Listening

Post-listening

Brainstorming

From one to many

Poster display

Brainwalking

Bord writing

Shout to the scribe

Visuals

Pictures

Guess what's happening

Picture story

Students as artists

Guided visualisation

Diagrams

Realia

Using photos

Guides, maps and brochures

Other objects

Texts and words

Court case

Gap-fill exercises

Keywords

Situations

Functions

Problem-solving

Opinions, ideas and facts

KWL charts

Speed writing

Group writing

Quizzes

Advance organisers

While-listening

Marking/checking items in pictures

Matching pictures with what is heard

Storyline picture sets

Putting pictures in order

Completing pictures

Picture drawing

Form completion

Labelling

Using lists

True/false

Multiple-choise questions

Text completion

Spotting mistakes

Seeking specific items of information

Pre-listening

Form/chart completion

Extending lists

Sequencing

Matching with a printed text

Extending notes into written responses

Using info from the text for problem solving and decision-making activities

Jigsaw listening

Identifying relationships between speakers

Establishing the mood/attitude/behaviour of the speaker

Role-play simulation

Dictation

Summarising

Take it in turns

Break it down

Group summary

It refers to the type of listening we do when, for example, we need to find errors or determine differences between one passage and another.

It refers to the occasions when we want to know the general idea of what is being said.

It refers to the occasions when we dont need to understand everything, but only a very specific part.

This refers to the type of listening we do when we wish to know how the speaker feels.