KLV - Listening & Watching Strategies & Practice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

The 5 Listening Strategies

1. Predicting content

2. Listening for gist

3. Detecting signposts

4. Listening for details

5. Inferring meaning

1.

Practise predicting content:

Watch or listen to a recorded TV programme or clip from YouTube. Pause after every few sentences. Try to predict what is going to happen or what the speaker might say next.

Tip:

If you are taking a listening test, skim through the questions first and try to predict what kind of information you need to listen out for. A question beginning 'How many..?', for example, will probably require you to listen for a specific number or quantity of something.

2. 

Practise listening for gist:

Find a short video with subtitles on a topic that interests you. Use the title to help you predict the content and then listen out for the content words. Go back, and listen again with the subtitles. How much did you understand the first time? Return to the video a week later and try again.

If you are taking a listening test, skim through the questions first and try to predict what kind of information you need to listen out for. A question beginning 'How many..?', for example, will probably require you to listen for a specific number or quantity of something.

3.

Practise listening for details:

Decide on a type of detailed information you want to practise listening for and watch programmes where you would expect to get that information. For example, you could listen to a weather report to get details about the weather, or you could follow the sports news to find out the latest results.

Tip:

If you are taking a test, as soon as you get the question , , write the important words and decide what kind of detail you need to identify in the listening text.

5. 

Practise inferring meaning:

Find a YouTube clip from a popular television show, for example Friends. Now, rather than watch it, just listen to the dialogue. How much can you infer about what is taking place, who is talking and what their relationship is? Now listen to the clip a second time but watch it too. Were your conclusions correct?

Tip:

The next time you hear a word you don't understand, try to guess its meaning using the context or situation to help you. But don't worry if you don't get it the first time. As with everything in life, the more you practise, the better you will get.

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BUZZFEED UNSOLVED

The Toxic Death of Gloria Ramirez

Listening to BuzzFeed Unsolved

• Interactive video with questions
• You will first see the question, then the clip and after the
   clip finishes you have to fill in an answer.

What was the first thing the doctors noticed when Gloria came in.

1. Her body had an oily sheen
2. She had an extremely fast heartbeat
3. She smelled like garlic

Which symptom did all sick nurses have.

1. Fainting
2. Shaking
3. Stop breathing

What does Avascular Nercosis do to you.

1. It burns your skin
2. Your muscles stop working
3. Your bone tissue starts dying

What did the examinors take from Gloria's body?

1. Blood, skin and hair
2. Blood, tissue and hair
3. Blood, tissue and air

What caused all the people to become sick according to theory 1

1. mass hysteria
2. poison
3. infection

What was the cause of death according to theory 2?

1. Body lotion
2. Blood infection
3. Dangerous chemical reaction

Why does Gloria's family think it was the hospitals fault?

1. The conditions in the hospital were terrible
2. The hospital was very cheap
3. Gloria was healthy before going there

Which theory do you believe

1- mass hysteria

2- chemical reaction

3- bad conditions in the hospital

4- aliens