TEFL Certification: Unit 6
When listeners listen to a text and try to formulate the main ideas(s) of the text,
which sub-skill are they developing? - Listening for gist
Spontaneity problems for language learners: - brevity of chunks, pronunciation,
vocab, grammar, noise, redundancy, non-repetition
Sub-skills for listening: - 1. General listening
2. listening for specific information
3. listening for the message
4. following instructions
5.predicting
6. listening for gist
7. discerning attitude
How to structure an effective listening lesson: - 1. opening
2. introduction of new material
3. guided practice
4. independent practice
5. closing
Strategies for developing student's listening skills - questions and answers
short dialogues
short passages
reordering information
information transfer
using humor to develop listening skills
dictation
jigsaw listening
Activities for listening - Add on, pass teh message, think of a verb, what's the
word?, hands up!, missing word, that's not right
Speaking is - generally though of as teh first productive skill, writing is 2nd.
Speaking is seen as intuitively the - most important
, Fluency - is speakign at a normal speed without hesitation, repetition or
self-correction, and with cohesion adn coherence
Accuracy is - speaking, utilizing correct forms of grammar, vocab, adn
pronunciation.
You will be guiding your students to attain ____ more than __. - fluency more
than accuracy
T/F: Listening must be integrated with the other three skills. - T
Which isn't a barrier to listening for a language learner?
Inability to adequately distinguish particular sounds
Lack of familiarity with commonly used vocab
Speaker speaks too slowly
Inability to distinguish the key elements from the unimportant parts of the
message - Speaker speaks too slowly
When listeners listen to a text and try to formulate the main idea(s) of the text,
which sub-skill are they developing?
Discerning attitude
listening for gist
predicting
listening for specific information - listening for gist
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