The Listening Process

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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

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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

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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)