Topic 4 - Listening Skill

The listening process is...

• A passive process in which listeners do not discuss the input

• An active process in which listeners select and interpret information

• An active process in which listeners produce information

Listening provides:

• Motivation and comprehensible input

• A skill that outside the classroom is not needed

• Knowledge of suprasegmental features

• Knowledge of suprasegmental and segmental features

When introducing listening in the classroom, is it important to think about how we listen in real life?

• False

• Partly agree

• True

• Partly disagree

Which listening stage corresponds to the following activity?

Drawing a map

• Pre-listening activity

• While-listening activity

• Post-listening activity

Which listening stage corresponds to the following activity?

Activating vocabulary on the topic

• Pre-listening activity

• While-listening activity

• Post-listening activity

Which listening stage corresponds to the following activity?

Retelling the story

• Post-listening activity

• While-listening activity

• Pre-listening activity

(x3 points) Misunderstanding word-stress can cause bigger breakdowns in communication than can misunderstanding a single sound. In this sense, we ought to train our students to ___ try to understand every word.

(x2 points) If we are using a song in the EFL classroom, what activities do we follow in order to reinforce students' listening skills?

• Miming actions; pre-teaching vocabulary; answering comprehension questions

• Pre-teaching vocabulary; answering comprehension questions; miming actions

• Pre-teaching vocabulary; miming actions; answering comprehension questions