Why extensive listening

Through extensive listening by using authentic materials, students are exposed to real native speech in meaningful language use. As the result, difficulties in listening gradually disappear. In order to put the idea into practice, the first thing to do is to set objectives of each meeting based on core vocabulary and grammar that are suitable for the learners using comprehensible input principle as the basic consideration.

Second, selecting authentic materials that suit the objectives and that give exposure to formulaic language and meaningful language use. Then, preparing activities in which the instruction is reasonable and lead to sufficient practice to develop fluency.

As a follow up activities, students are informed and eventually involved in the whole process. Thus, students experience learning and actively involved in their learning process.

Full Text: PDF. References Creswell, J. Nunan, D. Second Language Teaching and Learning. Riddell, D. Of course, this will depend on your situation and how much time you can dedicate to listening practice.

It could be daily or weekly. Repetition is valuable because it will help you to get familiar with the content, structure, and vocabulary you hear in the audio or video recordings. Each time you listen, your cognitive load or your brain stress will be reduced because you have learned some part of the recording.

The more you repeat, the more your listening processes will become automatic over time. This is a key to becoming an effective listener, in any language. If you are serious about improving your listening skills, you have to put in the time.

Extensive reading and extensive listening are things that you can do more easily by yourself without your teacher, so do them! If you need help making a plan or finding material, talk with your teacher or more advanced learners.

And speaking of listening materials, my next video is all about free online resources for listening practice, so stay tuned for that. Extensive listening audio or video should be longer but somewhat easy for you to understand. The goal in extensive listening is about understanding the main idea or ideas, and NOT about learning new language in English. You should be able to listen for long periods of time. Extensive and intensive forms of reading and listening are all important to your development as an English language learner.

Listening is one of the most difficult tasks for language learners, but with exposure and different types of materials and listening focus, you can do it.

Ohashi, L. This could mean that you can only listen to a 10 minute podcast once a week, but maybe you have more time to listen than just once a week. When you listen, don't focus too much on the vocabulary or grammar. What's important is that you understand the content. First, check out this website page. It provides a lot of resources and more information on extensive listening.

Some places you can look for listening materials outside of academic sites and materials are audiobooks, podcasts, radio shows, news, and YouTube. One guaranteed place to find extensive listening material is through the Play It by Ear podcast that is hosted on this website! Check it out and see if it fits your level! Although not proven by anyone, it is believed extensive reading ER came before extensive listening EL in regards to research and practice.

Many people compare extensive listening and reading only seeing their similarities. Indeed, there are similarities between the two.