2017م - 1444هـ
Listening and elementary learners



This article is about making the listening experience in the classroom more similar to what we do in real life. It's about giving our students some choice in what they listen to and what they take from it.





Why we listen

Our students' interests

Allowing students choice

Getting feedback

Why we listen

Just the other day I listened to the BBC radio news online. I wanted to hear the swimming results from the Olympics. I specifically wanted to hear whether a British swimmer had got a medal in the men's butterfly. Swimming is a sport that I'm very interested in, as I swim myself, and as I'm British, I am particularly interested in the results from the British team. In other words, I had quite a bit of personal investment in my listening. I listened to all the news, but I can't tell you what I 'heard,' apart from the fact that yes, a British swimmer did win a bronze medal in that race.