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How to improve speaking and listening

... my English is not good enough, especially speaking and listening. I often listen to BBC news and Star movie channel although it's not ... mixed ability classes Thematic approach › listening is the first listening is the first step for learning English ...

Forum topic - kim Uyen - 1 Jul 2008 - 16:27 - 9 comments - 0 attachments

how to improve the students'listening ability

As you know,listening is very important in second language learning .I have been teaching ... my teaching ,I find it difficult to improve the students'listening ability.Can you give me some useful ways of listening activities to enhance their listening skills? ‹ Diploma paper, ...

Forum topic - kangxiaolian - 10 Dec 2008 - 02:59 - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Listening: Top down and bottom up

In 'real-life' listening, our students will have to use a combination of the two processes, with more emphasis on 'top-down' or 'bottom-up' listening depending on their reasons for listening. Top down vs. bottom-up listening In the ...

Articles - admin - 1 Apr 2008 - 03:18 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Pre listening

Pre-listening activities are things learners do before a listening activity in order to prepare for listening. These activities have various purposes, including pre-teaching or ...

Knowledge wiki - admin - 27 Mar 2008 - 07:02 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

A framework for planning a listening skills lesson

Listening is one of the most challenging skills for our students to develop and ... intend to outline a framework that can be used to design a listening lesson that will develop your students' listening skills and look at some of the issues involved. The basic ...

Articles - Nik Peachey - 25 Apr 2008 - 18:01 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Listening for young learners

... this article I will briefly focus on how I try to develop listening skills with our young learners who are learning English as an ... with some insights that I have gained from trying to make listening in my classroom more comprehensible. The nature of ...

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Making listening an authentic experience

... like to focus on two key areas of developing our students' listening skills. The type of listening tasks we choose The way we prepare our students before ...

Articles - Nik Peachey - 24 Apr 2008 - 12:57 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Listening and elementary learners

This article is about making the listening experience in the classroom more similar to what we do in real life. ... words, I had quite a bit of personal investment in my listening. I listened to all the news, but I can't tell you what I 'heard,' ... or at least fairly strong, interest in what we are listening to. Secondly, we usually choose which specific piece of ...

Articles - admin - 1 Apr 2008 - 03:20 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Teaching speaking and listening skills

... a few tips to get you started with teaching speaking and listening skills to young learners. The aims are: To think about what ... young learners To think about how you can make listening fun and easy, not hard and boring Age The tips ...

LA primary tips - jobertrand - 12 Mar 2009 - 17:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Teaching listening

"How can I teach listening effectively, with limited resources?" Any comments or ideas for Akshan? How can one teach listening effectively, in any kind of environment? Have you had specific ... Have you got any unusual or novel ways of dealing with listening in class? Any tips, suggestions or comments? Contact us ...

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