Questions and Answers
What is one of the barriers to active listening?
Receiving is the last stage of listening.
False
What is the importance of ethical listening?
Respect
The _______________ stage of listening involves comprehending the messages that you have accommodated.
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Match the following active listening skills with their descriptions:
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Top-down and bottom-up are stages of listening.
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What is one of the key active listening skills?
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According to Vandergrift, listening is a natural ability that is inborn.
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What percentage of communication is spent listening?
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Listening is an integral part of _______________ (basic human skills)
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What is the main difference between hearing and listening?
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Match the following types of syllabus with their descriptions:
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What is an example of an artificial material?
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Listening exercises provide teachers with means for drawing learners' attention.
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What is the importance of active listening in the language classroom?
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Study Notes
Listening and Language Learning
- 70-80% of communication is listening, and 45% of our time is spent listening
- Listening is an active and intentional process, requiring thoughtful attention to understand the speaker's message
Definition of Listening
- Hearing is a passive process of perceiving sounds, while listening is an active process of understanding the meaning expressed by the speaker
- Listening involves receiving, understanding, remembering, evaluating, and responding to the speaker's message
Types of Syllabus
- Structural: focuses on grammar structure
- Situational: focuses on learners' needs to use language in specific situations
- Topical: focuses on themes and topics
- Functional: focuses on communicative functions
- Notional: focuses on conceptual categories and quality
- Task-based: focuses on activities and tasks
Importance of Active Listening
- Active listening is essential in the language classroom for effective communication and interaction
- It provides a means of understanding language as native speakers use it
- Listening exercises help teachers draw learners' attention and promote active listening
Barriers to Active Listening
- Noise: physical, psychological, physiological, and semantic
- Attention span: maintaining attention for a finite length of time should be short and engaging
- Receiver biases: withholding judgment and promoting open-minded listening
- Listener apprehension: fear of not understanding the message
Key Active Listening Skills
- Pay attention: letting the speaker finish first
- Withhold judgment: staying open-minded
- Clarity: seeking clarification to understand the speaker's message
- Reflect: understanding the speaker's experience and emotion
- Summarize: stating a fact to clarify understanding
- Share: understanding the speaker's perspective
Adapting Materials
- Finding and evaluating materials: using a checklist to adapt materials
- Analyzing: matching current objectives with desired materials
- Classifying: identifying materials that need to be adapted
- Filling in the gaps: finding resources to supplement materials
- Reorganizing: completing the list of adapted materials
Checklist for Adopting Textbooks
- Materials background: author credentials
- Fit to curriculum: need, goals, and content
- Physical characteristics: layout, organization
- Logistically characteristic: price, availability
- Teachability: answer key
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Learn about the importance of active listening in language learning, its definition, types of syllabus, and how it enables effective communication and interaction in the language classroom.
