Examples of listening tasks according to stages of listening class
Pre-listening activities 2
Association 2
Eliciting 3
Linking 3
Listing 5
Mind-mapping 5
Predicting 6
Miming 7
Prioritising 7
Ranking 7
Rating 8
Categorising 8
Finding Differences / Similarities 8
Matching 9
Paraphrasing 9
Asking/Answering Questions 10
Quiz 10
While-listening activities 10
Miming 10
Completing 11
Gap-filling 12
Table-filling 13
Ranking 14
Reordering 15
Categorising 15
Correction 16
Finding Differences / Similarities 16
Matching 17
Multiple Choice 18
True / False Statements 18
Dictation 18
Information Transfer 20
Note-taking 22
Labelling 22
Picture completion 24
Outlining 25
Asking/Answering Questions 25
Post-listening activities 26
Dramatizing 26
Miming 27
Role-play 27
Simulation 28
Completing 29
Expanding / Extending 29
Table-filling 30
True / False Statements 30
Ranking 32
Rating 33
Finding Differences / Similarities 34
Communicative games 34
Describing 34
Review 35
Summary 36
Interview 36
Jig-saw 37
Questionnaire 37
Survey (Opinion Poll) 39
Debate 39
Decision Making 40
Discussion 40
Planning 41
Problem Solving 41
Survival games. 41
Variation 1. Desert Island. 41
Students imagine that they are going to spend next three months on an island (on the moon, etc.) alone. Fresh water and vegetation are provided and there is no real danger from wild animals. Students are given a list of objects and are asked to choose 5 of them, which they would like to take and to put them in order of importance. They should also be prepared to say why they want to take these things. 41
Variation 2. Who is the next? 41
Students work in groups. Each of them selects any profession from the list. 41
Oral Presentation 41
Story telling 42
Composition 42
Pre-listening activities Association
Inspired by words.
Teacher writes some words on the blackboard. Students are to write some associations under each.
e.g.
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table
mother
captivation
wood
love
prison
kitchen
childhood
fear
dinner
home
cage
vase
care
gate
napkins
perfume
guard
legs
chains
Reminding word.
Teacher introduces new words to students. Students are to suggest a word they know which reminds them of the new one. Teacher writes this word on the blackboard and erases a new one. Students are to recollect it with the help of reminding word.
e.g.
a new word: helicopter
a reminding word: dragon-fly
or
a new word: rewind
a reminding word: remind
Inspired by pictures.
Students look at the doodles and say what they might denote.
e.g.
Eliciting
Eliciting background knowledge.
The teacher asks questions to see what students know on the topic.
e.g. (topic “Fashion”)
What fashion styles / models / model agencies do you know?
Which country is considered to be the centre of fashion?