{"id":1433,"date":"2011-10-16T07:35:01","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T07:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2011-10-16T07:35:01","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T07:35:01","slug":"102-article-listening-an-important-soft-skill-by-shoba-rao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=1433","title":{"rendered":"#102, Article: &#8216;Listening: An Important Soft Skill&#8217; by Shoba Rao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#102 | October 17 | <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ISSN 0975-3036<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/subscribe-to-eltweekly-free\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\ufeffSubscribe to ELTWeekly (FREE)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listening is an important component of communication and an activity which is much more than mere hearing. It involves more attention and aids in building relationships that can bring\u00a0 success both in one\u2019s personal or professional front. The fact \u00a0that we have two ears and one mouth shows that listening is a more difficult task than speaking. Therefore, \u00a0listening \u00a0needs to be developed and nutured from the primary level itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening is hampered when the listener does not have the knowledge of \u00a0the<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sound system of the language<\/li>\n<li>words order in the sentence and their meaning<\/li>\n<li>meaning of individual words and the relation between words in the sentence<\/li>\n<li> meaning and use of \u00a0language in a \u00a0particular situations<\/li>\n<li>information \u00a0conveyed through non-verbal means such as \u00a0facial expression,\u00a0 eye contact, and \u00a0body posture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just as speaking and writing are given importance as productive skills, reading and listening require special training for their development as they are resceptive skills.There is no doubt that it is an important soft that needs to be honed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong> Effective and Ineffective Listeners in the Class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective listners use both previous knowledge in processing the text which is called the top-down approach\u00a0 and the bottom-up approach wherein\u00a0 they listen to each individual sound and words to comprehend the text , whereas ineffective listeners use only bottom-up approach to comprehend.<\/li>\n<li>Effective listeners know when to divert from listening and read the text , whereas, ineffective listeners are perplexed by the words they come across and by the\u00a0 length of the text.<\/li>\n<li>Effective listeners do not listen word to word to comprehend unlike ineffective listners.<\/li>\n<li>Effective listeners make use of\u00a0 all the knowledge they possess to make sense of the message, but ineffective listeners do not \u00a0do so.<\/li>\n<li>Effective listeners participate actively in the listening process,whereas\u00a0 ineffective listeners are passive and indifferent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Training in active listening can help students become effective listeners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Word About Listening Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Provide pre-listening tasks that are familiar to\u00a0 learners so that they be prepared about \u00a0what they would be listening<\/li>\n<li> Use authentic\u00a0 speech for listening<\/li>\n<li> Screen visual aids along with audio text to enhance listening skills whenever necessary.<\/li>\n<li> Make the while listening task purposeful and meaningful to sustain interest in the learners.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some Effective Listening Tasks that Involve Other Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Listen      and do as instructed \u2013write suitable titles, label, assemble parts, draw,      colour, stick, arrange the sentences. (listening\/writing\/drawing)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      and write down the predictions and add a few more to the list.      (listening\/writing\/critical thinking)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      to the text and then write what you have heard correctly.(listening\/writing)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      to the text and state whether the following sentences are true or false. .(listening\/writing)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      to the text and fill in the blanks. .(listening\/writing)<\/li>\n<li> Listen and answer the following questions.      .(listening\/writing)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      to a set of instructions and repeat it.(Listening\/Speaking)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      to a part of the story\/text and complete it meaningful. (listening\/writing)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      to the text and complete the missing words. (listening\/writing)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      to an important issue and have a class discuss. (listening\/speaking)<\/li>\n<li>Listen      and have a simulation activity. (listening\/speaking)<\/li>\n<li>(Listening      Game)Students listen and repeat what is said from the beginning and then      add his\/her sentence so that the next student who listens to the sentences      repeats all the sentences and adds his\/her sentence. In this way, the      chain continues. The one\u2019s who is not able to repeat the sentences      correctly have to be dropped out of the game. (listening\/speaking)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Sample Listening Task at the Primary Level<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre-listening task:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is rightly said that the face is the mirror of the heart. So talk to students about facial expressions and how we come to know about a person\u2019s mood looking at his\/her face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While Listening Task <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Draw while you listen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Draw      a big circle in the middle of the page.<\/li>\n<li>Draw      three vertical lines on top of the big circle.<\/li>\n<li>Within      the circle, leave one inch from the top and draw two small circles, one      besides the other.<\/li>\n<li> Draw two small, dark circles within these      circles.<\/li>\n<li>On      the outer big circle, on either side, draw a semicircle in line with the      small circles.<\/li>\n<li>Within      this semicircle, draw another semicircle.<\/li>\n<li>Below      this draw a triangle with its apex facing the top.<\/li>\n<li>Leave      some space and below this, draw an arc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The teacher needs to check if the students have drawn a smiling face or a sad face!!!<\/p>\n<p>Instruct them to <strong>ALWAYS KEEP A<\/strong> <strong>SMILING FACE<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#102 | October 17 | ISSN 0975-3036 \ufeffSubscribe to ELTWeekly (FREE) Listening is an important component of communication and an activity which is much more than mere hearing. 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