Strategies to Link Authentic Listening and Speaking
Jill Robbins & Andrew J. MacNeill
Presentation at TESOL 2001, St. Louis, MO
March 3, 2001
I. 9:30 - 9:37 Culture Bumps:
Participants were given slip of paper with characteristics of a person
from a particular culture. They were asked to mingle for a few minutes,
while exhibiting the conflicting cultural characteristics. Descriptions
of the countries
9:37 - 9:40 Discussion of reason for the warm up activity and why
we are interested in this topic.
II. 9:40 - 9:45 Schema Activation - Pre-Listening
Activities: Activities to be used before listening should help students
to activate their background knowledge of the topic (here, the topic is
the problems of foreign travel) One example is a research
assignment on gestures
III. 9:45 - 10:00 Listening and Speaking Strategies - Jill
explained the set of listening and speaking strategies used in the listening
textbook written by Robbins & MacNeill, Impact
Listening 2.
Discussion:
How do you help students build confidence in listening and speaking?
IV. 10:00 - 10:05 Authentic
Listening Extract - This is a transcript of a conversation we recorded
between two college students. They are discussing a trip to Thailand. This
conversation was re-recorded and scripted to become part of the listening
textbook.
V. 10:05 -10:10 Extension
Activities - Students were asked to do a survey project. This
gave them the chance to talk more in depth about the topic and to practice
listening and other academic skills while gathering data, analyzing, organizing
and presenting it.
VI. 10:10 -10:15 Q & A
Web resources:
Gesture Page
Impact Listening Web Site
Nationality Quizzes:
Randall's Listening Lab
Strategic Learning Unlimited (strategies resources)
Andy's Class Pages
Nationality Quizzes - Sample
