Understanding and Applying the Listening Strategy of Prediction

Understanding and Applying the Listening Strategy of Prediction

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Learning Objectives

• Understand the concept of the listening strategy of prediction
• Formulate WH-questions to predict what will be discussed in a listening exercise
• Utilize the listening strategy of prediction in practice

What do you already know about the listening strategy of prediction?

Slide 1: Understanding the Concept

• Listening strategy of prediction: Technique used to predict what you will hear before listening
• Predicting helps in better comprehension
• Formulate hypotheses about the listening content

What are WH-Questions?

Slide 2: Formulating WH-Questions

• WH-questions: Used to seek information
• Begin with words like what, who, where, when, why, which, and how
• Formulate questions based on what you expect to be discussed/ told

Slide 3: Practical Application

• We are going to watch and listen to a video about a church built on the top of a cliff!
• First Formulate WH-questions based on your predictions:( I will already show you the first 18 sec. of the video) . Work in pairs and create questions. 

• next slide = video 

What did you predict?

what kind of questions have you written down?

what do you think we are going to listen to?

What did you predict?

I am going to show you some questions.

You haven't heard anything yet but what do you think, using just common knowledge and no input yet. 

write your answers on a piece of paper

What did you predict?

True or False:

1. Abuna Yemata Guh is the only church built in the rocks in the Tigray Region in Ethiopia.

2. From the bottom of the cliff, there is only one path that leads to the church.

3. It was built more than 500 years ago.

What did you predict?

True or False:

1. People say Father Yemata chose this location for the chruch to test the faith of the churchgoers

2. The church was discovered 47 years ago by the priest

3. Visitors must take off their shoes at the top of the cliff, before entering the church.

4.The most dangerous point of the climb is just before the entrance to the church.

What did you predict?

Now you have seen and listened to the video. 

let's answer the questions

At the end - how much did you predict correctly ?

Abuna Yemata Guh is the only church built in the rocks in the Tigray Region in Ethiopia.

1. true
2. false

From the bottom of the cliff, there is only one path that leads to the church.

1. true
2. false

It was built more than 500 years ago.

1. true
2. false

People say Father Yemata chose this location for the chruch to test the faith of the churchgoers

1. true
2. false

The church was discovered 47 years ago by the priest.

1. true
2. false

Visitors must take off their shoes at the top of the cliff, before entering the church.

1. true
2. false

The most dangerous point of the climb is just before the entrance to the church.

1. true
2. false

What did you predict?

Tell me :

How many answers were already correct before even seeing the video?

Practise Book

Ex. 3 & 4 pg 11

Let's do this together again!

Slide 4: Summary

• Listening strategy of prediction: Predicting what you will hear
• WH-questions: Seek information, start with what, who, where, when, why, which, how
• read the questions and use common knowledge

Guess the sound

20 sounds

5 teams ( each of you get 4 sounds)

You hear the sound, I ask you what it is and if it is correct you earn a point.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.