Task based listening - why and how

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Salesiano San Juan Bosco, Dosquebradas November 27 th , 2013. Frank Giraldo

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Salesiano San Juan Bosco, DosquebradasNovember 27th, 2013.

Frank Giraldo

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A language learning experienceHei! Puhutko suomea? Minä puhun suomea.

Minä en puhu englanti.

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Kielet

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Katso video!

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Listening lesson begins

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What do you know about it?

What is acne?Why do people get it?Men? Women?Which famous US celebrities have suffered from it?

How is it caused?Ideas to treat acne

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What is Task-Based listening? Task: An activity which requires learners to use

language, with emphasis on meaning, to attain an objective (Bygate et al, 2001; in Van den Branden, 2006: p.4).

A task is an activity in which a person engages in order to attain an objective, and which necessitates the use of language (Van den Branden, 2006: p. 4).

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So task-based listening is…Approach to listeningUnderstand orally delivered informationTo do something with it (realistic, social,

academic, etc.)

Students are asked to listen to what are described as “authentic” situations and to “do something” with the information. This may be completing a diagram or chart, filling in a table, or drawing a picture (Flowerdew and Miller, 2005: p. 16)

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Approaches to teaching listeningComprehension Approach: CA- Listening = Reading- Repeated listening vs. quality of listening tasks- Question based vs. understanding based- Isolation vs. socio-constructivism - Classroom reality vs. Outside reality

Comprehension questions enable us to judge but they do not enable us to remedy (Field, 2008: p.31).

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Top-down – Bottom upGeneral knowledge

Linguistic knowledge

(Socio)Constructivist

Cumulative

Student-initiated Teacher-initiated General to specific Specific to generalDiscourse to item Item to discourseTask-based listening

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The “acne” taskCompetence: Comprender textos orales de nivel básico donde se me expone a diferentes situaciones de la vida real y que me sirven como modelo para aplicarlos a mis propias experiencias con el idioma extranjero.

Construct: Understand general and specific information from a semi-technical text about acne.

Class project: Treatments for common health conditions

Task: Prepare a factsheet to be used in a campaign to treat acne.

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Listening task coming…

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Task-based listening: Why and how?Current understanding of ELT.Principled approach to listening.Process over product.YOUR language curriculum.Socio-Constructivist.

How? (See handout)Competence, construct, taskSupport system for development of listening

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