HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING SKILLS?

Tips to improve listening skills

Tips to improve listening skills 2

Tips to improve listening skills 3

Tips to improve listening skills 4

TASK 4A

Write a well-organized paragraph in 120 words to answer the question below:

How can students improve their listening skillls in English?

Prepare an outline

Topic Sentence:
Supporting Idea 1:		Further Details: 1.1. ____________________                   1.2. _____________________
Supporting Idea 2:		Further Details: 2.1. ____________________                   2.2.  ____________________
Conclusion:	To sum up,

TASK 4B

Prepare a list of  at least 5 useful listening resources ( i.e. books, websites, etc.) and describe why each of them is helpful for an English language learner.

e.g.

Name of the Source	Why do you like it?
www.ello.org	There are a lot of lessons in different levels. You can also answer questions while you are listening.

A satisfactory task for week 5:

	EXPRESSION OF IDEAS
5	The text thoroughly responds to the prompt as the writer: presents well-focused ideas which fully relate to the topic. expands ideas with relevant supporting ideas and details throughout the text. organizes ideas successfully through clear progression of ideas* throughout the text.
4	The text mostly responds to the prompt as the writer: presents mostly focused ideas which relate to the topic. expands ideas with relevant supporting ideas and details in most places. organizes ideas successfully through clear progression of ideas* in most places.
3	The text adequately responds to the prompt as the writer: presents mostly focused ideas which relate to the topic. expands ideas partially or repeats ideas in some places. organizes ideas successfully through clear progression of ideas* in most places or in some places.
2	The text responds to the prompt in a limited way as the writer: loses focus and presents weakly related ideas in some places. expands ideas inadequately or repeats ideas in most places. Somewhat organizes ideas or fails to organize ideas in most places or in some places.
1	The text responds to the prompt in a very limited way as the writer: presents ideas which do not retain focus and are significantly irrelevant. fails to develop ideas throughout the text or repeats ideas constantly. fails to organize ideas throughout the text; presents ideas which are difficult to follow throughout the text.
0	does not attend/ does not attempt the task.  not enough of a sample to grade.  writes a totally memorized response.