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    This document discusses teaching listening and speaking skills in the primary ESL classroom. It lists some important sub-skills of listening like predicting topics, guessing unknown words, using background knowledge, and note-taking. Listening is described as fundamental because it is how students gain much of their education and understanding of the world. Some basic processes of understanding spoken language mentioned are psychological variables and linguistic competence. Integrated activities are defined as activities that combine skills like speaking, reading, and writing. They are important for practicing language in context and maintaining student motivation.

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    TSL 3105 TEACHING OF LISTENING

    AND SPEAKING SKILLS IN THE


    PRIMARY ESL CLASSROOM
    Group members:
    Shuhaizi
    Jessica

    Read the article The Teaching of Listening by


    Arif Saricoban and coplete the tasks:
    list some of the important sub-skills of listening
    why is listening one of the fundamentallanguage
    skills?
    what are some of the basic processes involved in
    understanding spoken language?
    what are integrated activities and why are they
    important?

    List some of the important sub-skills


    of listening
    predicting what people are going to talk about
    guessing at unknown words or phrases without panic
    using one's own knowledge of the subject to help one
    understand
    identifying relevant points; rejecting irrelevant
    information
    retaining relevant points (note-taking, summarizing)

    Why is listening one of the fundamental language


    skills?
    Because it's a medium through which children, young
    people and adults gain a large portion of their education-their information, their understanding of the world and of
    human affairs, their ideals, sense of values, and their
    appreciation.

    What are some of the basic processes involved in


    spoken language?
    understanding
    Psychological variables
    Trying to listen to more than one conversation at a time
    Not interested and not focusing
    You find the communicator attractive/unattractive

    Linguistic competence
    system of linguistic knowledge possessed by speakersof
    alanguage
    Deep understanding of the phonetics, phonology, morphology,
    syntax, and semantic competencies

    What are integrated activities and why are they


    important?
    Integrated activities are used by learners to complete
    speaking, reading, vocabulary, listening or writing
    activities presented in language lessons
    It provides a variety in the classroom and thus maintain
    motivation and allow the recycling and revision of
    language which has already been taught separately in
    each skill

    why are they important?


    To practice and extend the learners use of a certain
    language structure or function
    To develop the learners ability in the use of two or
    more of the skills within real contexts and
    communicative frame work

    Define listening, speaking, listening


    and speaking. Discuss the differences.
    Definition of listeningListening is the ability to identify and understand what
    others are saying
    Definition of speakingSpeaking is to say something in order to convey
    information or to express a feeling

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