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How to teach listening...

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馃挱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. 馃攩Purposes of Listening馃攩 馃攰Interactional It is mainly about the interactions between people, including topic and activities in common. 馃攰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. 馃搶BOTTOM UP : consist on decoding the message. 馃搶TOP-DOWN:   relies on the recognitin of sounds, words and grammar ✅ Some activities teachers may implement are: 馃攰 Eavesdropping 馃攰 A stress and rhythm activity  馃攰 TPR  馃攰 Minimal pair

PDP Framework

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馃搶This l esson framework helps teachers plan and deliver effective listening, video and reading lessons.   The framework is based on research and using it helps ensure students are motivated, engaged and active before, while and after (pre, during and post – PDP) listening to, watching or reading a text. 馃摙The stages of the framework are: ✅Pre    Ss prepare to listen:          馃攩they talk about their knowledge or and experience with the topic of the listening or     reading         馃攩they understand the meaning of key vocabulary in the text         馃攩they understand what they will listen or read for in the text before they begin working   with it         馃攩they can make predictions about what the text will be about. ✅During    Ss focus their attention on the listening or reading text and complete tasks which develop and deepen their understanding of the text progressively (i.e., from simpler and more general to more complex and more s

PPP Framework

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馃搶There are several ways to teach a lesson and even more ways for students to learn. If we are looking for a speaking activity, we can develop a good one if we consider this framework. It's effective because it's organized, coherent and helps you to meet specific objectives of your class. 馃摙 The stages are: 1. Present - Here the students get the context teachers will use, the vocabulary is introduced, grammar and pronunciation are as well checked. Stating opinions is very useful for this stage. ✅Teachers may go from brainstorming, dialogues to watching a video. 2. Practice - In this stage, students are given tasks that will help them develop their use of grammar, and put into practice the vocabulary they have learned. ✅Some exercises can include selecting correct answers, finding and correct errors or matching activities. 3. Production - In this part, teachers must complete a communicative task to make sure the objectives are met.

About Me ...

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Hi! 馃挓 I'm Brendaly Fern谩ndez 馃憖 I'm currectly on my 5th and last year of a major in Translation and Interpretation 馃挭馃帗馃捇 I've been teaching for 3 years now, and I've found it as something nice to do. You get to learn a lot of new things! grammatically and personally. I've learn how to deal with students with different personalities and ways to learn. Some random facts about me: 馃搶 I live with my parents, brother and dog. 馃搶 I love hanging out with my friends and having luch dates with my boyfriend. 馃搶 Watching random movies and listening to music are my favorite hobbies. 馃搶 I don't like cooking but how I looove to eat. 馃槀馃槀馃挏