Teaching Listening

Pre-listening activities:

·         looking at pictures, maps, diagrams, or graphs

·         reviewing vocabulary or grammatical structures

·         reading something relevant

·         constructing semantic webs (a graphic arrangement of concepts or words showing how they are related)

·         predicting the content of the listening text

·         going over the directions or instructions for the activity

·         doing guided practice

While-listening activities:

·         listening with visuals

·         filling in graphs and charts

·         following a route on a map

·         checking off items in a list

·         listening for the gist

·         searching for specific clues to meaning

·         completing cloze (fill-in) exercises

·         distinguishing between formal and informal registers

 Post-listening activities:

·         problem solving

·         summarizing

·         role play

·         group discussion and writing as follow-up are necessary.