Andijan state institute of foreign languages

Sample while-listening activities:

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  listening with visuals
  
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  filling in graphs and charts
  
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  following a route on a map
  
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  checking off items in a list
  
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  listening for the gist
  
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  searching for specific clues to meaning
  
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  completing cloze (fill-in) exercises
  
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  distinguishing between formal and informal registers
  

Practice:
We need to give the students a lot of practice in order to help them develop their listening abilities. For this purpose, there are usually three different types of activities used by the teachers. They can be controlled, guided or free. All the three types of activities along with their examples are given below. These activities are used in the classroom to give ample practice to our students.
Controlled Activities:
Controlled activities are those where clear and complete directions are given to the students according to which they give their answers or do the activity. This helps to develop specific abilities in them. The controlled activities are usually given to the beginner level students as they are less experienced and need full instructions. Some controlled listening activities are given below which will help students to develop their global listening skills.

1. 
   Describing the appearance and recognizing the person in the picture: a recorded tape is listened by the students which tells the overall appearance of the two people in the pictures given to them, and after that they are required to recognize the respected person.
   

The first person is wearing a coat, spectacles, and has an umbrella in one hand while a suitcase in the other. There can be seen a white overall slung over one arm. The person is also clean-shaven with a moustache. Is the person:

1. 
   A doctor B) A driver C) A Pilot
   

The second person is sitting on a chair and table, and is writing some stuff. The person is quite serious looking with big spectacles. Is the person:

1. 
   A Nurse B) A housewife C) A school principal
   

2. 
   A picture diagram is given to the students and at the same time they are made to listen to a tape recording about the different parts of the human mouth and esophagus.
   

The humans eat food through their mouths. The food enters the mouth where it is chewed by the teeth and broken down into small pieces with the help of the tongue as well. Then it is sent down to the esophagus by passing through the pharynx, the glottis closes down so as to close the opening into the trachea and stop the food from entering into the wind pipe.
Label the different parts of the diagram given to you after listening to the recorded material.

3. 
   The third activity is about a story told to the students through a recorded tape. It is about a certain group of people living in a certain area of the United States. After listening to that story, the students are asked to answer a few questions regarding the recorded material they listened to.
   

1. 
   What country do these people belong to?
   
2. 
   What is the man sitting by the pond doing?
   
3. 
   What type of life is shown in the story, Rural or Urban?
   
4. 
   What time of the day is reflected through the activities of the people in the story?