Module 4: Lesson 4 - Extensive & Intensive listening Flashcards
What is the main difference between intensive and extensive listening?
Intensive listening usually only takes a few minutes and is focused specific details, whereas extensive listening takes place over longer periods of time, and is focused on understanding the overall meaning rather than the details.
Give an overview of intensive listening in terms of recordings, skill level, and objective.
Short recordings: learners are exposed to short audio recordings to which they need to pay a great amount of attention, focusing on understanding each detail. It should be short so that concentration isn’t broken.
All skill levels: the audio needs to be appropriate for the level in question.
Objectives:
- can focus on grammatical structures, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
- challenges learners to understand every element of the audio.
What are 3 advantages of intensive listening?
It helps learners to:
- focus on specific information
- increase their language acquisition
- focus on grammar and vocabulary already learned.
Name 3 thing students can listen for to improve their intensive listening skills.
Listening for a phone number or email address.
Listening for a grammatical structure (should have/used to).
Listening for pronunciation - minimal pairs (example: man with a bird/beard).
Give an overview of extensive listening.
- Focus on longer activities (up to an hour).
- Focus on overall understanding instead of individual parts.
- Goal is to understand spoken language in real-world context.
- Good for intermediate to advanced students working towards fluency.
Name 3 advantages of doing extensive listening activities with your learners.
Students acquire a better lexical range.
Students can communicate more effectively.
Overall listening ability improves.
Name 3 tools you could use to help students improve their extensive listening skills.
Online lectures / talks: TedEd
TV series in English: Netflix
Podcast in English: The Joe Rogan Experience
