What are the steps in a listening lesson? The teacher can facilitate the development of listening ability to creating listening lessons that guide the learner through three stages: pre-listening, the listening task, and post-listening.
Engage the learners in a pre-listening activity.
This activity should establish the purpose of the listening activity and activate the schemata by encouraging the learners to think about and discuss what they already know about the content of the listening text. This activity can also provide the background needed for them to understand the text, and it can focus attention on what to listen for.
Do the listening task itself.
The task should involve the listener is getting information and in immediately doing something with it.
Engage in a post-listening activity.
This activity should help the listener to evaluate success in carrying out the task and to integrate listeningwith the other language skills. The teacher should encourage practice outside the classroom whenever possible.
For example, at a worksite where schedule changes are announced at weekly team meetings, learners may need practice recognizing details such as their names, times, and dates within a longer stream of speech. A tape of such announcements may be used along with any pertinent forms or a weekly calendar. The lesson stages might proceed as follows: