Listening Comprehension

In the second session of the module, we began talking about chapter 3. Then, some group work. But in this entry I want to do is to reflect on the reading ''Teaching Listening and Speaking from theory to practice''

In this material, I found many important facts regarding teaching and practice. For example, how listening and speaking can be taught. However, I was primary focused on the teaching of speaking because in the previous entry I reflected on listening somehow. In order to, these two skills are connected because you listen what others speak or say.  So, in this material, professor Jack Richards make us to be conscious about how we as teachers can implement different ways to teach listening and speaking.

Is it appropriate for an English teacher to translate new words into the students’ mother tongue? If so, how much and how many words?

If the teacher decides that the word is useful and important, he or she should also ask:

Can the meaning of the word be inferred from the context or because it is similar to a word in the students’ mother tongue?

Can the students make an intelligent guess about the meaning of the word?

Can they check the meaning of the word in their dictionary?

it is important to continue explaing Listening is a receptive skill. This means that listening is a process in which you do not produce but receive, deal with and understand a language. Listening is an important skill in our daily life, especially when we talk to someone. We have to understand the person we talk to in order to have a satisfying conversation.

You can practise your listening skills by listening carefully to and extracting information from a text. Then consider the content of what you have just heard. We provide a lot of opportunities to train your listening comprehension.