JAN2024-Listening Strategies

TECHNIQUES OR ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE COMPREHENSION AND RECALL OF LISTENING  OUTPUT

• Listening strategies
• Dancing techniques
• Cooking activities
• Reading strategies

ANTICIPATE THE KIND OF WORDS AND STYLE  OF LANGUAGE THE SPEAKER WILL USE

• predicting style

• predicting content

• predicting language

• predicting nationality

LISTENING FOR GIST

• "INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE MEANINGS"

• "GET THE IMPORTANT DETAILS"

• "GET THE ENTIRE PAGE"

• “GET THE WHOLE PICTURE”

GET THE WHOLE PICTURE

• listening for gist

• Focus on one aspect
• Ignore the context
• Look at the small details

DETECTING SIGNPOSTS

• WORDS THAT LINK IDEAS HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPEAKER IS THINKING ABOUT AND WHERE THE LISTENER IS TAKING US

• WORDS THAT LINK DOUBTS HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPEAKER IS TALKING ABOUT AND WHERE THE SPEAKER IS TAKING US

• WORDS THAT LINK DOUBTS HELP US QUESTION WHAT THE SPEAKER IS TALKING ABOUT AND WHERE THE LISTENER IS TAKING US

• WORDS THAT LINK IDEAS HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPEAKER IS TALKING ABOUT AND WHERE THE SPEAKER IS TAKING US

WORDS THAT LINK IDEAS HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SPEAKER IS TALKING ABOUT AND WHERE THE SPEAKER IS TAKING US

• detecting signposts

• Get the whole picture

• listening for gist

• predicting content

Which is NOT a signpost in language?

• to begin with

• in addition

• next

• at the end of the road

to begin ______,first ____ all, _______, next, in _____, _____ on, ___ summary,  to ____ this

LISTEN FOR A SPECIFIC KIND OF INFORMATION

• listening for details

• listening for answers

• listening for questions

• listening for the most important topic

uses clues and prior knowledge to understand the meaning of the speech

• Listening for answers to questions

• Listening for hints

• Listening for Inference

• Listening for details