Take 25 points!
Okay!
fairy
Take points!
5
10
15
20
25
banana
Go to last place!
Oops!
15
What is dictogloss?
It's a classroom dictation activity where learners are required to reconstruct a short text by listening and noting down key words.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
What are some ways to keep students motivated to continue listeing?
Ask Ss to fill in report forms/ list the topic/assess the level of complexity/summarise the contents/write comments/keep a listening log/ Read the transcript
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
What do students need to do if they want to get better at listening?
They'll need to listen to a lot of texts on their own. Extensive listening.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
What are some advantages and disadvantages of pre-recorded audio?