In this
unit I could clear some doubts I had about why it is difficult for people to
understand meaningful
sounds of a language. “Listening has emerged as an important component in the
process of second language acquisition” (Feyten, 1991).First of all, listening is a receptive skill and
there are many factors that influence on the comprehension of a phrase or
sentence , especially when we learn an second language, such as contractions,
linking
sounds, accent, intonation, etc and also because this skill is not so
pre-planned as writing skill. As in
writing skill there are sub skills too, which are used according to our
purpose. In the classroom, it is important to give learners many sources of
listening such as radio programs, Cd´s, movies, etc. also, when bringing a
listening activity it can be useful if we pre-teach some
vocabulary words, or set pre-listening tasks.
By doing this, students will have an idea of what the listening activity
will be about. At the beginning we can use simplified texts with basic
vocabulary and grammar structure and activities to do after listening a ext
such as true/false
activities, filling the gaps etc.
References
- Vandergrift, L.. (2015). Listening: theory and practice in modern foreign language competence. April 25, 2015, from University of Southampton website : https://www.llas.ac.uk/resources/gpg/67
I agree with you jefferson the listening activities have to be easy at the begining, in this way the students will start training their ears,listening for specific information, fill in the chart so later they will be able to achieve more complex activities
ResponderEliminarJeferson, even though there are students who have problems in listening skill, I believe that your post containts key concept about what really happen in listening activities. As future we need to be very careful about how we are going to encourage students to improve and develop their skills, specilly listening that is a receptive skill.
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