While-listening Activities
Listeners who participate actively in the listening experience are more likely to construct clear and accurate meaning
as they interpret the speaker‘s verbal message and nonverbal cues. During the listening experience students verify and
revise their predictions. They make interpretations and judgments based on what they heard. Listening teacher may ask
students to note down key words to work out the main points of the text. Students answer comprehension questions
while listening to the text and select specific information to complete the table provided with the text. While-listening
activities usually have some of the following purposes: to focus students‘ comprehension of the speaker‘s language and
ideas; to focus students‘ attention on such things as the speaker‘s organizational patterns; to encourage students‘ critical
reactions and personal responses to the speaker‘s ideas and use of language. An open-ended activity could follow that
allows students to have the freedom to practice listening comprehension in the class about their daily life and asking for
further information.