1. Teaching Listening
By Mr. Sunan Fathet
Ms. Chayaporn Thirachaimongkhonkun
Department of Western Languages
Faculty of Humanities Srinakharinwirot University

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3. Kinds of text that we listen to
• Natural sound • News
• A conversation • Music
• A call, a phone call • Movie
• An announcement • TV program
• A lecture • Talk Show
• etc.

4. Why we listen
• To get messages
• To respond
• To follow the instruction
• To get answers
• To entertain ourselves
• To improve our language
• etc.

5. How to teach listening
• Predicting
• Listening for general and detailed
comprehension
• Listening for specific information
• Listening for detailed information
• Listening for text construction

6. Steps of teaching
Presentation (Pre-listening)
• new vocabulary
• pronunciation
• grammar and sentence structure
Practice (While-listening)
 Activities Production (Post-listening)
 Exercises
 Task

7. Examples of Activities
Presentation (Pre-listening)
• giving background knowledge
• the learners reading something relevant to
listening text
• the learners looking at pictures
• discussion of the topic/ situation
• a question and answer session

8. Examples of Activities
Practice (While-listening)
• marking/ checking items in pictures
• putting pictures in order
• completing grids
• form/ chart completion
• true/ false
• text completion or gap-filling
• etc.

9. Examples of Activities
Production (Post-listening)
• extending lists
• sequencing/ ‘grading’
• matching with a reading text
• extending notes into written responses
• summarizing
• jigsaw listening
• dictation, etc.