A framework for planning a listening skills lesson

Maybe we are not so aware of listening strategies as we are of reading ones. I want to share with you a teaching sequence to develop students’ listening skills that can be applied in our classes.
Nik Peachey is a teacher, trainer and materials writer. His article “A framework for planning a listening skills lesson” has been published at The British Council website.
Within this article he describes a framework for listening development that he has found to be effective and motivating for his students. He divides this basic framework in three stages: pre-listening, listenig and post-listening.
During the pre-listening stage, students will be motivated and prepared to listen.The text have to meet their interest and the activities have to arouse their curiosity As reagrds the preparation, some relevant and specific vocabulary and expressions should be anticipated. Apart from this, the text has to be contextualized with tasks that contribute to provide its original environment.
At the listening stage, teacher should provide a wide range of activities. The activities after the first listening should be easy and their aims should be to get the general idea of the text; the ones after the second listening should demand a greater and more detailed understanding of the text. Finally, students check their answers or give a different interpretation of the text.
The third stage involves the post-listening. At this stage, the activities can be focused in the content of the text or in the linguistic forms used to express it. The former type of activities will focus on students reactions, while the latter will allow their development of the language.
Needless to say that this can be applied to any kind of listening, even a song. If you want to see an example of how you can use this framework you can visit the website by clicking HERE.
I found this framework really interesting and useful. I think it is worth your while applying it.

Cheeps