To be honest, I am not using a tool for listening. My teaching of listening is restricted with listen&answer type of in-class activities. I know that students usually have trouble with listening and I suggest them to watch TV series and movies. Additionally, if it is exam time, I refer them to a website to revise for the listening part of the exam. Maybe, I should do more than these. Maybe, I should start using those tools mentioned in the article or some other tools as well.
Once I used podcasts for listening exercises, which worked quite well. The selection criterium for those podcasts was that they were specially made for beginner level English language learners, but this also made them a whole lot less authentic.
I have been using podcasts for a long time. I prefer them as they provide authentic listening material on a wide rante of subjects. I believe Most students don't make use of strategies such as note-taking. They consider listening as complicated task.
To be honest, I am not using a tool for listening. My teaching of listening is restricted with listen&answer type of in-class activities. I know that students usually have trouble with listening and I suggest them to watch TV series and movies. Additionally, if it is exam time, I refer them to a website to revise for the listening part of the exam. Maybe, I should do more than these. Maybe, I should start using those tools mentioned in the article or some other tools as well.
ReplyDeleteOnce I used podcasts for listening exercises, which worked quite well. The selection criterium for those podcasts was that they were specially made for beginner level English language learners, but this also made them a whole lot less authentic.
ReplyDeleteI have been using podcasts for a long time. I prefer them as they provide authentic listening material on a wide rante of subjects. I believe Most students don't make use of strategies such as note-taking. They consider listening as complicated task.
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