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Some Classroom Activities for Teaching Listening Skills
� Listen and draw
Teacher: Gives instructions orally or by playing a tape.
Pupils: Draw according to the instructions.
� Listen and complete
Teacher: Provides complete materials orally or by playing a tape.
Pupils: Fill the blanks after listening to the whole instructions.
� Listen and arrange
Teacher: Provides a list of jumbled words orally or by playing a tape.
Pupils : Arrange in the right order what they have heard.
� Listen and act
Teacher: Tells someone to do something orally or by tape.
Pupils: Act out as they are told after listening to the recorded / read-out
statement.
� Listen and write
Teacher: Provide material to write orally or by tape.
Pupils: Write on the sheet after listening to the recorded / read-out
materials.
� Listen and select
Teacher: Provide a list of things and instructions orally or by tape.
Pupils: Make a group select after listening to the recorded / read-out
speech.
� Listen and discriminate
Teacher: Gives a list of things and give instruction orally or by tape.
Pupils: Discriminate according to the instruction after listening to it.
� Listen and find out
Teacher: Gives a list of words and instructions.
Pupils: Find the synonyms after listening to the recorded / read list of
words.
� Listen and underline
Teacher: Provides a paragraph and instructions.
Pupils: Underline the given words after listening to the read paragraphs.
� Listen and classify
Teacher: Provides words or things and instructions.
Pupils: Classify words in groups after listening to the record / read-out
list.
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