1. How to Teach Listening
By FEME
(Fa, Eka, Meli, Eyi’)
2nd of June, 2011

2. What is Listening....?
Listening is pay attention to somebody or
something that you can hear, take notice
or believe what somebody says for
something be prepared to hear a
particular sounds (Oxford, Fourth Edition,
2008)

3. Is listening a passive or active
skill?
Listening is considered to involve the active
selecting and interpreting of information
coming
from auditory clues so that a listener can
identify
what is happening and what is being
expressed.
-Richards, JC. 1983. “Listening Comprehension: Approach,
design, procedure.” TESOL Quarterly 17:2.

4. Why Listening.......???
Natural Order
 Listening
 Speaking
 Reading
 Writing

5. Principles of teaching listening
comprehension
 Let
students understand how foreigners
speak English and build students’
sensitivities.

6. Principles of teaching listening
comprehension

All we can do is give them some
guidelines, provide an opportunity for
meaningful practice and trust they will learn
these things for themselves. (Buck, 1995)
Buck, G., 1995. How to become a good listening teacher.
In Mendelsohn and Rubin 1995. A guide for the teaching
of second language listening. San Diego: Dominie Press. 113-130.

7. How to prepare students for
listening task ?
There are three useful steps how to conduct
the listening task :
1.Pre-Listening
2.While
Listening
3.Post-Listening

8. Pre-listening
 Not
every word is important!
 make sure students know what they are
listening for
 Give the general questions
 Pre-teach
 Brainstorm
 Avoid
the text too long

9. While listening
 play
the recording once for overall
 note any informations
 Divide students into groups
 Give students a different listening task
 Try to repeat the recording

10. Post-listening
 Students
Compare and discuss their notes
 Encourage students to respond to what they
heard
 Tell students to call out ‘Stop!’
 Note any new vocabulary

11. Listening activities
Use activities to wake up ss
“Whispering/Broken Telephone” game.
 Fill in the blank .
( song, poetry, or conversation )


12. THANK YOU…