Module 4: Lesson 5 - Listening for gist and detail Flashcards
What are 2 sub-skills of listening?
Listening for gist
Listening for detail
What are the differences between listening for gist and detail?
Listening for gist entails listening for the main idea of the text.
Listening for detail is where the learner listens more intently and listens for specific details.
What are two things you can ask yourself when listening for gist?
What is the speaker most likely talking about?
What are the content words here?
Share some advice when listening for gist (3).
- Don’t be worried about understanding all the small details, you are listening for the main idea.
- Listen for keywords - content words are normally stressed, focus words aren’t.
- Listen to the speaker’s tone of voice to get an idea of the mood of the audio.
What tools can you use in listening for gist in the classroom?
Comprehension questions
- What topic is the speaking talking about?
- How does the speaker feel about the experience?
- Did the story end well or badly?
Listening with varying focus:
- a radio report to get the general story.
- a story to find out the ending.
- to find out how the speaker feels.
- to understand the main idea.
Teacher tasks:
- choosing main idea of audio.
- thinking of good title/sub-title for audio.
- summarizing main ideas of audio.
- writing sections of audio.
- ordering the information.
- making predictions.
- selecting right picture to go with audio.
Share some advice when listening for detail (3).
- First, listen to get the gist of the audio. Then, listen again for more specific details.
- When answering comprehension questions, the information in the audio can generally be found in the same order as in the questions.
- When given a task with questions, learners should underline the important parts of the questions so that they are focused on what they are listening for.
What resources could you use when listening for detail in the classroom?
The weather forecast
Asking for directions
Factual speeches
