Learning Outcomes for Listening and Speaking
Understand basic classroom directions
Identify words, phrases, and distinguish sounds
Find locations on a page in a book Recognize affirmative and negative statements
Respond to questions
Introduce oneself
Ask for clarification or repetition
Talk about things in the past
Learn parts of speech, verb tenses, and word order in sentences and questions
Identify the topic, main and supporting ideas in simple listening texts
Take notes on basic information
Respond to instructions
ask and answer questions
share basic personal information
Tell simple stories
Talk about simple plans
Give short presentations
ask and answer basic questions
LS 2 listening skills AND:
distinguish essential from nonessential information
make simple inferences
ask and answer content questions
Share information and opinions in more detail
Summarize and comment on information from spoken sources
evaluate and give feedback on peer presentations
ask and answer content questions LS 3 listening skills AND:
identify relationships between ideas
identify speaker’s point of view
make subtle inferences
Gather information and opinions from a range of sources, including native speakers
connect information and ideas from sources with personal knowledge
construct and share logically supported opinions
practice basic discourse management
Strategies LS 4 listening skills AND:
apply all listening skills to increasingly complex texts
distinguish fact from opinion
synthesize and orally evaluate ideas and information from a range of sources
construct logically supported arguments for discussion
identify and use more advanced discourse management strategies (for example to persuade and negotiate)