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2.1 SYNOPSIS
This topic aims to help course participants to identify and relate listening
and speaking skillls in the Malaysian primary school syllabus, enhance
their knowledge on developing listening and speaking skills and explore
the techniques in the teaching of listening and speaking skills. It consists
of information on listening and speaking skills and some reflect and
review sections. Some exercises are included for further reinforcement on
the topic. Some suggested useful websites addresses are provided at the
end of the module to give additional support to course participants.
2.3 CONTENT
Introduction
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Let us look at a comparison between the KBSR and KSSR to identify and
understand the role of Listening and Speaking in our Primary school syllabus.
KBSR KSSR
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In the initial stages of learning English, pupils will have the opportunity to
listen to meaningful English input, in the form of stories or oral descriptions by
teachers based on graphic texts. Through listening, pupils become familiar
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with words that willl be introduced in their early reading and writing lessons.
The emphasis in the initial stages willl be on vocabulary acquisition.
The curriculum content for Year 1,2 and 3 encompasses listening and
speaking, reading, writing, language arts, grammar and word list. In KSSR,
the listening and speaking component is taught simultaneously as one
component. Let us look into the details of this content in the listening and
speaking component.
Exercise 1
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Look through the KBSR and the KSSR English language Syllabus for Year
1 and Year 2.
Exercise 2
Read the narrative below carefully and identify the top-down and
bottom-up processes in listening. Refer to Brown (2001) for more
exercises.
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The obscene phone calls gave her hope until the number
was changed. She thought about calling a door-to-door
salesman but decided to hang up a clothesline instead. It was
the installation of blinking neon lights across the street that did
the trick. She eventually framed the ad from the classified
section.
Questions to ponder:
What process do you think is involved when you read the above
passage? When do you use the top-down processing? When
do you use the bottom-up processing?
Top-down processing ?
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Bottom-up processing ?
Seeking clarification
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Let us look at the characteristics of the pupils in your class! Are they
beginners, intermediate or advance learners?
a. Beginners
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b. Intermediate
c. Advanced
C. Speed of delivery
There are numerous activities to choose from for developing listening skills.
Lund (1990) has categorised them according to nine responses that can be
observed as comprehension checks:
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Extending: the listener goes beyond the text by continuing the story or
solving a problem;
Read the following activities and decide which of the following activities
are most suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced students?
a. Interactive Activities
b. Top-down Activities
c. Bottom-up Activities
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Have the skills integrated at the different stages of the lesson : Pre-task
While-task, Post-task
Listening Strategies
Guessing meanings
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Seeking clarification
Brainstorming
Think-Pair-Share
Mind Mapping
Team Interview
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List the number of people involved and their function in the script
TEACHING OF SPEAKING
Clustering
Redundancy
Reduced forms
Performance variables
Colloquial language
Rate of delivery
Interaction
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- Beginners:
- intermediate / advanced:
Logic puzzles
Picture-based activities
Extemporaneous speaking
e. Communicative Tasks
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Information gaps
Jigsaw activities
Surveys
Guessing games
References
Brown, G., & Yule, G. (1983). Teaching the spoken language. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Nunan, D., & Miller, L. (Eds.). (1995). New Ways in Teaching Listening.
Alexandria, VA:
Further Readings
Websites
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Teaching of Speaking :
http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/speaking/developspeak.htm
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk
http://skstt.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/02-year-1-guide-book.pdf
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