PPHTA chapter 6 listening

Learning English Methodology

Chapter

6:

Learning Listening

Lecturer: Ho Thi Hien, M.A.

Contents

1.

Listening skill

2.

Types of
listening

3.

Building

listening ability

4.

Practice

Listening skill

1

Open Ended

What kinds of English resources do you often listen to ?

1. Importance of Listening

*a passive skill

*involves:

1. processing of the incoming speech signals

2. the use of prior knowledge, contextual clues and

expectations to create meaning.

1. Importance of Listening

Listening exams:

❖ difficult

❖ No control of speed, clarity of spoken text

❖ Don’t understand => try to work it out => miss

information afterwards

1. Importance of Listening

Face-to-face conversation:

❖ Less stressful

❖ Can control speed, clarification, explanation,

repetition …

Poll

Which of the following difficulties in listening do you have?

• The speed of conversation is too fast.

• The recording is not clear.

• I cannot understand the vocabulary in the recording.

• The accent of the speakers is not familiar to me.

• others

Types of

knowledge

2

4 types of
knowledge
affecting
listening
comprehension

Phonological
knowledge

Syntactic
knowledge

Semantic
knowledge

Pragmatic
knowledge

Multiple Choice

____ is knowledge about the sound system. Phonemes, stress, intonation and assimilation are things that we need to know in order to comprehend a message.

• Phonological knowledge

• Syntactic knowledge

• Semantic knowledge

• Pragmatic knowledge

Multiple Choice

____ is knowledge about words and propositions. It “refers to knowledge of the meaning of the words and the meaning of the relations between the words in a sentence.

• Phonological knowledge

• Syntactic knowledge

• Semantic knowledge

• Pragmatic knowledge

Multiple Choice

____ is knowledge about the rules of how words are put together.

• Phonological knowledge

• Syntactic knowledge

• Semantic knowledge

• Pragmatic knowledge

How do we

listen?

3

Multiple Choice

Learners use their prior knowledge of language to understand the recording.

• Top-down

• Bottom-up

• Interactive model

Multiple Choice

Learners use both their previous background knowledge and prior knowledge of language to understand the recording.

• Top-down

• Bottom-up

• Interactive model

Multiple Choice

Learners use their previous background knowledge to understand the recording.

• Top-down

• Bottom-up

• Interactive model

Types of
listening

4

Types

Situations

Tips

No listener
control

Public announcement

 have some preparation

before listening.

 Think about the topic

to be heard and
activate their prior
knowledge.

Radio, television, cinema, theatre
Overhead conversation
Public lecture
Class or seminar

Some listener
control

Interview

 ask for clarification,

explanation or repetition…
such as:

 “Excuse me, could you say

that again?

 “Could you explain…? “

Telephone conversation
Face-to-face conversation

Types

Situations

Tips

No listener
control

Public announcement

Radio, television, cinema, theatre
Overhead conversation
Public lecture
Class or seminar

Some listener
control

Interview

 ask for clarification,

explanation or repetition…
such as:

 “Excuse me, could you say

that again?

 “Could you explain…? “

Telephone conversation
Face-to-face conversation

Types

Situations

Tips

No listener
control

to an announcement at
the airport

think about what you are
going to hear such as:
- time of arrival &
departure,
- names of the Airline
company,
- some language about
weather…

Multiple Choice

Which of the following listening situations belong to "no listener control" group?

• a private lesson

• an overhead conversation

• an interview

• a telephone conversation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following listening situations belong to "SOME listener control" group?

• A public announcement

• an overhead conversation

• a TV news

• a telephone conversation