Listening is one of the two receptive skills and
it has direct relationship with the productive skill that is speaking. Students in
our context usually struggle with this skill due to the fact that they do not
have exposition to the language, so our duty as English teachers is to give them
as much input
as possible.
The first step is in class where we have to create
the necessity for understanding English at the beginning, and later on the
necessity of communicating in English. We have to avoid speaking in Spanish
especially with B1 and higher level English classes and when teaching A1-A2
classes we have to speak English as well, but when necessary Spanish can help. As
a result, students will get used to English and then in the future they will
produce English.
Another way to give students input is by using
the coursebook
that contains published material adapted to the level. Sometimes, coursebooks
have recordings from different speakers around the world, which is a great tool
to develop listening skills such as: distinguish accents, connected speech, stress and intonation.
Additionally, we have on the internet several webpages where we can get authentic listening
material for our students. This material we have to adapt to our level because
they do not have educational purposes.
On the links below, extra information is
provided to teach listening better:
5 Secrets to Improve
Your English Listening Skills
This video shows some remarkable and curious
tips to enhance your listening skills. You can teach them to your students.
British Council
This is a website where we can find a lot of
listening activities and they are classified by levels. What makes this site
wonderful is that each listening task has: answer key, audio in mp3 codec and
students’ paper.
YouTube
On this great tool there are lots of videos and
also listening exercises for EFL. We just have to write the accurate words on
the search bar.
References
British Council.
(9 de January de 2016). British Council. Obtenido de
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice
English, G. N. (Dirección). (2014). 5 Secrets to
Improve Your English Listening Skills [Video].
Google Inc. (14 de February de 2005). YouTube.
Obtenido de https://www.youtube.com/
Spratt, M.,
Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2012). The TKT Course Modules 1,2 and
3. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
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