UNIT 7 - LISTENING

This unit refers to another of the four important skills which is listening. Listening is a receptive skill (responding to language) as well as reading. It refers that learners can make sense of the meaningful sounds by using context, language and knowledge. Listening involves understand structured messages in the time that is available. According to Bulletin (1952) this skill is important in order to understand ideas form different people, with different accents and in different speed. However, there are some listening subskills in which a listener may listen for gist or global understanding, specific information, details, and speakers attitude. Furthermore, to help learner at listening it´s necessary to follow some steps such as: introduce materials (pictures, flashcards), task with purpose and suitable, create learners´ interest. In addition, Shastri (2009) states that is a proper resource of motivation to show learners different kinds of visual aids such as: sketches, diagrams or pictures. All in all, I would use a Website called LiricsTraining in order to make students listen their favorite songs and practice pronunciation. Besides, I’d motivate them to speak English to their friends most of the time, till it becomes a habit.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2011). The TKT Teaching Knowledge Test Course Modules 1, 2 and 3. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Bulletin, (1952). Aspects of Teaching Secondary Modern Foreign Languages. (2017). Google Books. Retrieved 15 April 2018, from https://books.google.es/books?hl=es&lr=&id=nCdwTIcX0PkC&oi=fnd&pg=PA61&dq=improve+listening+skills&ots=EOhkJEZFPd&sig=SenEH25aMlzIui7fPZWkC-OMKmQ#v=onepage&q=improve%20

Shastri, P. (2009). Communicative Approach to the Teaching of English as a Second Language. Retrieved from ProQuest Ebook Central: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uta-ebooks/reader.action?docID=3011323