Listening

Listening is one of the four skills. It is a receptive skill. It involves making sense of the meaningful (having meaning) sounds of language.

Understanding Listening

Understand different speeds of speech and accents.
Use the context.
Use our knowledge of the world.
Understanding different text types ( a song, a speech..)
Use different sub skills.

Listening sub-skills

Listening for gist.
Listening for specific information.
Listening for detail.
Extensive listening.
Listening to see what attitude the speaker is expressing.

Important Concepts

Understanding and showing you have understood are not the same thing. So, comprehension activities should be in easier language than the language in the listening text.
Children (and everybody) learn well from listening to stories they find interesting.
We can develop learner's listening skills by focusing regularly on particular aspects of listening.