A brief explanation about the development and background of teaching and learning listening skill

1. S I T I H A M I Z A H H A S H I M
N A J L A A D I B A H A B D W A H A B
N O O R F I L Z A T I Z U L K E P L I
N O R H A N I Z A H A S H I M
N U R Y A S M I N H A S S A N
S E C T I O N 2 , G R O U P 3
DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING &
LEARNING LISTENING SKILL

2. History & overview
 According to International Listening Association:
- 45% of a student’s day is spent listening
- Students are expected to acquire 85% of the knowledge they have by
listening
- Only 2% of the population ever received formal listening instruction
 Students use listening skill in every subject and it will benefit them
throughout life

3. Listening in digital world
 We are now living in a media-saturated age
- where how new technologies are affecting our perspectives on listening
and literacy
- how technologies are:
1) changing our view of what listening is
2) changing our view of the relationship between listening and literacy
and
3) changing our view of what a literacy program should be

4. Listening & technology
 Audiobooks provide students an alternative way to acquire knowledge
and an opportunity to add a dimension to reading through listening
 Digital technology allows interactive learning to take place

5. Recent curriculum developments relating to listening
 Training in these skills has traditionally been neglected by many higher
education courses
 Purpose of this training in the higher education curriculum:
- to produce graduates who can demonstrate skills based knowledge and
competences.

6.  As language teaching has moved toward comprehension-based
approaches, listening to learn has become increasingly important
in the English as a second language (ESL) classroom (Van Duzer,
1997)
 The central role of listening in this discipline has generated a lot of
research into the processes involved in second language listening
and comprehension (Field, 1998; 2004).
 Considerable attention has also been given to the development of
techniques and tools to encourage the development of skills in this
area (Wilson, 2003; Hulstijn, 2003).

7. References
 Rose, D. & Dalton. B., (2007). Plato Revisited: Learning Through
Listening in the Digital World.
 History and Overview of Listening. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2015,
from Learning through Listening: http://ltl.learningally.org/Listening-
A-Powerful-Skill/The-Science-of-Listening/History-and-Overview-of-
Listening/91/
 Shepherd, T., Braham, J. & Elston, C. (2010). Listening and
Interpersonal Skills Review.