4. Listening Skill
Listening is the first of the four language
skills.
Listening is the process of
receiving, attending to, and assigning
meaning to aural and visual stimuli
5. Key meaning
of listen L= look
I= inquire
S= summaries
T=take notes
E= encourage
N= neturalise
6. Receiving language through ears
Identifying the sound of speech
Receive individual
sounds(letters, stress, rhythm, and pauses)
7. Importance of
listening
It is essential for language teachers to help
their students become effective listeners.
It is an important skill for us to hone.
We listen far more than we speak.
8. In most profession settings from 41 percent
to 60 percent or more of our communication
time is spent listening.
Students may receive as much as 90% of
their in-school information through listening
to instructors and to one another.
9. Focus and attention
Work at harder
Second language requires even great
focus
10. Listening is like painting, like colour, in day to day
environment.
Listening is important or face to face
encounters, telephone messages, for enjoyment of
radio and television programs, formal lectures, etc.
11. For practice we can listen recorded voices.
The most important thing is to listen to a
variety of voices as often as we can.
12. In our own language , listening is usually
the first language skill that we learn.
A good listener tried to understand
throughly what the other person is saying.
13. “Listening looks easy, but it’s not simple.
Every head is a world”
“If speaking is silver, then listening is
gold”
14. Understand what people are saying
To speak clear
To pronounce words properly
Intonation
Stress
Make speech easier