Steps involved in the development of listening skills

1)      Word identification Exercise

The teacher should give the student a list of words that is nearly similar in sound. He will speak the word and ask the student to tick the correct one. The group of words be like these: pull, pool: hat, hate: bed, bad.

2)      Dictation

It basically a test of writing but it can be used successfully to listening. The teacher speak out the passage and the listener will write it down.

3)      Listen and do exercise

The teacher will ask the student to listen carefully and it as instructed.

He can proceed like this. Draw a square on the righty corner of the page ………………………………

4)      Chick –list exercise  

The teacher will give a list of some random words or phrases. Then the student will listen the passage. They will be asked to check the list and give number 1, 2,3,4,5 to the word they hear,

5)     Picture Identification Exercise

The student will be given a sheet of paper with a picture of a person things or number on it. The will listen and on the basis of listening they will identify the picture.

6)     Question Answer Exercise

The teacher will give list of question to the student. Then he will read out a passage to them. After this, he will ask them to answer the question.

7)    Cloze Exercise

Close is a German word, means “gap “ or “missing part” .

The teacher will give a list of words. Then he will read out a passage to them. After this he will gave them the same passage in written form with blanks (missing words) at regular interval. Every 5^th or 6^th   word may be deleted. On the basis of their listening the student will fill the blanks.  

8)    Information Transfer Exercise

It means changing of information from one form to another .the student will receive information in oral form and will transfer it to charts diagram etc.