Advanced Listening

First Term

Advanced Listening

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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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Learning activity 1.2

Develop a narrative incorporating figurative language that chronologically details an
Learning incident of language loss or an inability to communicate.
Outcomes Plan and present a school vacation in a way that will persuade your classmates to select
it for their spring break alternative trip.
*How does Language affect who we are?
Listening2. The story of my life.
Content
* Where can work, education, and fun overlap?
Listening 1. Voluntourism
COMPLETE THE EXERCISES ABOUT MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS FROM
PAGES 38-40, 56-57AND 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 for events in a chronology.
Didactic  Contrast good and bad situations.
orientations  Predict content and} understand inferences.
 Listen for main ideas and details
Evaluation Every unit ends with a variety and challenging tasks where students apply and expand
criteria their knowledge of unit content and vocabulary.

Learning activity 1.3

Learning Deliver a presentation that describes and gives examples of how optical illusions are
Outcomes used and discusses implications of their use.
How can the eyes deceive the mind?
Content Listening 1. Wild survivors.
Listening 2. Magic and the Mind.
COMPLETE THE EXERCISES ABOUT MAIN IDEAS AND DETAILS FROM
PAGES81-82 and 85-87 AND SEND THEM IN YOUR STUDY GUIDE. Do not forget
Activities
to 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.
 Recognize appositives that explain
Didactic  Listen to identify word roots and suffixes
orientations  Relate examples with the main ideas
 Listen for details
Every unit ends with a variety and challenging tasks where students apply and expand
Evaluation criteria
their knowledge of unit content and vocabulary.

Learning activity 1.4

Learning
Identify and report on aspects of a global problem.
Outcomes
What does it mean to be a global citizen?
Content Listening 1. The campaign to Humanize the Coffee Trade.
Listening 2. The UN Global Compact.
COMPLETE THE EXERCISES ABOUT LISTEN FOR MAIN IDEAS AND FOR
DETAILS FROM PAGES 105-106 and 111-112 AND SEND THEM IN YOUR
Activities
STUDY GUIDE. Do not forget to 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.
 Organize notes with a T-chart
Didactic  Listen for problems and solutions
orientations  Predict content
 Listen for main ideas and for details

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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.

Learning activity 1.5

Write a reaction paper to develop the following:
Learning
Understand Native English Speakers with a natural pace to develop this important skill
Outcomes
and critical thinking as well.

Content Write a reaction paper referring to the listening

Listen to the following explanation taken from:

“SPEAK POWERFULLY - Julian Treasure on London Real”
Activities
https://youtu.be/E3SLcjAMKEA
Write a reaction paper referring to the listening
Listen to the whole explanation.
After listening, choose one of the following sentence stems to write a response to what
you listened.
After listening ….,
I noticed…
A question I have is…
I wonder why…
I began to think of…
It seems like…
Didactic
I can’t really understand…
orientations
I’m not sure…
I know the feeling…
I loved the way…
I realized…
I was surprised…
If I were…
I discovered…

There is a rubric to be applied in this activity:

The reaction paper has to be written in a proper way.
The ideas have to be relevant.
Evaluation
Spelling and syntax must be correct.
criteria
Write in a cohesive and coherent way.
Write from 400 to 450 words.

Delivery Format Microsoft Word File (doc).

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
First Term
Score
Learning activity 1.1. 4

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Learning activity 1.2. 4

Learning activity 1.3. 4
Learning activity 1.4. 4
Learning activity 1.5. 4
Total 20

“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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