Sarvesh Rai Educational Corner

   Major aim of a listening astivity in the classroom or outside is to focus on the text/item they will listen to. We need to organise in such a way that the listening activity hecomes an enabling one for learners.                 *  Pre-listening activities * While- listening activities. * Post- listening activities .              Pre-Listening Activities need to be short brainstorming activities or tasks that would take learners into listening. It may be discussion on the ideas, the events or persons of the listening texts. Children talk in pairs or groups so that they can possibly connect with their experiences and to predict Teacher may raise some probing questions to arouse interest in children to apprehend or predict what they would be listening. It is also worthwhile to introduce the words / vocabulary that are new to them or key words in the texts. If learners are able to think someth...

 Listening is the first and the foremost aspect of language learning. Unless one listens to language, one cannot learn the language fully. Listening is not simply a passive skill; it requires fullest involvement and motivation to listen to and comprehend the details of what others are saying. It is an interactive activity and in situations where one is enly listening, it is expected that the listener takes notes or records the ideas in mind to use or apply them later. So listening is a skill that every language learner needs to acquire and to equip himself / herself with along with its sub skills to become an effective language user. Listening is the most widely used of all communicative skills. Learning to listen effectively can be difficult indeed, but it is one of the best ways to improve one's communication skills. -Effective listening requires a conscious effort and a willing mind. Effective listeners welcome new information and new ideas. Learning to listen better can make a ...

  Listening versus hearing Listening is a voluntary and deliberate activity. It is different from hearing which is an involuntary act that happens automatically. Listening requires a mix of physical and mental activities, whereas hearing involves only physical activity. Listening skills enable one to make sense of and understand what another person is saying. When we are awake we hear many sounds and noises, e.g. barking of dogs, the noise of vehicles passing by, noise of the fan, generator, the thunder of clouds etc. But we don't necessarily listen to them. We listen to only those sounds and noises that we are interested in e.g. when we switch on the radio for music or news and listen deliberately, it is active listening. But if a similar activity is going on in our neighbourhood and its sound reaches us, we involuntarily hear it but attribute no meaning to the sound. This is hearing. सुनना बनाम श्रवण  सुनना एक स्वैच्छिक और जानबूझकर की गई गतिविधि है।  यह सुनने(hearing) स...