Em8 iv. remedial listening - how to improve listening skills

Do you believe that ‘listening’ is a neglected

skill? Why?I want you to answer this

question…

Someone whose birth month is August

IV. Remedial Listening4. How to Improve Students’ Listening

Comprehension

Listening Comprehension

it is a child’s ability to understand the meaning

of the words he hears and to relate to them in some

way.

Review: 4. How to Improve Students’ Listening

Comprehension

1. Teach pronunciation, stress & intonation of critical sounds of English.

2. Practice sound discrimination, liaison & incompetent plosives.

3. Recognize stressed and unstressed words.

4. Enrich vocabulary

5. Teach Grammar

Grammar- The set of rules that explain how words are used in a language.

The foundational knowledge of sentence structure, subject/verb agreement, pronoun use, verb tenses, etc. will be learned by example through listening to other people speak correctly. Conversely, if poor speech is modeled, it will become the standard.

Let’s have an ACTIVITY!

‘Neither’ or ‘Either’?

‘There’, ‘Their’ or ‘They’re’?

‘Much’, ‘Many’ or ‘A lot of’?

6. Practice Inferring

information not directly stated

Inference

- The act or process of reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence.

One simplified model for teaching inference includes the following assumptions:

1. We need to find clues to get some answers.2. We need to add those clues to what we already know.3. There can be more than one correct answer.4. We need to be able to support inferences.

Why Listening?

Children who engage in listening activities are free to devote their attention to the inference-making aspects of the comprehension process.

Another reason for choosing listening over reading as a means for helping a student learn to infer is the fact that teachers have the opportunity to select instructional materials without looking upon for the readability of those materials. This makes it possible to use the many fine trade books written for children, as well as any recordings of those books.

Let’s have an

ACTIVITY!

Let’s play riddles!

Teaching the skill of listening cannot be emphasized enough in a communicative

classroom. For second language learners, developing the skill of listening comprehension is extremely important. Students with good listening comprehension skills are better able to participate

effectively in class (Brown, 2001).

Keep in mind: