Listening

Question 1

Pls name 3 sub-skills pertaining to listening.

Answer 1

1. Listening for gist
2. Listening for specific detail
3. Listening for global context

Question 2

Pls name 4 reasons why listening errors occur

Answer 2

1. Speed of delivery
2. Connected speech
3. Slang and colloquial language
4. Unfamiliar accents
5. Distant from face to face (over the phone)
6. Bad intonation and body language

Question 3

Pls name one way of dealing with the problem students have with the speed of speech

Answer 3

Listen to specific material at different speeds until they are able to catch individual words and make sense of them.

Question 4

Listening is commonly referred to as one of two (?)

Skills. The other being (?)

Answer 4

Receptive / Reading

Question 5

Connected speech is usually practiced in (?) and (?) classes

Answer 5

Pronunciation and conversation classes.

Question 6

Slang and colloquialism are best addressed by:

Answer 6

Dedicating a complete class to them every once in a while.

Question 7

True or False:

It’s not important that students are presented to a wide range of accents.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

A common activity to improve listening skills is to have students sit (?) to (?) as they converse.

Answer 8

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