50 Ideas To Improve Listening

The primary form of linguistic communication is speech and so listening is the most important receptive (and learning) skill for foreign language students. An ability to listen and interpret many shades of meaning from what is heard, is a fundamental communicative ability. Teaching listening involves training in some ‘enabling skills’ — perception of sounds, stress, intonation patterns, accents, attitudes and so on, as well as ‘practice’ in various styles of listening comprehension.

Acoustics

Our ability to hear is essential to our ability to listen. The first set of ideas concerns the production, corruption, transmission and reception of spoken language.

1. Clear Voice: The teacher needs to use a clear voice with good articulation and sufficient projection to be heard by all the students. The teacher’s voice whether speaking or reading aloud is the first and most important source of listening material for students. A good voice is produced from the diaphragm and not from the upper chest.

2. Cassette or CD Player: A good cassette or CD player for classroom use will have a forward-facing loudspeaker slightly higher than the students’ ear level so that the sound goes directly to the students. If your loudspeaker is too low and the students are sitting in rows, their bodies and the furniture will block the sound. If your player’s loudspeaker points vertically upwards, the sound will be reflected off the ceiling and be distorted. Turn it, so it faces the students.

3. Distortion: The recording/playback heads of a cassette player get dirty in one month of normal use. This dirt distorts the sound of the cassette and makes listening more difficult. Clean the head every month using a cotton bud and de-natured alcohol. Distortion is also caused by the plastic case of CD and cassette players vibrating when played loudly. Put your hand on the case to reduce this vibration.

4. Outside Noise: Reduce the noise coming from outside the classroom by shutting the windows

(or, in hot countries, turning off the air conditioning) while students are listening.

5. Inside Noise: The greatest source of noise which interferes with listening comes from the students themselves. Train them to keep quiet while listening by making sure that they have tasks which force them to listen carefully.

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