6. Dealing with problems
Tauroza S. in Nunan 1995 mentioned that listening is rarely taught but
frequently tested. We completely agree with him because both tasks are important
and sometimes we forget it, that’s why we should balance teaching and testing. He
also mentions that some people like to listen to a passage entirely before they go
back and focus on phrases that they have not understood. Other people prefer to
stop the audio as soon as they come across something they are not sure about; his
advice is to do what you or your students prefer depending on the passage you are
listening to, but focus on problems that relate to the answers required by the
exercises. There are some activities they recommend we should do, we can:
replay, since repeated listening to a phrase will help make that phrase a part of
your listening vocabulary.
If there are words that are completely unfamiliar, replay the phrase if your
students cannot understand the phrase use the transcript to find out what is being
said, if they do not know the meaning of the words, look them up in the dictionary.
After this, listen to the phrase again. In this way the students might experience how
the sounds represent words. This technique helps to build listening vocabulary.
As follows and to summarize, we present some strategies included in Top
down and Bottom up and some activities to enhance those views