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� You should: � Specify theme/topic of the conversation, even when they cannot follow the details � Recognise who the aeticipants are, � What are their aims � Decide where and when the conversation is taking place

� Interpret the use of stress, intonation � Hear and recognise individual sounds � Recognise trasition words: although, for instance � Predict using both their general knowledge and the cues from hat they have heared � Guess unknown vocabulary and structure � Listen between the lines � Distuinguish between fact and opinion � Cope wth redundancy and noise � Aplly different listening strategies

� i. e. interpret pronunciation features � On word level � Sentene level (intonation, stress, repeting sentences, identifying word dividion, ) � You can teach it through exercises that practise different sounds and sound combination which occurwithin single words

� Listening and making no response � -following a written text � -listeing to a familiar text � -listenign aided by visuals � -songs, stories

� Listening and making short responses � -obeying instructions � -ticking off items � -T/F � -Identifying poctures � -Ordering pictures

� Listening and making long responses � -repetition � -dictation � -paraphrase � -translation � -answering questions � -predictions � -filling gaps

� Listening as a basis for study and discussion � - problem solving � -jigsaw listening

� Pre-listening – introduce topic, check whether they have background knowledge, pre-teach vocabulary � While listening � Post listening - dicussion

� Students should’nt be discouraged by the difficulties they perceive in learning to listen to English � They are motivated by a high level of success from the very begining � They must understand clearly what they are expetec to do � They need a specific purpose � They need plenty of pre-listening work � Calm ss down when they don’t understand some words

� Never use the listenig task without listening to it first � Make sure you can operte the equipment � Treat listenign sessions as an opportuity for you and ss to enjoy doing things in English � http: //iteslj. org/Articles/Saricoban- Listening. html