MET 4 - How do we listen?

Also known as extensive listening. We listen to gain an overview of the structure of the whole text.

• GIST LISTENING

• LISTENING FOR DETAILS

Filling up gaps is an example of a __________ type of activity.

• TOP-DOWN

• BOTTOM-UP

Listeners make use of what they already know to predict the content or structure of the audio.

• TOP-DOWN STRATEGY

• BOTTOM-UP STRATEGY

In real life, we usually listen with a ___________ strategy.

• top-down

• bottom-up

You are having a conversation with a sales representative in a store in which he is explaining how to set up your new air conditioning system.

You are probably listening with a ...

• bottom-up strategy

• top-down strategy

Which is NOT a factor that helps you listen?

• Know something about the topic.

• Understand participant's attitudes.

• Turn up the volume of the audio.

• Know some words that are commonly used in similar conversations.

Which is a way that teachers can help students listen?

• Having them listen to easy texts.

• Always having a lead-in before any listening task.

• Providing students with the audio transcripts.

Which is NOT a way in which a TOP-DOWN strategy can be applied in the classroom?

• Having students count words in a sentence they hear.

• Having students identify where the conversation takes place.

• Having students infer the relationship between the people involved in the dialogue.

Listen and ask: Why is Adam apologizing to Emilio?
This question is an example of which step of a TOP-DOWN procedure.

• Discuss the general topic.

• Gist listening for attitudes

• Gist listening for overview.

• Predict the structure

Why is listening 'BOTTOM-UP' virtually impossible in real life?

• Because English is difficult to understand.

• Because native speakers pronounce things differently.

• Because spoken English is too fast to adopt this approach.