SIT I HA M IZA H HA SHIMNA J LA A DIB A H A BD WA HA B

NOOR F ILZAT I ZULK EP LINORHA N IZA HA SHIMNUR YA SM IN HA SSA N

SECTION 2 , G ROUP 3

DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING & LEARNING LISTENING SKILL

History & overview

According to International Listening Association:

- 45% of a student’s day is spent listening- Students are expected to acquire 85% of the knowledge they have by listening- Only 2% of the population ever received formal listening instruction

Students use listening skill in every subject and it will benefit them throughout life

Listening in digital world

We are now living in a media-saturated age - where how new technologies are affecting our perspectives on

listening and literacy- how technologies are:1) changing our view of what listening is2) changing our view of the relationship between listening and

literacy and3) changing our view of what a literacy program should be

Listening & technology

Audiobooks provide students an alternative way to acquire knowledge and an opportunity to add a dimension to reading through listening

Digital technology allows interactive learning to take place

Recent curriculum developments relating to listening

Training in these skills has traditionally been neglected by many higher education courses

Purpose of this training in the higher education curriculum:- to produce graduates who can demonstrate skills based

knowledge and competences.

As language teaching has moved toward comprehension-based approaches, listening to learn has become increasingly important in the English as a second language (ESL) classroom (Van Duzer, 1997)

The central role of listening in this discipline has generated a lot of research into the processes involved in second language listening and comprehension (Field, 1998; 2004).

Considerable attention has also been given to the development of techniques and tools to encourage the development of skills in this area (Wilson, 2003; Hulstijn, 2003).

References

Rose, D. & Dalton. B., (2007). Plato Revisited: Learning Through Listening in the Digital World.

History and Overview of Listening. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2015, from Learning through Listening: http://ltl.learningally.org/Listening-A-Powerful-Skill/The-Science-of-Listening/History-and-Overview-of-Listening/91/

Shepherd, T., Braham, J. & Elston, C. (2010). Listening and Interpersonal Skills Review.