General Listening Strategies

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Concentrate and keep your mind focussed on what you are listening to Listen intently Get an overall view of the text – you do not need to understand or memorize every word When listening to oral text more than once:- Identify the main ideas the first time - Identify specific details, like numbers, names etc Lean and apply the right listening skills

Listening Skills A. Listening for main ideas • • •

Find out what the text is all about Take note of all the key words Summarize them into one sentence

Listening Skills A. Listening for specific information • • •

Concentrate on relevant parts Ignore the irrelevant information Attention given to names, dates, numbers, reasons/ causes, and places

Listening Skills A. Paraphrasing • • •

Listen and understand what is being said Identify the main ideas and key words. Link them logically and restate using your own words

Listening Skills A. Summarising • • • •

Listen and understand what is said In shorter and precise form Only main ideas are included Details will be discarded

Listening Skills A. Making Inferences •

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Making intelligent guess or making logical interpertation based on information given Analyze the availabe information & interpret the whole meaning Make use of background knowledge and common sense

Listening Skills A. Predicting • •

Guessing what the speaker is going to say next Pay attention to transition markers as they help in predicting what comes next

Listening Skills: Transition Markers •    

Change of direction But However Even though Furthermore

• Cause & effect  because, so

Listening Skills: Transition Markers • Additional information  In addition  Moreover  Furthermore  And

Listening Skills: Transition Markers • Sequence  First, second, third…  Next  Finally  Last • Illustration  For example, such as, like

Listening Skills: Transition Markers • Conclusion  As a result  Therefore  Hence  Thus  In conclusion

Listening Skills A. Drawing Conclusion • • •

Think carefully what has been said Next, form a logical opinion Similar steps to making predictions

Listening Skills A. Recognizing attitudes, roles & relationship •

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Attention to signals in spoken discourse – tone, speed, volume & quality of voice Attention to speakers’ choice of words

Listening Skills I.

Listening Critically

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Distinguish fact from opinion Analyze & evaluate the information Listen to all information critically as speaker may say something unreasonable, exaggerate or unreliable.

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