Listening activities The basics
Listening Activities Three stages • Pre listening • During listening • Post listening • Activate background knowledge • Generate enthusiasm • Active listening • Clarify, Extend, Refine
Examples of pre-Listening activities • You, the teacherlistens to/views the text ahead of time :) • Act like this is really interesting and valuable • Explain Key Vocab. • Explain/Discuss relevant Cultural Information • Tips about what to listen for • Provide comprehension questions ahead of time. • Show a picture related to the text and ask questions • Use a speaking/writing question to help students think about the topic “Ask a neighbor, Imaginaqueeresgranjeroy no hay suficientelluvia, ¿Quéharías?” • What else?
During Listening Activities • Give students a purpose or goaleg. Averiguacomo se siente el cantantehacíasuamor. • Match listening activity to students’ skill level • Pay attention to cognates. While listening to the song, try to figure out how to say these words….. • Listen for meaning i.e. gist • Listen twice, once quickly, once closely • Identify as many words as you can • Identify three words or phrases where you here the singer’s regional accent. • Everyone SINGS ALONG!!!!! No way dude!
Post Listening Activities • Global activities • Write a brief summary of the text/story/article. • Explain to your partner in your own words what the story was about. • What do you think the author’s opinion was of X and why?
Post Listening Activities • Specific information activities (to focus on the details of the text) • Multiple choice/short answer quiz/questions¿Dóndeestaba Carlos cuandosunoviallamó? • Opinion- ¿Porquémasticanlashojas de coca en los Andes?
Post Listening Activities • Linguistic and cultural activities (use text for lang. and culture learning) • Ask students to create a dialogue or role play based on two of the characters from the text. • Ask students to write a continuation of the story. • Ask questions and generate discussion based on some of the cultural topics presented in the reading. • What else????
¿Qué hay en estafoto? • ¿Has visitado un lugarasí? • Imaginaqueestás en un muelley un ser querido parte para un viaje en barco. ¿Quéharías?