1. Developing Students’ Listening SkillsDeveloping Students’ Listening Skills
with Technology and E-resourceswith Technology and E-resources
A presentation by
Lamprai Piadchan

2. Why is listening difficult to L2
learners?
• Rate of processing
• One-off
• Accent variation
• Physical environment
• Language register
• Anxiety

3. Two routes to improving listening

4. The Two Routes <> SLA Theory

5. SLA Theory is…
• Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language
Acquisition Last revision: July 2, 2007
• "Language acquisition does not require
extensive use of conscious grammatical rules,
and does not require tedious drill." Stephen
KrashenStephen Krashen

6. •"Acquisition requires meaningful interaction in
the target language - natural communication - in
which speakers are concerned not with the form
of their utterances but with the messages they
are conveying and understanding." Stephen
Krashen

7. • "The best methods are therefore those that
supply 'comprehensible input' in low anxiety
situations, containing messages that students
really want to hear. These methods do not
force early production in the second language,
but allow students to produce when they are
'ready', recognizing that improvement comes
from supplying communicative and
comprehensible input, and not from forcing
and correcting production." Stephen Krashen

8. •"In the real world, conversations with
sympathetic native speakers who are willing to
help the acquirer understand are very helpful."
Stephen Krashen

9. Krashen's theory of second language
acquisition consists of five main hypotheses:
• the Acquisition-Learning hypothesis,
• the Monitor hypothesis,
• the Natural Order hypothesis,
• the Input hypothesis,
• and the Affective Filter hypothesis.

10. Focus of this presentation

11. In the 70’s …

12. Today

13. How do we make sense of this
multitude of listening resources?
Teen Time Librivox audiobooks
Grammar Girl Pocasts TED talks
BBC Sunday Smile Naxos Spoken
Word Library
Podcasts TED talks Youtube
Radio archives iTunes HKedCity
Raps Songs The English we
Speak
Onion News A minute of English
a day
Backchat
… … …

14. How to think about eResources for
Listening …

15. Examples of eResources for Extensive
Listening
• Talks: Grammar girl; TEDtalks;
• Readalouds: Naxos Spoken Word Library; Librivox
• Rap: Flocabulary
• Podcasts: Teacher John Snow; BBC The English
we speak
• Talk shows: Teen Time; BBC Friday Night comedy
• Websites for L2 listening: Breaking News
• News: TVB news on HKEdCity; BBC news
• Drama: Songbirds;
• Videos: Simpsons on Youtube

16. BBC The Flatmates

17. Grammar Girl podcast

18. Teacher John Snow podcast

19. Breaking News

20. Teen Time

21. Songbirds

22. The Simpsons (on Youtube)

23. Flocabulary Raps

24. TVB news on HKedCity

25. Introducing Extensive Listening into
your curriculum
• A regular task for every student, e.g, once a
week (but refrain from laborious post-
listening homework and assessments)
• A self-directed journey: Ss choose what they
like to listen to, and report their progress to
you once periodically
• Supplement your regular teaching units with
extensive listening materials

26. But perhaps most important of all
Show students that extensive
listening is enjoyable

27. I want to share with
you an encouraging
experience that I had
yesterday. ……

28. Do you, as an teacher of English, enjoy
listening to English regularly?

29. What’s on Paul’s iPhone?
• BBC: The English we
speak
• BBC: Friday Night
Comedy
• The Onion radio news
• The Onion news videos
• The Best of Youtube
• TED talks
• …

30. TED talks

31. Ted + Youtube

32. A flipped lesson based on a Youtube
video

33. Happy Listening
Happy teaching of listening

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