Listening Performances

Listening skills

Intensive Listening

It refers to the careful analysis of specific aspects or elements of the language. It can focus on sounds, words, grammar structures or meaning.

For instance, in a class, you select a short clip of an audio about the atomic bomb. Then, you ask your students to listen carefully and list some words that are repetitive in the clip and are unfamiliar to them.

After doing this, you play it again, but this time they have to focus on the right· Intensive listening refers to the careful analysis of specific aspects or elements of the language. It can focus on sounds, words, grammar structures or meaning.

Selective Listening

It allows learners to focus their attention on some specific information. They select which information is relevant to them. For example, as a part of the session, a teacher plays a podcast about global warming and ways to stop it. The students are asked to summarize the audio or to list the names and point of view of each scientist that participated in the interview.

Extensive Listening Interactive Listening

Interactive Listening

It is a two-way interaction between listeners and speakers. Learners are encouraged to listen and then respond to the message. It can be used in situations such as debate or conversation clubs. These are spaces where students get the chance to listen to others and express their point of view about a specific topic. .

It includes listening to a larger text, aiming to understand the general content of it. It is not focused on any questions, task or language aspects, it is done with the purpose of understanding the meaning of it. There are two possible ways to practice this kind of listening inside the classroom. First, allowing students to select an audiobook and second, listening to songs suggested by students.