Match the teachers' comments with the aspects of listening listed A - H. There is one extra option which you do not need to use.
Aspects of listening
A. listening for specific information
B. listening extensively
C. listening for detail
D. listening for gist
E. activating students' knowledge of the world
F. working with authentic texts
G. deducing meaning from context
H. dealing with connected speech
Teachers' comments
1. My students find it hard to recognise the pronunciation of individual words and sounds when they hear people speak in the street.
2. Students only need to recognise words like numbers and names to practise this subskill.
3. I always ask my students what information they can tell me about the topic before we start listening.
4. I tell my students that they can use the situationto help them understand meaning.
5. It's nice if learners can just listen to a story and enjoy it without doing a task on it.
6. Some listening texts in the coursebook are extracts from real TV programmes and real conversations. The students think they're challenging but useful.
7. The first listening task I give my students is usually one in which they have to decide on the general meaning of the text.