Strategies to Improve Listening Ability

Individual report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1- ESSAY..................................................................................................................................3
Evaluate some strategies that students can use to improve their listening ability. .........................3
TASK 2 - REPORT...............................................................................................................................4
How can teachers help students understand their lectures? Make some recommendations............4
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................8
Books & Journal:.............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In this modern and competitive world, use of technology has widen the scope and level of
new tools, applications, software. In this pandemic situations of COVID 19, many schools and
colleges have started using Zoom and online video learning classes. Learning ability are necessary
to use for these classes (Malinauskas, 2017). Main aim of this report is to understand the importance
of listening and communication skills of students. This report will give a brief knowledge about the
listening & learning skills which are essential in academic field. So, the topic is important to be
understood so that students are able to communicate with proper listening abilities.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1- ESSAY
Evaluate some strategies that students can use to improve their listening ability.
Listening skills are most important in both personal and professional context. Public
speaking is considered to be an essential ability for those who desire to advance their career in
business and professional field. But considering all noise concerning the importance of speaking,
listening is virtually ignored. It is as important as other skills because if the message which has
been given is wrongly communicated and not listen properly then problems might arise. So, during
this pandemic situations, schools have started taking online video classes for which it has become
important for students to develop their listening ability. This COVID 19 situations has locked down
all the colleges as well as schools & it has become essential for every students to take online classes
so that learning is done effectively (Rodrigo, 2017). Thus, there are many strategies by which
listening ability can be improved which are first one is to pick up key points & let the speaker
known what is done by individual in which it states that there are many people who do not pay
attention to speaker conversation & this leads to issues so students can make important points and
make notes for conversation which has been done. Then further strategy is to focus on signposting
language in which it is used by individuals to assist or directs listeners to examine and understand
what has been said (Dyches, 2017). Another strategy is prediction to content which is also ans
strategy which can be used by students as in this it activity which is carry out by learner to prior to
reading or listening t a text . Listening for a gist is strategy in which learners try to examine what is
happened even the phrases are not being understood. listening for details is also an strategy in
which it is kind of learning in which learner does not about the communicated passage or what
other credentials will be required to understand it completely. Inferring meaning is a strategy in
which clues or actions are used to analyse the message by others. For example- individual who is in