Listening skills

LISTENING SKILLSClass 4

March 14, 2012

Today• Review/Practice Minimal Pairs

• Listening strategies and listening for details

Minimal PairsMy mom brought home a cat/cut yesterday.

My family took a ship/sheep from England to New York long ago.

In the bible, killing is a sin/thin.

Step one, put the eggs in the fan/pan.

The university decided to ban/van smart phones from classrooms.

I broke my list/wrist yesterday. It really hurt.

Tony’s exam grades were really law/low.

I would like a cap/cup of coffee, please.

More Minimal Pairs Practicelick/leak peak/pick

fill/feel sin/scene

snicker/sneaker

live/leave

jeans/gins

bin/bean

Listening StrategiesFirst thing to remember:

You don’t always need to catch EVERY word.

You don’t always catch every word in your native language; why expect to catch everything in a second language?

Listening Strategies- Whenever you are listening, there is a purpose.

- Examples:

- Getting specific details for an assignment- Setting a meeting time- Getting personal information about a new person

you have just met- Following instructions

Listening Strategies: Context & Knowledge

• When you listen, try to think about the situation.

• Consider what kind of information may be important for the situation.

• Use your previous knowledge to help you. (You have been having conversations since you were a child!)


• Use your previous knowledge to help you. (You have been having conversations since you were a child!)

• Think about what people usually say in certain situations.

• OR

• Think about what people are likely to say in certain situations.


• Example situation: Self-introduction.

• You meet someone for the first time

OR

Someone does a self-introduction.

• What kinds of things will they talk about?

Self-introductionName

Where he/she is from

Blood type Age

Future dream

Family info (i.e., members)

Interests/hobbies

Major (area of study)

Job (occupation)

Self-introductionName – Greg (Gregory)

Where he/she is from: Denver, Colorado

Blood type Age

Future dream: Work for a company in Arizona

Family info (i.e., members)

Interests/hobbies: reading, hiking, hanging out with friends

Major (area of study): Economics & Spanish

Job (occupation): PT job as cashier

http://www.esl-lab.com/selfintro/selfintrord1.htm

http://www.esl-lab.com/selfintro/selfintrord1.htm


Situation: A man calls a travel company to book a flight.


• Situation: A man calls a travel company to book a flight.

• Discuss with a partner:

• What kinds of things would they talk about?

• What questions would be asked?

• What words/phrases might you hear?


Situation: A man calls a travel company to book an flight.

1. When is the man’s departure date this month?

2. How long is the man’s layover between flights?

3. What is the man’s destination?

4. What is the flight number for the second half of his trip? 5. What request did the man make regarding his flight?

6. How much is the flight? 7. What time will he arrive at his destination?

http://www.esl-lab.com/flight/flightrd1.htm

http://www.esl-lab.com/flight/flightrd1.htm

1. When is the man’s departure date this month? 23rd

2. How long is the man’s layover between flights? 4:35-5:55 (1 hr 20 min)

3. What is the man’s destination? -Helsinki4. What is the flight number for the second half of his trip? Flight 90 5. What request did the man make regarding his flight? vegetarian meal6. How much is the flight? $9807. What time will he arrive at his destination? 8:30 am the next day


At a lost & found

Listening for details• Conversation 1:

• Size:

• Color:

• Material:

• Feature(s)


• Size:

• Color:

• Material:

• Feature(s)

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