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ACADEMIC ENGLISH [UWB 10102]. Listening Skills. Mdm Siti Aisyah binti Akiah Faculty of Science, Technology & Human Development. “To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation..” (Chinese Proverb). Listening Skills. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ACADEMIC ENGLISHACADEMIC ENGLISH[UWB 10102][UWB 10102]
Listening SkillsListening Skills
Mdm Siti Aisyah binti AkiahFaculty of Science, Technology & Human Development
“To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all
true conversation..”
(Chinese Proverb)
Listening SkillsListening Skills
• Ability to identify and understand what others are saying
• An active listener is able to do these 4 things simultaneously:-– understanding a speaker’s accent– understanding his grammar– understanding his vocabulary– grasping his meaning
Basic steps in ListeningBasic steps in Listening
- Listening enough to catch what the speaker is saying
- Know or realize the speaker’s meaning
- Think about what the speaker has said whether it makes sense
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
Hearing
Understanding
Judging
Strategies for ListeningStrategies for Listening
• Concentrate & focus on the speech
• Listen with a purpose
• Try to grasp the gist of the speech (if only once)
• Concentrate on identifying specific details or key words
• Guess the meaning of unfamiliar words by paying attention to the context in which they occur
• Learn to process information quickly
Tips on How to Be a Tips on How to Be a Good ListenerGood Listener
• Give your full attention• Make sure your mind is focused• Let the speaker finish before you begin
to talk• Listen for main ideas• Jot down important points given by the
speaker• Pay particular attention on the use of
discourse markers or cohesive devices by the speaker
Listening TestListening Test
Father and Son