Listening text extract from F2 textbook (Topic: Looking Good, Feeling Great)
1) How closely do you feel that the listening process is mirrored in
these materials? 
Stage 1: Receiving
-Intentional focus on hearing a speaker’s message,
which happens when we filter out other sources
Eg: The main
objective of the talk is to listen and detect the missing information to fill
in the blanks. The talk is related to personal hygiene so the students need to
focus on listening to the steps on personal hygiene only. If the talk is quite
long and include other elements such as effects of personal hygiene, then the
students mind will automatically filter these information because it is
considered to be unimportant to them.
Stage 2:
Understanding
- Attempt to
learn the meaning (which is not always easy)
Eg: The
students will make attempt to learn the meaning of the talk-new vocabulary *
and predict the synonym of the word.
Stage 3:
Remembering
-Trying to
recall back what has been said (might have missed)
Eg: While the
students struggle to understand the meaning in the process, they might have
missed relevant information or answers and try to recall back on what has been
mentioned earlier.
Stage 4:
Evaluating
- Judging the
value of the message
Eg: After got
the answers, the students try to make sense and value the message-is it
important? Is it relevant?
Stage 5:
Feedback
- Indicate
your involvement
Eg : After the listening task, the teacher plays their role by asking
one or two representatives from the class to give their answers before giving
their answers so that the students will feel more motivated to learn in the
class.
2) To what extend do they assist in developing the listening skills of
our students?
I. Teaches the students to find the keywords, in other words, focus on
what’s important/relevant
-Based on the listening task given in the Looking Good Feeling Great (pg
121), the students are required to listen to a recorded audio talk to get the
answers to fill in the blanks. Therefore, the students need to listen intently
to get the correct answers-filter unimportant words/information and focus on
answering the questions.
II. Enables the students to figure out/identify the correct way for
pronouncing words/tone
-Language
acquisition can be done effectively by using several method-watching English
based program, listening to songs and etc. Academically thinking, listening to
a good speaker is a good way to acquire the language better. Even though, the
recorded talk is one- way communication but still the students able to check on
actual/correct manner of utterances as well as the tone of the speech of the
speaker. Later, the students will imitate the speaker and slowly, they make
progress.
III. Enhances the cognitive skills of the students
-What is defined as cognitive skills? Cognitive skills refers to an
individual’s ability to process or synthesise information, filter unimportant
information and store essential knowledge in short-term memory or long term
memory. Based on the listening activity in the Looking Good Feeling Great topic
(page 121), the students are required to listen to a recorded talk for twice.
First, the students will be given some time to read and understand the
questions before the teacher proceed to play the recorded talk. Some students
might have gotten the answers right away while certain students may face
difficulties to familiarize with the intonation, accent, pitch and
pronunciation of the speaker and could have missed the important elements
(answers). When the talk is being played for the second time, this opens up
chances for the students to focus on the missed elements and take note while
for some students, they can take this opportunity to check their answers.
- Jeeivita Kathirvelu Pillai
- Anasuhah binti Buyong
- Nabilah Huda Bt Hamdan
- Ainatul Mardhiah Bt Manin
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