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Advanced Listening
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Advanced Listening
First Term
Introduction
Advanced Listening requires students to be committed to the importance of listening skill as a critical
factor in improving personal communication. It also connects critical thinking, language skills, and
learning outcomes. There appears a main constraint in this process of human communication which is that
even though everyone likes to think they are good listeners, they hear but do not listen. After a learner
understands what is meant by being a good listener, s/he will feel motivated to develop this skill and
improve their communication skills to prepare students for academic success, as well. In other words, an
understanding of the human communication process will enable the students to appreciate the role that
listening plays in this process and the consequences of ineffective listening.
Didactic orientation
The main focus of this subject is to develop this skill and apply note-taking strategies which focus the
students’ attention on the accurate and concise recording of material delivered during the process.
Effective note-taking is the cornerstone of effective studying.
The listening material includes several types of spoken English: general informational material, which
students use to perform specific tasks; conversations (in the form of interviews); and academic lectures.
These three types of discourse appear in each of the book´s ten chapters. Working through the chapters,
students do a wide variety of listening tasks, including listening for main and specific ideas, following
directions, and completing summaries and outlines. A major focus is put on helping students learn note-
taking – an essential academic skill.
Take into account that at the end of the academic semester you are going to have an FCE exam so it is
recommended to practice this kind of exams, too
Do not scan the book, please. Type the questions and only the correct answers. You do not need to type
the incorrect answers.
Learning Activities
Learning activity 1.1.
Learning Develop and administer a survey focused on media preferences, analyse the results, and
Outcomes report your findings
*How do people get the news today?
Listening 2. Pod-Ready: Podcasting for the Developing World
Content
*How does Language affect who we are?
Listening 1. My stroke of insight: A brain Scientist´s Personal Journey.
COMPLETE THE EXERCISES ABOUT MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS FROM
PAGES13-15 AND 32-34, SEND THEM IN YOUR STUDY GUIDE .Do not forget to
Activities
use your access code ( at the back of the book cover)to enter in the Q:Skills platform to
get the audios to do the exercises required.
Listen the relationships between main ideas and details
Relate personal experiences to listening topics.
Didactic Predict content
orientations Integrate information from multiple sources
Interpret survey data
Understand inferences
Every unit ends with a variety and challenging tasks where students apply and expand
Evaluation
their knowledge of unit content and vocabulary.
criteria
Develop Listening, vocabulary-building, and critical thinking skills.
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Every unit ends with a variety and challenging tasks where students apply and expand
Evaluation criteria
their knowledge of unit content and vocabulary.
Send the didactic guide through the platform by using the “send guide” option of the
Contents section in a file labelled like this,
Send to
Format: G#.Last name.Last name.Name.Subject
Example: G1.Cisneros.Obando. Sandra. Adv.Listening.
Send your questions and doubts through the platform by using the “contacts” section
Questions
and tick on your tutor´s name.
Evaluation
Learning activities
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Score
Learning activity 1.1. 4
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“If it is strictly necessary for examining the consulting of tables, formulas, diagrams or charts, they
are included as part of the examination or in an annex
The first and second examination WILL NOT BE an open book test, therefore, I advise you to go
over all the subject matter carefully”.
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