Types of Listening
What are the main types of listening used in the classroom?
Intensive listening and extensive listening.
What strategies help students understand difficult audio materials?
Prediction, repetition, and using context clues.
What is the purpose of pre-listening?
To prepare students for listening.b
What do students do while listening?
They listen and find answers.
What do students do after listening?
Talk or write about it.
How is intensive listening different from extensive listening?
Intensive listening focuses on details; extensive listening focuses on general understanding.
How can predicting content before listening help comprehension?
It prepares the brain to expect certain information.
What can students do before listening?
Talk about the topic.
What kind of tasks can be used?
True/False or gap-filling.
Why is post-listening important?
To check understanding.
Why is active listening important for language learners?
It helps students understand meaning and improve communication.
Why is note-taking a useful listening strategy?
Because it helps remember key points.
Why is prediction important
It helps to understand better.
Why should the task be simple?
So students can focus on listening.
What kind of activities can be done?
Discussion or summary.
Can listening for gist help students improve comprehension?
Yes, it helps them catch the main idea of the text.
What should students do if they don’t understand a word?
They should keep listening and guess from the context.
What can teachers use before listening?
Pictures or short questions.
What can teachers do during listening?
Pause and ask questions.
How can teachers help students after listening?
By giving feedback.
What type of listening do students use when watching a movie?
Extensive listening.
How can teachers train students to use context clues while listening?
By practicing with short and meaningful listening texts.
How does pre-listening help students?
It makes listening easier.
What if students don’t understand?
Play the audio again.
What is the goal of post-listening?
To practice speaking and thinking.