Listening Skills in an Academic Context

Listening skills in an academic
context

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Listening challenges used in article............................................................................................3
Strategy that teacher can use to help student in improvement in listening skills........................3
Listening challenge and strategy for improve listening..............................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Listening skill refers to the ability for accurately in receiving and interpreting messages which is
there in communication process. Listening refers to the an effective communication which
provide the ability to listen effectively and not taking the messages incorrectly. Learning is
higher important for better communication. This is the one which provide the ability to get the
message accurately that can help in delivering further resources. In this report, there is discussion
about different listening challenges along with their discussion about different strategy. This can
use by teacher for helping students in improving listening skill. There is also a discussion about
the listening challenges which is experienced and their strategy which can help to become better
listener (Khoshsima, (2017)).
MAIN BODY
Listening challenges used in the article
Understanding technical term- This is the challenge which is generally faced due to
listening when there is technical term used in the sentence. This can lead to divert the attention
towards the meaning of that sentence and impact on listening towards other sentence and this is
the challenge which should be improved.
Interpreting abbreviation and acronyms- This is also a challenge when any abbreviation
and acronyms is used during any sentence. This lead to create the attention towards interpreting
that abbreviation which has been used in the sentence and this can lead to distract from the
listening and focus on specific words which is highly challengeable (Azmi, (2017)).
Using of unnecessary words- This is the challenge to get the sentence due to unnecessary
using of unnecessary words. This create destruction from listening and losing interest towards
getting the message.
Strategy that teacher can use to help student in improvement in listening skills
There are different strategies that can used by the teacher for helping their student for
improving listening skills. There are some of the strategy which are going to be discussed
further.
Talk less- Most of the time, teacher like to spend year day by lecturing and talking to
student but listening the teacher doesn't mean that student are getting the actual learning. In this
case, there is no need to talk with student and listen to them more. This can help to make them