Summer course Week 6 Listening strategies

1. Listening Strategies
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2. Listening strategies
• Have you ever had a situation when
you couldn’t understand what the
other person was saying? What did
you do?

3. Listening strategies
• Listening skills can be improved if you
work on them. What do you do to
improve your listening skills?

4. Listening strategies
When I listen to
someone, I try to
focus on the overall
meaning and not
just the details.
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5. Listening strategies
If I know the topic or the title
of a lesson or presentation, I
try to activate my own
background knowledge. I
think about what the speaker
may talk about so I can better
understand the content.
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6. Listening strategies
When I am introduced
to a new word, I try to
connect the sound of
the word with an
image or picture.
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7. Listening strategies
If I’m listening to the
radio/podcast/phone
call, I try to visualize
the setting/ subject.
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8. Listening strategies
I listen for stressed
words or phrases
as they carry the
most meaning.
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9. Listening strategies
I repeat points I
have heard to
confirm they
are correct.
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10. Listening strategies
I regularly listen
to English outside
the classroom as
much as I can.
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11. Thank you!
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