Basic listening skills

1. Basic Listening skills
Presented by….
Prof. Sonali R. Pawar
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2. INTRODUCTION
 Listening skill is the ability to understand English when it is spoken It is a receptive skill.
 It is the first skill that provides background to language to learning.
 The student listens to oral speech in English then separates into segments,
 The stretch of utterances he heats,
 Groups them into words phrases and sentences,
 And finally he she understands the message these carry,
 It is always there in every linguistic activity listening is important for casual chats,
 face-to-face encounters and telephone messages,
 for enjoyment of radio and television programs,
 formal lectures for understanding lectures
 and many other activities there is a need for an active involvement of the efficient performance of listening.
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3. Sub – skills of Listening : Rosts (1990) has
distinguished following sub – skills of
listening: perception is recognizing
prominence within utterances including
discriminating sounds in words especially
phonemic contrasts, discriminating strong
and weak forms phonetic change at word
boundaries and identifying use of stress and
pitch (information units emphasis, etc.).
Purpose of listening :
Galvin (1985) has identified the following purposes of
listening:
• Listening for Appreciation: It can increase our
enjoyment through radio and TV programs Close
attention will enable us to increase our own used of
language.
• Listening for Information: Through informative
listening we can find answers to the problems, get
directions hear news of current interest and get the
opinions of other it provides food for conservation and
examples for the examples for the expansion of ideas
speeches and letters and in other writings.
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4. • Selective Listening (selecting certain features at
a time):
 The technique of selective listening consists
fundamentally in listening only to certain features at
a time one should listen for only one feature or set of
features at a time then one should listen successively
to all the features of a language the features of
selective listening are phonetic feature vocabulary
and grammar (morphology and syntax)
• Intensive listening (for details):
 If a teacher wants to train the listeners to have the
ability for detailed comprehension of meaning and
to get them to particular features of language such
as vocabulary grammar or pronunciation they must
train the listeners in intensive listening practice
• Extensive Listening (general idea):
 Stories rhymes songs television advertisement
poems fairy tales and legends are given for
extension listening through extensive listening
plenty of opportunity is given to develop and
exercise one’s listening skill in a natural way
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5. Aims of teaching listening skill: Listening skill is being taught to enable the student to:
• Discriminate between the basic sound and phonological features of English including vowels consonants diphthongs
and consonant clusters
• Discriminate between the basic patterns of word stress sentence stress and intonation
• Understand meaning of words phrases and sentences in context
• Understand statements questions instructions and commands
• Respond to simple and complex oral instructions requests and directions conveyed in person or by telephone
• Understand the main ideas and some significant details of simple spoken narratives and descriptive texts
• Follow directions given orally
• Grasp the substance and central idea of what is heard
• Maintain his/her listening attention for a reasonable length of time
• Listen to poems songs parodies music and enjoy them
• Listen with understanding discussions on different topics
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Techniques of developing listening skill:
 we may have exercises at the phonological level of
English.
 we may also have listening comprehension exercises
Dictation
 Recording exercises
 Listen to the passage
 Listening for the message
 Responding with a physical movement
 Making object
 Tick off items
 Grids
 Family tree
 Biodata format, bank or a passport form,
railway reservation form, timetables
 Flow charts
 Using maps
 Predictions
 Summarizing
 Problem solving listening comprehension:
exercises student listen to the description
of presentation of problem and salve it, by
doing what is required of them.

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Activate listening:
 Listening is the most fundamental component of
interpersonal communication skill.
 Listening is not something that just happened that is
hearing, listening is an active process in which a
conscious decision is made to little to and understand the
message of the speaker.
 Listener should not be tempted to jump in with questions
or comments every time there are a few seconds of
silence.
 Active listening is the process by which and individual
secure information from another individual or group.
 The active element involves taking step to drop out
information that might not otherwise be shared.
Self awareness:
 Why developed self-awareness
 Self awareness in relationships
 Developed self awareness
How to work on itself awareness:
 Assess your self talk
 In practice
 Use your senses
 In practice
 Get your feeling out
 In practice

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Sign of a active listening:
Smile
Eye contact
Posture
Mirroring
Distraction
Becoming an active Listener:
Pay attention but be relax:
 look at the speaker directly
 put aside distraction distracting thought
 don't mentally prepared a rebutta
 avoid being distracted by environmental factors, for
example side conversations.
 Llisten to the speakers body language
show that you are a listening:
• use your own body language and gestures
to convey your attention
• Nor occasionally
• Smile and use other facial expressions
• note your posture and make sure it is open
and inviting
• Encourage the speaker to continue with
small verbal communication like yes and uh
huh

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 Listen without jumping to conclusions
 Don't be sentence grabber
 Listen to the word and try to picture what the speaker is
saying
 Don't interrupt and does not import your solution
 When listening to someone talk about a problem, refrain
from suggesting solutions
 Wait for the speaker to pause to ask clarifying questions
 Ask questions only two ensure understanding
 Try to feel what the speaker is feeling
 To experiences empathy, you have to put yourself in the
other person place
 Give the speaker regular feedback
 Pay attention to what is not say to learn verbal causes
 Face to face with the person
Becoming an active listener:
 Pay attention but be relax
 Show that you are listening
 Providing feedback
 Defer judgment
 Respond appropriate
 Reflecting
 Emotional labeling
 Validation
 Effective pause
 Silence
 I messages
 Redirecting
 Face the speaker and maintain eye contact
 Keep and open mind

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Listening in difficult situations:
 Dinner at the restaurant, where it seem like you can hear
the table next to you more than your own table?
 Talking with someone who keeps convert converting
their mouth?
 Trying to talk with someone on the other side of the room
 Listening to a lecture who is standing far away from you
 Someone talking really fast or really loud

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General tips general tips to improve your hearing:
 Everyday sound can be disturbing
 TV and radio sounds because of background noise
Experiencing music
 Television
 In the car
 Social gatherings
 Restaurant and Pubs
 Attending lectures /meetings
 Door bells, wake-up and fire alarms.

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