Teaching Listening Comprehension – Where is the Problem?
When it comes to topics of my lectures and seminars I spent more time on, they could be listed as: reading aloud and reading comprehension Our teachers and trainees do not consider reading aloud and silent reading to be totally different skills with different learning value. Learners are often asked to read an unknown text aloud, answer comprehension questions or translate sentences into mother tongue. teacher’s reactions to mistakes in learner’s oral production Many teachers over correct, they focus on everything wrong in learner’s oral/written language production disregarding the aim of the lesson (developing accuracy/fluency). They correct major and minor mistakes the same way. teaching listening comprehension Teachers let learners listen to an unknown text without giving them reasons for listening. After listening they bullet number of comprehension questions, which learners are not able to answer. So they listen to the text again with course books open. So these are the reasons wh
