Teaching Listening

Presented by: Ms. Robilyn Sarmiento

 Table of Contents
Factors that
1 What is listening? 4 Types of listening 7 may affect the
listening process

Planning to
2 Why listening is
important?
5 Listening skills 8 teach listening

Extensive vs Intensive
3 Steps in the 6 listening
listening process
 “We have two ears and one
mouth so that we can listen
twice as much as we speak.”
—Epictetus
 1
What is listening?
 Listening is a physical and psychological
process that involves choosing to listen,
understanding, and responding to symbolic
messages from others.

Listening is considered to be one of the

most important part of the oral
communication.
 2
Why listening is
important?
 Listening will help you in . . .

School Relationships Making Social groups

Job and
decisions
organizations
 3
Steps in the listening
process
Steps in the listening process
 Steps in the listening process
1. RECEIVING : Getting the information through
hearing
2. UNDERSTANDING: Decoding the information to
find its meaning
3. REMEMBERING: Storing the information for later
use. Also, retrieving previous information so that the
response can be formed
 Steps in the listening process

4. EVALUATING : Examining the message and

deciding what response to give out
5. RESPONDING : Forming and sending out the
response message
 4
Types of listening
 Types of listening
1. APPRECIATIVE LISTENING: A person listens for what they like.
2. CRITICAL LISTENING: Listening with the intention of analyzing and
giving a feedback.
3. COMPREHENSIVE LISTENING: Listening to simply understand a
message, like in a class.
4. EVALUATIVE LISTENING: The listener tries to find value. “What is the
purpose of the speaker? What will I gain?”
 5
Listening skills
 Listening skills
1. Identifying the topic
2. Predicting and guessing
3. Listening for general understanding
4. Listening for specific or detailed information
5. Interpreting a text/making inferences
 6
Extensive vs
Intensive listening
Extensive vs Intensive listening

Extensive Intensive
Listening for pleasure Listening for a purpose (often done
(listening on your own: with the teacher’s help: because
because you want to) you have to)
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Factors that may affect
the listening process
 Factors that may affect the listening process
1. Noise – Internal and external distractions
Examples: outside sounds ; distracting thoughts

2. Barriers – blocks listening/understanding

Examples: Unfamiliar language, hearing problems, lack of interest

3. Memory
Example: Immediate – recalling information for a brief period of time
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Planning to
teach listening
 Planning to teach listening
1. Set the context
Discuss the topic of the English listening lesson in your local language
if your students are beginner level. Talk about the topic, what concepts
might be discussed, and what knowledge the students already have that
will support them through the task.
 Planning to teach listening
2. Preparation
Help your students to prepare for the listening task so they will have the
best chance of success. This might mean identifying and translating
keywords they will need or sentences they might hear. Write this key
vocabulary on the board or ask students to write them in their books so
they can reference the material through the listening task.
 Planning to teach listening
3. A focus
Give students a focus in the listening task. If the students have
one clear task to focus on, they won’t feel overwhelmed and it
will give them something tangible to achieve. When they achieve
the focus of the task, it will boost their confidence for next time.
 Planning to teach listening
4. Application
The listening lesson doesn’t end with the task.
• What did the students learn?
• How can they use this in their own spoken English?
• What area might they want to practice next time?
Apply the learnings of the English listening lesson to the students'
own lives and learn to make it meaningful to them.
Planning to teach listening
 Thank you for
listening and
paying attention.
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