Crafted for English Educators by an English Educator Danielle Zelin, OPEN Program Alumna, Mauritius
LISTENING SKILLS BITESIZE The Functions of Listening
The Transactional function focuses on the message (ex: giving instruction or directions) The Interaction function focuses on the listener (ex: small talks or completing tasks in small group/paired work)
Three Modes of Listening Autodirectional
Unidirectional Input comes from other sources (such as the radio, lectures, TV, etc.) to one listener. There is no listener control.
Bidirectional Communication includes 2 or more people over a platform (telephone, Skype, social media). There is some listener control
Listening Activities Podcasts Ss listen to and answer comprehension questions about it. Songs or movie clips students fill-in-the-blanks with the missing words that they heard. Study guides for your lecture and have students fill in the notes (including titles, keywords, dates, names, etc.) by listening. News show Ss listen and identify various aspects of spoken language including fillers, intonation, stress, etc.
Our internal self-dialogue as speaker and listener to our own thoughts. Learners engage with the metacognitive skill overtime. Listener mediated.
Listening Activities Listening Activities Discussions where each student has to ask at least one question during the time limit. Skype conversations with students in a class in a different country. Interviews with people in their community about the class topic. Presentations where learners have to interact with audience members. Question of the day each student shares their answers. Ss ask each other follow-up questions. Scavenger Hunts where they “Find someone who” has a certain experience or characteristic in the classroom.
Self Talk Journal students sit in silence for a period of time. After they, write down all of their self-talk thoughts. Four corners assign each corner of the room as an answer to a question. Have students move to different corners based on their answers to the question. Mind maps Ss share their own thoughts in English by organizing them on a map or drawing
TESOL Methodology was originally created by University of Maryland Baltimore County for the Online Professional English Network (OPEN) Program. The OPEN Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by FHI 360.