The kind of listening students are expected to do at school is often very different from the listening they are used to at home...
they need to develop the skills to identify key ideas, hold information, make connections and develop a sense of the overall meaning or purpose of what they are hearing. Learning through talk, 2009.
Active listening - Give explicit instructions to support listening, Listening games, Short repeated activities, songs, nursery rhymes.
Understandings/comprehension - Using open-ended questions to allow students to make connections to their own experiences, provide many opportunities to discuss ideas in a supportive environment.