types of listening activities

Predicting – students try to guess key information contained in the recording

before they listen.

 

Inferring meaning – students listen to identify the difference between what the

speaker says and what they actually mean.

 

Identifying emotion – students listen to identify the mood of certain speakers.

 

Listening for opinions – students listen to identify the attitude of certain

 speakers.

 

Inferring relationships– students listen to identify who the people are in the

Recording and what the relationship is between them.

 

 

Recognizing context – students listen to aural and contextual clues to

identifywhere the conversation takes place, who is speaking, etc