developing students’ listening skills with technology and e-resources
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A presentation at the seminar ‘Enhancing students’ listening with the use of an e-listening platform’ on June 19, 2013; organised by Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School for English Language teachers from secondary schools.TRANSCRIPT
Developing Students’ Listening Skills with Technology and E-resources
Paul Sze
A presentation at the seminar ‘Enhancing students’ listening with the use of an e-listening platform’ on June 19, 2013; organised by Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School for English Language teachers from secondary schools.
Why is listening difficult to L2 learners?
• Rate of processing
• One-off
• Accent variation
• Physical environment
• Language register
• Anxiety
Two routes to improving listening
Intensive Listening
Extensive Listening
The Two Routes <> SLA Theory
Intensive Listening –
Conscious Learning
Extensive Listening –
Unconscious Acquisition
Focus of this presentation
In the 70’s …
Today
How do we make sense of this multitude of listening resources?
Teen Time Librivox audiobooks
Grammar Girl Pocasts TED talks
BBC Sunday Smile Naxos Spoken Word Library
Podcasts TED talks Youtube
Radio archives iTunes HKedCity
Raps Songs The English we Speak
Onion News A minute of English a day
Backchat
… … …
How to think about eResources for Listening …
By genre(talks; conversations; interviews; drama;
songs; raps; etc.)
By resource format
(CDs; podcasts; radio archives; online banks; etc.)
By medium(audio; video; audiobooks)
By response format
(pleasure listening; task-based listening; etc.)
By language level
(beginners; advanced; etc.)
By content (grammar; news; everyday life, etc.)
Examples of eResources for Ext Listening
• Talks: Grammar girl; TEDtalks; • Readalouds: Naxos Spoken Word Library; Librivox• Rap: Flocabulary• Podcasts: Teacher John Snow; BBC The English we
speak• Talk shows: Teen Time; BBC Friday Night comedy• Websites for L2 listening: Breaking News• News: TVB news on HKEdCity; BBC news• Drama: Songbirds; • Videos: Simpsons on Youtube
The Simpsons (on Youtube)
TVB news on HKedCity
Introducing Extensive Listening into your curriculum
• A regular task for every student, e.g, once a week (but refrain from laborious post-listening homework and assessments)
• A self-directed journey: Ss choose what they like to listen to, and report their progress to you once periodically
• Supplement your regular teaching units with extensive listening materials
But perhaps most important of all
Show students that extensive listening is enjoyable
I want to share with you an encouraging experience that I had yesterday. ……
What’s on Paul’s iPhone?
• BBC: The English we speak
• BBC: Friday Night Comedy
• The Onion radio news
• The Onion news videos
• The Best of Youtube
• TED talks
• …
Ted + Youtube
A flipped lesson based on a Youtubevideo
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