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TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTION TO
AURAL-ORAL SKILLS
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TEACHING AURAL-ORAL SKILLS
BY: NIRMALA DEVI RAJOO
DSSL, FBMP
019- 2620211

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To be the leading university of choice for
specialized and professional education,
providing holistic academic standards
which are relevant to the needs of the
industry and meeting global expectations
whilst maintaining the highest ethical
standards.

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To produce graduates of high moral values

and distinction.
To advance the boundaries of scholarship by
providing affordable educational
opportunities.
To produce graduates who are highly
employable.
To uphold culture of academic excellence.
To be fully committed towards ensuring a
high rate of student success.

Spoken VS Written

The
Language
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Spoken language differs

from written language in
a number of ways:

SPEECH

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Words. Hands to write
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and eyes to read.
WRITING

Medium

Sound. Use mouth,

throat and ears.

Resources

Paralinguistic: pause,
Words and punctuation
stress etc
marks.
Extra linguistic: gestures,
facial expression, etc

Processing time

Thinking, listening and

speaking

SPEECH

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Delayed feedback. Writer
needs to wait Choice
for reply.
WRITING

Feedback

Listeners response is
almost immediate.

Language

Usually simple
sentences and
vocabulary.

More sophisticated and

complex structures and
vocabulary.

Organization

More meandering and

fewer organizational
markers. Eg
spontaneous
conversations.

Usually well organized

because more time for
planning.

Performance

Many false starts fillers,

pauses, etc.

Editing. No mistakes
visible.

Stages of listening

The
process
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Why teach
Important in daily life.
More listening than
the other 3 skills.
Has unique aspects
that make it different
from other language
skills.
Important for
developing speaking
skills.

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listening?
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Approaches in the teaching
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1. TOP-DOWN
PROCESS
When listener can relate
what he is about to
hear with what he
already knowsunderstands better.
Important to have prelistening activities.

2. BOTTOM-UP
PROCESS
The slow building up of
meaning block by
block through
understanding all the
linguistic data he
hears.

Summary

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People do not listen for words

and sounds.
They listen for meaning.
So should teach students to
listen to meaning.

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