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Students Do During
See It
Keep It Short
Play It Again
Change It Up
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Prelistening
Whilelistening
listening
Prelistening
Whilelistening
Postlistening
1 minute,
5 seconds
7 minutes
4 minutes
2. Riddles
3 minutes
9 minutes
4. Listen to recording:
True/False
1 minute,
5 seconds
5. Check answers
1 minute
6. Follow-up questions
6 minutes
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1. Introduction
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Yes
Sort of
No/Not
really
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Many activities we do
in the course of
a listening lesson are
actually not listening.
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Picture dictation
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Seeing answers
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No
Sometimes
Stand up
Remain seated
Wave your
arms
Often
Sometimes
Never
Jump
up
Hold a
book in
the air
Put your
hands
over your
eyes
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4. PLAY IT AGAIN
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APPENDIX
Answer Key to Quiz on What Constitutes Real Listening Practice
Note: These answers are the opinion of the author and are not definitive.
1 . Yes. Its a type of dictation. Students are writing down words that they hear. Writing
is involved, but the primary emphasis is on listening. It sounds like fun, too! Besides,
students will need to practice listening while theres lots of noise around. That happens
in real life. This task might not be the greatest listening task ever invented, but its worth
doing now and then. We like variety.
2 . Yes. This is a picture dictation. Students must listen and understand, and they
immediately draw. Its a useful comprehension task.
3 . No. Students are working on vocabulary. They are not actively engaged in any listening.
4 . Sort of. Students listen closely and write the missing words simultaneously. I say sort
of here because when there is a lot of text, students are likely to rely primarily on their
reading skills. Sort-of listening activities are okay sometimesas long as we have a lot of
variety and are also doing true listening activities.
5 . No. This is reading and enunciation practice. Does one student truly listen (and do
something) while the other reads? I say no.
6 . Sort of. Students may get some listening practice here. Or they may understand almost
nothing. It really depends on how the teacher speaks. And does the teacher provide some
do-during tasks? Natural, spontaneous talk is helpful now and then, but it should not
entirely replace well-designed do-during activities.
7. No. Answering comprehension questions does not really constitute listening.Yes, students
have to comprehend the teachers questions, but the audio text is no longer playing. This is
more of a memory test. Students can remain quiet and hope the teacher does not call on
them. Very little listening is going on at this stage.
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