Listening

Fecha de publicación: 06-jun-2011 11:26:33

It is possible to find lots of resources that can be useful to develop listening skills in the Internet. Most of them can be categorised according to one of the following four aims:

- To give models and help students improve their pronunciation.

- To train students in word discrimination.

- To provide oral texts useful for extracting specific information.

- To provide oral texts useful for getting the gist, the essence of them.

Improving pronunciation.

Phonetics:

A phonemic chart.

Mr Thorne Does Phonics.

Picture dictionaries.

A video with a phonics alphabet.

Read-along stories (young students).

Read-along stories (older students)

Recognising words or expressions.

Food game (further examples)

Money maze.

Understanding specific information.

Explanations: Planet Earth Museum

Descriptions: Spot the dragon, Face Match

Gap-filling dictations (Listening section)

Telephone talk dictation.

Understanding general information.

Using films: Star Wars

Using documentaries: TEFL clips