General-Spacific-General

Remember how students listen depends on why they listen.

In listening and reading we move from general to specific to general.

Listening is actively making meaning from verbal input.

Listening involves:
Peoples' mood, word stress, intonation, formality, informality, understanding, background knowledge, reason to listen, and response.


Listening also involves:
Getting clues from facial expressions and gestures.
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Stress
Intonation
Using background knowledge about the setting and topic.

A good listening lesson:
Prepares students for the listening.
Uses a topic of interest or value to the students.
Uses pictures to activate background knowledge.
Brainstorm what students know.
Prediction through hints.
Show realia related to the topic.

Exercises may involve:
Listening for specific words auditory discrimination.
Filling out a form or a grid.
Taking notes.
Discussing personal opinion.
Having a debate.
Writing about a personal opinion related to the topic.
Doing a role play.

In order to develop their listening skills keep the PDP framework in mind.