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Special Considerations in Listening and Speaking Course Number Title #. GROUP 3 So, Yun Joung Lee, Ju Hyun Ryu, Yeon Joo Lee, Ji Yeon You, Kyoung EESL542D Listening and Speaking in TESOL

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Special Considerations in Listening and SpeakingCourse Number Title#. GROUP 3So, Yun JoungLee, Ju HyunRyu, Yeon JooLee, Ji YeonYou, KyoungEESL542D Listening and Speaking in TESOL

Table of Contents1. A variety of teaching resources in Listening2. Various environment for listening. 3. Offering various testing methods2[SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN LISTENING][SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SPEAKING]1. Offering comfortable learning environment2. Reinforcing student-centered instruction3. Focusing on communicative competency4. Having confidence in teachingp. 5 ~ 9p. 10 ~ 14p. 15 ~ 19p. 21 ~ 22p. 23 ~ 25p. 26 ~ 27p. 28 ~ 31

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Let us start off by introducing ourselves

3LEADER LISTENING

SPEAKING GROUP #3Ji-yeon LeeKyoung YouYeon-joo RyuJu-hyun LeeYun-joung SoHello, everyone We are group #3.Please listen carefully! Are you ready?

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONSIN LISTENING1. A variety of teaching resources in Listening2. Various environment for listening. 3. Offering various testing methods- By. Ji-yeon Lee- By. Kyoung You- By. Yeon-joo Ryu

Special Considerations in Listening 2. A variety of teaching resources in Listeningby Jiyeon Lee Why important?

-A number of guided listening techniques contain a host of subskills-More listening activities and materials enable learners to acquire excellent receptive skills.-A variety of listening materials develop students abilities to communicate fluently and accurately

Special Considerations in Listening by Jiyeon LeeAuthentic Tasks and Teaching Resources

Many kinds of activities and materials can follow up a listening task.Students can write, discuss, read, draw, or act out to be exposed to a Variety of tasks on a variety of topics for a variety of purposes.

Types of activities and resources are:-Poems-open-ended sentences-Tongue twisters-jingles-Twenty questions -Pictionary

2. A variety of teaching resources in Listening

Special Considerations in Listening 2. A variety of teaching resources in Listeningby Jiyeon LeeProblems

Both teachers and students are not familiar with techniques and guidelines for supporting and developing student listening and speaking skills.

To speak and listen fluently and accurately in a second language, language learners need to be able to comprehend and produce in a native-like fashion-stress, intonation, rhythm, pacing, gestures, and body language.

Special Considerations in Listening 2. A variety of teaching resources in Listeningby Jiyeon LeeSolution 1

-Computers can make reluctant English language learners speak English by providing them with increased opportunities, less teacher fronting, and the authentic and challenging situations.

-Learners can speak around the computer, or learners can speak through the computer. Some software programs and Web sites provide learners with opportunities to speak with the computer. When designing technology-supported language learning tasks, teachers can use one or more of these structures as appropriate for learners.

Special Considerations in Listening 2. A variety of teaching resources in Listeningby Jiyeon Lee

Students can find many useful materials for listening. For example, the Website which tells a news with audio file. Students can do the following kinds of activities with the materials:Finding out key words in a spoken textFigure out the order in words in an utterance

Once teachers can give some authentic tasks for students to do, the useful materials can be efficiently used in class.

Special Considerations in Listening 2. Various environment for listening. by Kyoung A You Offering various ways of expression

Offering various pronunciation

Making students use integrated senses10

Special Considerations in Listening Offering various ways of expression Why important? Language can be expressed in diverse ways of the speakers depending on situations or how the speakers are feeling.

Solution - Expressions which are same phrases can be used with a different meaning and in different situations. (sarcasm) - Variety of contents relating to situations using more realistic materials such as audio book, drama, and news casting should be provided to show diverse situations.by Kyoung A You11 2. Various environment for listening.

Special Considerations in Listening Offering variant pronunciation Why important? Listeners can understand the speaker according to the speakers intonation, speed, and accent. We can call this English variation.

Solution - Need to expose many kinds of pronunciations such as telephoning with foreign English speakers so that chances to experience different kinds of accents are given. ( ex. video telephone with foreigners)

- Furnish contents which are related to pronunciation from Europe, Asia etc and inform regional variations in pronunciation. ( e.g: Either a(r) ; |i:(r) )by Kyoung A You12 2. Various environment for listening.

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Special Considerations in Listening Making students use integrated senses Why important? Listening comprehension cant be achieved when learners are keeping focused on listening separately. Listening is not just about hearing words, it is about recognizing the feeling of the speakers. Listening comprehension can be improved with various senses.

Solution - Provide integrated practice using various senses. Listeners can understand exactness when they look at speakers facial expressions or the shape of the mouth.

- Instruct useful gestures. Most people use many gestures when they speak. Listeners may guess what he/she says through the speakers gestures.

by Kyoung A You13 2. Various environment for listening.

The teacher needs to consider explainingthe situation and suggest solutions accordingly to what the situation is saying in different views.14 Special Considerations in Listening by Kyoung A You 2. Various environment for listening.

Special Considerations in Listening 3. Offering various testing methodsby Yeon-joo Ryu Why important? Forms of assessing listening ability in Korea Single-answer type multiple choice questions Giving questions before listening Listening and speaking ability are evaluated separately depending on audio system onlyStudents dont want to listen to understand the overall context of the conversation.They selectively listen for the purpose of earning a high Score.Students feel that listening is boring and tedious.

There is a huge gap between their listening test score and actual ability to listen and comprehend in a real conversation setting.

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Special Considerations in Listening 3.Offering various testing methods Listening Tests Should Offer a similar conditions which approximate real communication circumstances Give students interest and fun Be an authentic and accurate tool to evaluate students English ability Make students listen in the whole conversational context voluntarilySOLUTION ? Be the basis for improving their listening ability a stage further 16by Yeon-joo Ryu

Special Considerations in Listening 3. Offering various testing methods Solution Break away from assessments depending on only the audio system, and use video clips!! Main purposes1. To give students interest and fun2. To make a similar conditions which approximate real communication circumstances as closely as possible3. To make students more concentrate on the conversational context1. Show the short clips from a movie or sitcom. (They have many hesitations, reduced forms and fillers like real conversation)2. Then, give students question as follows : ex. Why does Tom say this : Uh-huh. Thats interesting. (In order to choose the right answer, students must understand the overall context of the conversation

How to17by Yeon-joo Ryu

Special Considerations in Listening 3.Offering various testing methods Solution 1. To narrow the gap between their score and listening ability in real conversation circumstance Ask student about whole context than specific information 2. To prevent students from selective listening just for getting good scores.

Main purposes

How to3. To evaluate students ability to understand communication precisely 1. Offer questions which have multiple answers, not a single answer2. Give questions after listening3. When you need questions about specific information of conversation, notice students that there will be one more chance to listen again. 18by Yeon-joo Ryu

Special Considerations in Listening 3. Offering various testing methods Solution

Offer a different style assessment depending on individual listening ability

Main purposesTips for testing ofbeginning LevelTo evaluate students listening ability effectively according to their level and offer a customized teaching (Listening ability has different aspects according to stages of improvement)

1. Use of visual materials , not only audio 2. Cloze test of content words, not function words3. Drawing something according to the audio direction4. Choosing right destination on the map after listening audio guideTips for testing ofintermediateLevel1. Use the audio including reduced forms, fillers and static. (ex : recordings of real conversations or presentations by celebrities) 2. Cloze test of function words as well as content words3. Questions about both specific information and contextual situation19by Yeon-joo Ryu

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONSIN SPEAKING

1. Offering comfortable learning environment2. Reinforcing student-centered instruction- By. Ju-hyun Lee3. Focusing on communicative competency 4. Having confidence in teaching - By. Yun-joung So

Special Considerations in Speaking 1. Offering comfortable learning environmentby Juhyun Lee Why important? EFL students tend to have low self-confidence because of peer-pressure and it can let them have few chances to practice speaking. Eventually, it would make it difficult to develop speaking ability.

Comfortable learning environment enables EFL students to practice speaking more frequently. A teacher observes and corrects students speaking while they are doing this. This process makes students speaking ability increased more quickly and it lets student-centered instruction possible due to the observation of each students speaking.21

Special Considerations in Speaking 1. Offering comfortable learning environment Solutions by Juhyun Lee EFL students feel very pressured if they are in one class with different levels of peer group. Therefore, it is important to construct level-classified class to lower peer-pressure. It could allow them to have more self-confidence and to practice speaking more freely.

It is essential to reinforce task-based instruction for EFL students to participate in learning activities more actively. Doing the given tasks, students naturally can ease the tension and pressure on speaking. 22

Special Considerations in Speaking 2. Reinforcing student-centered instructionby Juhyun Lee Why important? Each EFL student has different learning speed in language acquisition.

Every EFL student has different learning style.

EFL students have difficulty increasing their communicative competence in teacher-centered instruction.

Student-centered instruction lets students have more interest and self-confidence in language acquisition and it enables them to autonomy in speaking learning.23

Special Considerations in Speaking 2. Reinforcing student-centered instructionby Juhyun Lee Solutions Diversification of learning materials

: For example, a multimedia would be a very effective learning materials to learn a language since it includes text, graphics, audio, video, and more. Seeing, hearing, and speaking English through use of multimedia, EFL students are able to recognize the difference between live and written English. By listening to pop songs with lyrics and watching American TV series or movies with subtitles, they can actually acquire English expressions and pronunciation, and they can get used to American culture naturally.

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Special Considerations in Speaking by Juhyun Lee Solutions Teachers continuous observation and error-correction on students speaking : While students are practicing speaking, teacher should observe the spoken language and give a correction on students speaking errors. Its because feedback is a crucial element in student-centered instruction.

Reinforcement of task-based instruction : Taking part in learning activities, EFL students focus on the given tasks and ease off the pressure on speaking. Naturally, they can develop their speaking ability.

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by Yunjoung SoEnglish education including speaking is too much focused on the tests for grade.3. Focusing on communicative competency

Special Considerations in Speaking

by Yunjoung So Teachers make students regard English speaking as an oral interaction and communicative competence not as a test subject.

Teachers offer friendly English-speaking environment to students.

Teachers encourage students to speak out for real communication despite limited proficiency of students. SolutionsFocusing on communicative competency

3. Focusing on communicative competency Special Considerations in Speaking

by Yunjoung SoMany teachers are afraid to make mistakes while speaking in English in class which makes them less confident in teaching.

4. Having confidence in teaching

Special Considerations in Speaking

by Yunjoung So Teachers try to feel free to speak in English in front of their students without burden on making mistakes.

Teachers teach students that nobody is perfect and nobody knows everything in speaking second language.

Teachers tell students non-native usage as well as native usage both can serve as models for speaking.

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4. Having confidence in teaching Special Considerations in Speaking

Speaking has always been a major focus in language teaching. However, both the natureof speaking skills and approaches have undergone many changes.

Teachers can help students improve speaking ability, providing them solutions for difficulties.

Enjoy Speaking!

by Yunjoung So4. Having confidence in teaching Special Considerations in Speaking

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