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Training Module*

Listening Comprehension

ATTENTION CDA TRAINERS: Use this monthly training tool to help you plan group training sessions or your CDAcandidates. These sessions can be counted as seminar training hours.

IMPORTANCE OF LISTENINGCOMPREHENSION

Listening comprehension is a very important skill ora number o reasons. First, being able to recall andunderstand inormation is an important prereading skill.In order to be a strong reader later on, a child must beable to recall inormation when it is presented orally.

Second, children who have strong listening

comprehension skills also tend to be good listenersoverall. As adults we oten spend too much o our timetalking and not enough time listening. Listening is askill that a child will use throughout his/her entire lie.Developing strong listening comprehension skills earlyon will help each child become a better listener or lie.

And fnally, strong listening comprehension skills alsopromote thinking and problem-solving skills. Whenlistening to a story, the children begin to develop theirown thoughts and ideas about the situations presentedin the story.

Now that you have a better understanding o listeningcomprehension, lets take some time or you to trywhat youve learned!

* ATTENTION TEXAS CUSTOMERS: This training module is considered

sel-instructional material.

PURPOSE

To explore the meaning and importance o listeningcomprehension as it relates to young children agestwo to fve.

DEFINITION

Beore we begin, lets take a minute to discussthe term listening comprehension. This skill can be

observed when you read to the children. Listeningcomprehension can be defned as the ability to recalland understand inormation which is presented orally.This inormation might be presented through a book,flmstrip, video, or elt board set.

EXAMPLES

Mr. Fields, the preschool teacher, is reading the bookGoldilocks and the Three Bears to the children. Aterhe fnishes reading, Mr. Fields asks the children, Howmany bears lived in the house? Rosie shrugs hershoulders and looks conused, but Jeremy exclaims,Three! Mr. Fields says, Thats right, Jeremy. Therewere three bears in the story. Lets count themtogether. Mr. Fields turns the pages o the book untilhe comes to an illustration that contains the threebears. The children and Mr. Fields count the bearstogether. Mr. Fields then asks, How did the bearsknow that someone had been eating their porridge?Albert responds, Because Baby Bears bowl wasempty. Jeremy says, Because someone told them. Mr.Fields then uses the book to help the children discover

the correct answer.

In the above example, Rosie clearly needs morepractice with listening skills. Jeremy was able to quicklyanswer a question concerning the acts o the story,but he had more difculty with a question requiringproblem solving. Albert, however, was able to answerthe more challenging problem-solving question.

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TRY WHAT YOUVE LEARNED!

Read the story The Three Little Pigs to the children. Whenfnished, ask the ollowing questions:

How many pigs were in the story?

How did the wolf destroy the pigs houses?

Why couldnt the wolf destroy the brick house?

As the children answer these questions, record theirresponses in a notebook. Later, review your notesto see which children demonstrated strong listeningcomprehension skills by answering the questionscorrectly.

Now that you are more amiliar with the concept olistening comprehension, lets take some time to seehow you can build this skill in your classroom.

PROMOTING LISTENING COMPREHENSION INTHE CLASSROOM

One o the best ways to promote listeningcomprehension is by asking questions as you read tothe children. Young children (two year olds) should beable to answer simple questions based on act, such as,What was the little girls name who visited the threebears? Older children (our year olds) can answermore thought-provoking questions, such as, Why do

you think Goldilocks went into the three bears house?and Do you think that was a good idea? These typeso questions are great or building higher-order thinkingskills. As the children share their answers to thesequestions, keep in mind that these types o questionsmay not have right or wrong answers.

The ollowing are a ew examples o the dierent levelso questions you can ask to help the children buildstrong listening comprehension skills. Keep in mindthat young children will probably be able to answeronly questions that are based on obvious acts. Older

children, on the other hand, should be able to answerquestions that require more creative thought.

The ollowing questions are based on the airy taleLittle Red Riding Hood.

FACT QUESTIONS

Where was Little Red Riding Hood going?

Who was Little Red Riding Hood going to visit?

What was Little Red Riding Hood taking with her?

Who was dressed in Grandmas nightgown?

Who saved Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma?

PROBLEM-SOLVING QUESTIONS

What did Little Red Riding Hood do that she should not

have?

Why did the wolf dress in Grandmas nightgown?

CREATIVE THINKING QUESTIONS

What would you have done if you were Little Red Riding

Hood?What type of treat would you take to your grandmother?

Why?

What do you think would have happened if Little Red Riding

Hood had stayed on the path?

Each o the above questions can be used to helpchildren develop listening comprehension skills. Keep inmind as you ask the questions that very young children(two year olds) will probably only be able to answersimple act questions, while older children should beable to answer all three types. Also, remember that the

creative thinking questions do not have right or wronganswers.

SUMMARY

Listening comprehension is a very important skillthat children will use throughout lie. You can have anactive role in each childs development in this area byremembering to ask questions as you share stories,videos, flmstrips, and elt board props. We all knowchildren love to ask questions. Why not turn the tablesand ask them some or a change?

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ATTENTION CDA TRAINERS: Have each CDA candidate complete this Follow-up Evaluation individually after your group presentation.Evaluate his/her performance and then discuss the results together. This evaluation does not need to be reviewed by HighReach Learning.

Follow-up Evaluation

Listening Comprehension

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Who is responsible or payment? oSel oOther___________________________________________________

. Defne listening comprehension.

2. Name one technique you can use to develop listening comprehension skills.

. Why are listening comprehension skills important to a young child?

4. Name the three dierent types o questions that promote listening comprehension.

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5. Give an example o a act question.

6. Choose one o your avorite books. Print the name o the book below and then write one act, one problem-solving,

and one creative thinking question that relate to the book.

7. Which type o questions are the easiest or the children to answer? Why?

8. Read your avorite airy tale to the children. Ask several act questions and record the childrens responses below. I youwork with older children, you may also want to ask some problem-solving and/or creative thinking questions as well.

This Training Module is designed to be used in conjunction with the curriculum you are currently using in the classroom. Prior tocompleting the module, explore your curriculum plans and think about how the topic o the module fts into those plans. Throughouthe coming months, consider ways in which you can apply the training topic to a variety o classroom activities. As with children

practicing new skills on a daily basis makes a big dierence.

In order to receive credit:

. Read the Training Module and complete the Follow-up Evaluation.2. Enclose check or money order in the amount o$8.00 (payable to HighReach Training Program) and your

completed Follow-up Evaluation.. Mail to:

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