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use pre listening exercises, play listening games, use audio recordings and many more.
Building students listening ability should involve listening for detail(getting them to tell you specific information) and listening for gist (a general understanding). At A1 level, you’d stick to simple conversations or audios. Ensure to elicit answers and pre-teach new words.
Once I did this exercise in a group, where each member had an opportunity to answer a simple questiin like describe what you do everyday, while the others listened to spot any mistakes. Then they had to repeat the story with corrections.
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Good question. A-level students can be different. But their age and, how many hours of practice they have per week are the important things to consider. For children, I'll start with simple cheer-up songs to boost their energy and look for the type of audio or video that interests them. (animations and cartoons are a great choice). For older students first, we should look at their goals for learning English and find sources related to their interests ( job, daily routine, chores, hobbies, travel...). As older students have a better understanding of what we do, It's Ok to prioritize teaching something practical over fun. But always tell them why you are teaching and how it can benefit the student... Lastly, a great thing to do is to send the material before the class with its script and some clarifications. this way u can manage your time more efficiently and also save time for speaking...
The best method is to have them do as many listening activities as they can including song activities. Using news and podcasts are great ways as well.
Shadowing works well for me; it's a listening technique that develops the bottom-up process (the understanding of the smallest units of the audio input such as individual sounds) of the listening skill by training the learner ears to recognize words and phrases
Good morning, I would say listening to activities, where you read something to the student or together listen to an audio, and do a comprehension test based on the audio. Ask them to give you a brief summary of what they listened to. And have a Mutiple choice activity for them to do. You can create an activity based on a topic they like and that way you can be sure you get them engaged.
Use a clear and simple audio. You can find it on the ESL websites. Pre - listening tasks , repetition, visual aids, real life materials.
