When we hear about ‘listening practice in school’, perhaps we will remember how teachers carry a radio and a cassette to a class. Now, there are many schools in big cities that provide computers to be used for learning process. Here, the teachers use audio CD, recording, or any software to teach listening skill for the students. Despite the modern facilities now, the way how listening practice adapted in schools is still the same: teachers distribute pieces of paper containing some questions then assign the students to answer them individually based on what they listen from the audio. Can we use listening practice to teach other language skills beside listening skill itself?
Let’s look at this example:
Students in a classroom are listening to a recording about two people watching a movie on television. Those two people have different opinion about the characters in that movie.
From this recording, the teacher can ask the students to take notes about what they have listened to. Instead of providing some questions on the answer sheet, the teacher can ask the students to work in pairs and take the roles of those people in the recording. They can decide who become who. Then, they make their own scenario with their own words. After that, they can act while the teacher is walking around the class to see how accurate the scenario is compare to the recording and how fluent the students speak.
When they are done, the teacher can play the recording once again and ask the students to listen to it. The teachers can make a class discussion by asking about their opinion, the difficulties they find, and what they feel when they work in pairs using their own scenario.
We can see that listening practice become ‘a hook’ in this activity. Besides teaching listening skill to students, the teacher here is also able to train students’ writing skill (by making a scenario), speaking skill (through the dialogue and discussion), and also build interactivity between student and student, and also students and teacher.
Beside using audio or recording, teachers can also show a video as a listening source for the students. Then, the activity could be the same as the one above (e.g. making a scenario, dialogue, etc). Now, let's watch this video as an example!
Beside using audio or recording, teachers can also show a video as a listening source for the students. Then, the activity could be the same as the one above (e.g. making a scenario, dialogue, etc). Now, let's watch this video as an example!
So, what do you think about the activity like this?Can we use a video like that to conduct the activity? Do you think there are some barriers to conduct this activity in Indonesian schools?
4 komentar:
Panehenehe
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i think the listening skill itself isn't isolated but still rarely done in class
it's because common schools still think the traditional way to assess listening skill
by tape recorder or cassette just like what you've mentioned above
padahal there's many ways to assess this skill right?
and you've also put the right examples of it.
Good job!
hhehe
btw if u have your own class and want to assess listening skill through watching videos, will u make the vid by urself or just downloading from vid-share sites? and will u assess it sustainably?
hahaa,, when i read ur post that listening skill is an isolated skills, i remembered about my school.
In my school, from 4 skills, listening skill was so easy to do. why?
1. my teacher said, so important to speak and before speak, we have to listen.. (nice word)
2. my teacher could take some songs or movies as a subject for listening skills. so the students won't feel bored.
3. it's so easy to find out the songs and movie so my teacher won't spent her times too long to search it. My teacher always take a favorite song or movie in that time so we'll feel exciting..
hahaa. from that movie, i think listening skill isn't an isolated skill.. hahaaa
@unie: hi kitty...hehehe...
I think if i have my own class and want to teach listening skill through watching video, i will combine those two ways you mentioned above. If i can find the appropriate vid related to the topic i teach, i will download it from vid-share sites. On the other hand, if i cannot find it, i will make it by myself. It is also possible for me to give an opportunity for my students to make some videos that can be a source for learning process in my class. Of course, i will assess it sustainably. In my opinion, we cannot assess students only in one time. we have to look at their improvement too. :)
@mely: hi mel...
you're lucky to have a teacher like her... By the way, after you watched a video or listen to the music, did you discuss it with your friends in the class?
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