26 minutes
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From Sounds to Sense

Listening is more than simply playing a recording and checking answers. So, how can a teacher support learners to become more confident and effective listeners?

This video is for teachers who are building their teaching skills or refining their existing practice. It explores what successful listening involves, why learners often find it challenging, and practical strategies for developing listening fluency in the second language classroom.

Description

Using authentic footage from a real English language lesson, Teacher Educator Jamie King leads you through a guided observation of the lesson, combining classroom practice with expert insights into the theory and practice of teaching listening skills.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the video, you will be better able to:

• Plan and stage an effective receptive skills lesson using the Pre-While-Post approach
• Identify a range of listening sub-skills
• Distinguish between top-down and bottom-up listening processes
• Recognise key factors that can make listening lessons more engaging, meaningful and successful
• Observe and evaluate how these principles are applied and managed in practice