Post on 22-Oct-2015
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The Listening Process
• Listening is a highly complex, interactive process “by which spoken language is converted to meaning in the mind” (Lundsteen, 1979, p. 1). Hearing is not listening!
• Listening entails, receiving, attending, and assigning meaning (Wolvin and Coakley, 1979). Assimilation and accommodation help in assigning meaning.
Purposes for Listening
• Discriminative (tapes of animal sounds, and other noises)
• Comprehensive listening (required in instructional activities)
• Critical listening (to evaluate messages propaganda)
• Appreciative Listening (speakers, readers, classmates)
• Therapeutic Listening (sympathetic listening)
Strategies for Teaching Listening
1. Directed Listening Activity (DL-TA)
• Before Listening
• Listening during the story
• After Listening
2. The Structured Listening Activity (SLA)
• Concept Building
• Listening purpose
• Reading Aloud
• Questioning
• Reciting
3. InQuest
• Read the story
• Role-Playing a news conference
• Evaluating the interview
4. Listening-Reading Transfer Strategy
• Establish purpose
• Reading the selection
• Developing the skill
• Letting students read
• Group sharing
Comprehensive Listening Strategies (elementary)
1. Forming a picture (image + write about it)
2. Putting information into groups (categories, Chunking)
3. Asking questions: Why am I listening to this message?, do I know what ------means?, Does this information make sense to me?
4. Discovering the Plan (description, sequence, Comparison, cause and effect, problem/solution)
5. Note taking (Demonstrate by taking notes with the children)
6. Getting clues from the speaker (visual & verbal)