TEACHING LISTENING
(Adopted from English Language Teaching Methodology-
BA upgrading course-The Ministry of Education & Training -2003)
1. Open prediction
2. Listen & draw
3. Recall the story
4. Further practice
5. Pre-questions
6. Comprehension
questions
7. Grids
8. Role-play
9. Write –it- up
10.Ordering
11. True/False
statement for
prediction
1. Open prediction
The teacher doesn’t give the students any
statements, only sets the scene and gets
students to predict some of the things they
will hear in the text. Students write down
their predictions. In this way students have
made their own listening guides. The
teacher reads the listening text and students
tick their correct predictions.
2. Listen & draw
The teacher gives students a map, a
house plan or diagram or pictures-any
visual that students can draw on- draw a
route, mark changes, or label parts. The
visual can be copied off the board or
given as picture prediction. The students
listen to the text and respond by drawing,
filling in, labeling, numbering, etc….
3. Recall the story
Students re-tell the story in the listening text in
their own words. The teacher can help them by
doing a mini drill first, usually the same pictures
or simplified statements that were used for
‘predicting’ in the pre-listening task or ‘ordering’
or ‘selecting’ in the while listening task. Students
practice speaking in pairs or groups. The re-
telling with a picture can also be done as a
chain story.
4. Further practice
The teacher chooses a topic related to
the listening topic, usually a topic
personalized to the students, and design
a production activity for the students to
do. For example, after doing the ‘grids’,
they will describe other classmates; or
students can recount similar stories to
the listening text-things that have
happened to them personally.