CHAPTER – IV

Listening & Speaking Skill

 Teaching listening
What is Listening?

A: English is a global language. It is widely distributed

geographically. People in different countries, and even
in different parts of the same country(as in India), use
English. English is not always quite easy, and the task
of teaching listening skill is to be given due attention
and time. In recent years, listening has been given a
great importance in second language classrooms.
Methods of Listening
1. Identification of Sounds
2. Use of Homonyms
3. Identification of Space between Words
4. Identification of Stress
5. Describing Picture
6. Who am I Technique
7. Dictation
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF LISTENING?

A:
There are two types of listening-
(i) Extensive Listening
(ii) Intensive Listening
WHAT IS EXTENSIVE LISTENING?
A: Listening for enjoyment is called Extensive Listening.
This kind of listening does not have the purpose of
completing some task after listening, when we listen to
music, a speech on the radio, a play or a poem we are
doing extensive listening.
 What is Intensive Listening?

A: Intensive listening aims at a detailed

comprehension of meaning, complete
concentration is required for intensive
listening. It has a very definite purpose like
identifying certain facts or details training is
the basic focus in Intensive Listening.
 What Is Speaking? Teaching
A: Of all the language skills, speaking is the most active
one. It is always reciprocal. In other words, it is
interactive. It can not be preconceived or preplanned. It
is a productive skill and the speaker needs to be apt in
improvising and decision-making as to what to speak,
when to speak and how to speak.
 Methods Of Speaking:

1. Oral Communication
2. Set Spoken Exchanges
3. Completion Type
4. Rolling Story
5. Discussion
6. Debate
7. Interviews For Collecting Information
8. Finding The Difference Types
What Is Rhyme?

Generally speaking a rhyme is a variety

of poetry which is highly structured and
rhythmic. Rhymes are usually short
poems of four musical lines.
 Action Rhyme
Action rhymes are those rhymes which the children
need to recite and perform through the movement
of their bodies.
6 R Factors

Rhyme Rhythm Repetition

Registratio Recall Reproduction

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 Steps Of Action Rhymes
 Learn the rhyme by heart. Practice the correct
stress rhyme & rhyme.
 If the pictures are given in the book are not
adequate, you may draw some more that will
help the students to understand the rhyme
better
 In the class tell your students how you are going
to teach them the rhythm.
 Recite the rhyme aloud with proper stress &
rhythm.
 Use action/gestures where possible & repeat
the rhyme several times.
 Students listen with concentration
 The next day read the line , line by line
 Students read after the teacher in
chorus, in groups & individually
 Then students read the rhymes by
themselves in chorus , in groups &
individually.
 Get students to recall the earlier
rhymes as often as possible.
 What is mime?
Mime is an art of transmitting messages without
using words . Mime is speechless.
 Benefits of having Rhymes

 Rhymes empower children to speak English

 In rhymes language items are repeated
 Pronunciation & English sounds are to be practiced
 Most of the rhymes are performed. So children enjoy the
learning
 rhymes encourage children to learn English
 Give enough scope to listening & speaking
 Rhymes stir the creativity and imagination
 Benefits of Story Telling

 Stories give children enough scope for listening &

speaking
 Stories transport them to the world of imagination
 Set up a bridge between the real and imaginative
world
 Stories provide for the opportunity of the repetition
 help to reinforce a child’s conceptual development