1. Listening Module
Overview

2.  Understand principles underlying teaching of
listening; integrate these principles effectively.
 Show familiarity with ILR skill levels through
selection of appropriate texts and creation of
suitable tasks.
 Adapt and supplement textbooks with authentic
materials and FLO-oriented, real life tasks.
 Plan and conduct micro-teaching sessions that
demonstrate understanding of principles of learner-
centered, proficiency-oriented instruction of
listening.

3.  What makes certain passages easier or
more difficult to understand?
 What kinds of activities help to support
your understanding?
 What is effect of having specific purpose
for listening?
 How do these listening activities relate
to the listening activities in your
classroom?

4. Listen to the following passage titled
“Bottom Fishing.” Keep these questions in
mind as you listen:
 What makes understanding this passage
easy or difficult?
 What skills do you—as a listener—need to
understand the passage?

5. What was your experience listening to the
passage?
 Was it easy or difficult to understand?
 What skills did you need to understand it?
 Record your reactions and responses, and
see those of your colleagues at Wallwisher

6.  Download ILR Listening Grid.
 Listen to “Bottom Fishing” again to
complete Column 1 on your grid.
 Review the ILR Skill Level Descriptions for
Listening. For more info, see Module 1.

7.  “Bottom Fishing” activity is designed to
raise awareness of multiple considerations
associated with listening.
 Keep in mind difficulty of going in “cold” to
a listening activity: listeners need direction
or purpose for listening.

8. Before you listen to the next passage, look
at the images on the following 2 slides.
 What do you see?
 What do you already know about the
topic?

11. Listen to “An Earthquake in Hawaii” to
answer following questions:
 What happened?
 Where did it happen?
 Was anybody hurt?
This first listening for general understanding
is called GLOBAL LISTENING.

12.  A: Earthquakes

13.  A: Hawaii

14.  A: No

15. Before listening to passage again, consider
map (next page) and questions below
 How many earthquakes were there?
 How many aftershocks?
 What was the scale?
 What did the governor say about the event?
 What do officials say about future problems?
 What is the name of the agency that
determined the strength of the earthquake?

17.  A: 3

18.  A: 21

19.  A: 6.6

20.  A:The governor said that buildings and
roads had been damaged, and declared a
state of emergency.

21.  A: There is no risk of a tsunami.

22.  A: US Geological Survey

23.  Getting the answers to the focus questions
constitutes the COMPREHENSION
CHECK for this listening passage.
 It is important for listeners to not only have
a purpose for listening, but also to receive
feedback as to whether what they have
understood is accurate.