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1. Read and re-read transcripts cs & h 1 and 2. Write down at least two lessons you learned about listening from these transcripts of recordings in classes.
It was very interesting to see what was happening in the students' minds while they were trying to decode the teacher's speech. Here are some things I realized while looking at the transcripts:
1. It is always a good idea to check understanding even when you think that the message you delivered was crystal clear. Even if you think that the students understand, it might be a good idea to check what exactly they understand. Sometimes they might surprise you with their interpretations. It is also worth remembering that they might even give you the answer that you expect (i.e. the sentence about presentation) and still arrive at a different conclusion than that you originally intended. Therefore, it might be a good idea to avoid asking simple comprehension questions (i.e. asking ss to reproduce what you said or some sort of a yes/no question) and resort to more difficult higher order questions to check what is it that they understood.
2. Even if the students understand what you/other people say, they may largely relate on para-linguistic clues and context rather than understand every word you say. On the one hand, it is positive since the ss may very often understand information of higher level than they currently are and communicate with more proficient language speakers. On the other hand, not being able to process the speech as is and having just a vague representation in their mind prevents them from learning as they do not notice the exact structures, word order etc. that other speakers of English are using. Doing the task displayed (I mean in the attachment) is a good idea since it gives you as a teacher a more objective picture of what the students actually hear and understand plus it creates new opportunities for them to learn
1. Read and re-read transcripts cs & h 1 and 2. Write down at least two lessons you learned about listening from these transcripts of recordings in classes.
It was very interesting to see what was happening in the students' minds while they were trying to decode the teacher's speech. Here are some things I realized while looking at the transcripts:
1. It is always a good idea to check understanding even when you think that the message you delivered was crystal clear. Even if you think that the students understand, it might be a good idea to check what exactly they understand. Sometimes they might surprise you with their interpretations. It is also worth remembering that they might even give you the answer that you expect (i.e. the sentence about presentation) and still arrive at a different conclusion than that you originally intended. Therefore, it might be a good idea to avoid asking simple comprehension questions (i.e. asking ss to reproduce what you said or some sort of a yes/no question) and resort to more difficult higher order questions to check what is it that they understood.
2. Even if the students understand what you/other people say, they may largely relate on para-linguistic clues and context rather than understand every word you say. On the one hand, it is positive since the ss may very often understand information of higher level than they currently are and communicate with more proficient language speakers. On the other hand, not being able to process the speech as is and having just a vague representation in their mind prevents them from learning as they do not notice the exact structures, word order etc. that other speakers of English are using. Doing the task displayed (I mean in the attachment) is a good idea since it gives you as a teacher a more objective picture of what the students actually hear and understand plus it creates new opportunities for them to learn
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