The Anatomy of a Listening Task 5 th

The Anatomy of a Listening Task 5 th Profil Klett ELT meeting

How much do you agree?

2016

Listening tasks Lower primary Upper primary Listen and read Listen and match Listen and point Listen and complete Listen and repeat Listen and tick Listen and sing along Listen and write = language model, input = listening comprehension Does it have to be this way?

What makes a good listening text? CONTENT DELIVERY 1 Interest 1 Length 2 Speech act 2 Speed 3 Appropriateness 3 Accent 4 Density 4 Number of speakers 5 Language level 5 Quality

Teaching listening?

Taking over the control Speed

Content - Adapting 1 How many people are talking? 2 Which letter do you hear most often in the recording? 3 What emotions do you recognize in the speaker’s voice? 4 What is the speaker’s name? 1 Where do you think this recording is from? 2 Why does the speaker use the letter ‘V’?

Content predicting

Content - Pre-teaching

Content Tapescripts

Delivery Number

Delivery – First listening

Should we read texts to them?

Listening resources

Strategies

She is lazy. > She isn’t hardworking. I am…, but … > I am eleven, but I’ll be twelve in December. She is hardworking > She works a lot. / She works hard.

Dictation

Reasons for using subtitles I don't understand the language Strange accent and too much slang I'm going to eat popcorn

priapic sycophants sick to the back teeth boning up on heraldry cri de Coeur Coup de grâce teasmade pusillanimity

r m nk ari o em r u. o . h e l ko s @ vic