How to teach listening...
💭Is listening Active or Passive? Listening is an active activity because it requires people to be paying attention. We are analizing information whenever we participate in conversations, phone calls or any other activity that requires our attention. 🔆Purposes of Listening🔆 🔊Interactional It is mainly about the interactions between people, including topic and activities in common. 🔊Transactional It is mainly about understanding the message. For example, listening to a doctor´s point of view. You have to understand the message so that you will know what medicine to take. 📌BOTTOM UP : consist on decoding the message. 📌TOP-DOWN: relies on the recognitin of sounds, words and grammar ✅ Some activities teachers may implement are: 🔊 Eavesdropping 🔊 A stress and rhythm activity 🔊 TPR 🔊 Minimal pair