Unit8TeachingListening63
Reasonsforpoorlistening:1)Lackofteachingmaterials(audioandvideotapes);2)Lackofequipment(tapeplayers,VCRs,VCDs,computers);3)Lackoftraininginhowtousetheequipment;4)Listeningisnotincludedonmanyimportanttests;5)Lackofreal-lifesituationswherelanguagelearnersneedtounderstandspokenEnglish;6)Lessonstendtotestratherthantotrainstudents'listeningskills
Whylisteningcanbemoredifficultthanreading:1)Differentspeakersproducethesamesoundsindifferentways,2)Thelistenerhaslittleornocontroloverthespeedoftheinputofspokenmaterial;3)Spokenmaterialisoftenheardonlyonce
Inmostcases,wecannotgobackandlistenagain4)Thelistenercannotpausetoworkoutthemeaning5)Speechismorelikelytobedistortedbybackgroundnoiseorthemediathattransmitsounds
6)Thelistenersometimeshastodealsimultaneouslywithanothertask