ENHANCING THE LISTENING SKILLS OF SECOND-YEAR BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY

EDUCATION STUDENTS

Figure 1. The table below indicates the procedures for each strategies/activities, instructions on
how it will be done, and the materials needed in doing such. This is intended for the second-
year Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEEd) students regarding the enhancement of their
listening skills.

Strategies/Activities Procedures Materials

Lesson I. Introduction to  Simon Says - ask everyone to pay  wide space,

Listening Skills attention and listen carefully. They host,
will only follow the action stated if examples of
 Listening games action words
and only it was uttered after the
such as Simon Says or phrases.
phrase 'Simon Says'. This requires
and Message relay  wide space,
the participation of everybody and
score board,
their cooperation to do the activity.
timer, chalk,
It develops the listening abilities of examples of
the students and attention to short
details. messages.
 Message Relay - group the student
into two. Everyone must turn
around except to the one in front
who is the main passer of the
message. They must wait for a
poke before they will lean their
ears and listen to the message
being passed by the passer and the
drill goes on until the end. The first
person who will state the correct
word or phrase to the host wins
and will have the equivalent points.

Lesson II. Understanding  Ask everyone to pay attention and  televison/

Informal Conversations of listen carefully. After a short audio projector/
English Language clip or spoken instructions, ask screen,
them to state the main points. This examples of
 Active listening- audio clips
requires teamwork, cooperation,
Repitition exercise and short
and interaction to everyone. It
passages for
builds careful attention to words
spoken.
and listening ability.

Lesson III. Interpreting the  Dictation activities - read a passage  pencil, piece
Common Non-Verbal Cues or instructions aloud and have of paper,
in English Language students write down exactly what examples of

they hear. This builds focus and passages.

 Dictation activities  examples of
attention to details.
 Shadowing short audio
 Shadowing technique activity -
Technique activity clips,
play a short audio clip and have
television/pr
students repeat what they hear ojector/scree
immediately after, mimicking tone, n.
intonation, and speed. This involves
active participation of everyvody to
do the activity. It creates the active
listening aspect of every one.

Lesson IV. Expansion of  Play a short audio, video, or spoken  pencil, piece
Vocabulary for the story and have them summarize it of one-half
Improvement of Listening using their own words. This creates crosswise

Skills creativity and attention to details. paper,

examples of
 Story summarization short clips,
and timer
(for a much
more
challenging
activity).

Lesson V. Engagement in  Question-Answer relay - after the Questions

debates, speeches, and lesson, ask them a question related related to the
conversations personally to the topic and let them share topic, visual
aids or
and virtually their thoughts. This involves Powerpoint
interaction, cooperation inside the presentation
 Question-Answer used for
classroom and improves the
relay discusing the
listening abilities of the students.
 Role-Playing lesson.
 Role-playing - form them in two
 Topics
groups. Each group has a
related to the
corresponding topic to portray and
lesson that
relate to the lesson. Ask them to be will be
creative and apply what they have assigned to
heard and learned. This assesses students,
how they understand the lesson respective
being discussed. costumes in
portraying
the topic if
there is any.

Prepared by:
Bustamante, Hener John N.
Magbanua, Gabriel T.
Cezar, Arianne Kay N.
Recto, Ginlie A.
Teolula, Karen V.