ENC1501 Detailed summary notes
Aspects of speaking (Author's own creation)
*The attitude with which ideas are said
*The emphasis of certain words
*Facial expressions
*Volume
*Hand gestures
*Body language
Factors influencing speech (Author's own creation)
*The way a speaker pronounces words
*Tone and intonation
*Diction/Vocabulary
*Sentence structure
*Grammatically correct language
Listening means that we are able to understand what is said, interpret it
correctly, and then use the information to acquire and improve our knowledge
of a subject.
Standards for South African language and literacy graduate teachers
Graduate teachers have knowledge of language and literacy and how to teach
learners to read and write
Graduate teachers can organize systematic language and literacy instruction with a
focus on reading and writing, guided by the requirements of the curriculum
Graduate teachers demonstrate that they understand the knowledge, skills and
process required to teach English as a First Additional Language
Aspects of listening
Making comments
Making notes
Focusing on issues
Making a summary
Asking questions
These aspects allow listeners to understand a speaker clearly and the main ideas
being conveyed *Listening needs to involve empathy; this implies that we need to
, feel what a speaker feels so that we can understand the attitude of the speaker when
delivering a speech
The steps to follow for good listening skills
1. Making comments. Comments help us to form an opinion of what we listen to,
and to decide on our feelings about it,
a)Paying attention to the speaker increase our knowledge of the topic and absorb
the information . The important issue is not whether or not we agree, but whether
what we listen to makes us think, thus increasing our knowledge.
b)Questions allow us to gain more information as we get explanations of what we
do not understand. This allows our knowledge of the topic to have depth and
substance, which allow us to make more accurate notes
c)Doing research is also an important skill to develop as we need to consult many
reliable sources in order to make good notes for ourselves
2. Analyze what we hear. Analysis implies looking at all components of what we
listen to so as to decide what the issues are.
Components are:
The topic
The specific words used to discuss the topic
The tone and intonation of the speaker
The facial expressions
The body language
The themes and perspectives or attitude the speaker has
How the listeners react to what is said
1. Topic
If a topic being discussed is very broad then it is difficult to understand it properly.
When we ask questions. So, when we ask a question, we need to focus the
questions on the aspects of the topic the ides relate to so as to set boundaries. The
more specific a topic is, the easier it is to gain an understanding of the ideas around
it.
2.Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Body language
Aspects of speaking (Author's own creation)
*The attitude with which ideas are said
*The emphasis of certain words
*Facial expressions
*Volume
*Hand gestures
*Body language
Factors influencing speech (Author's own creation)
*The way a speaker pronounces words
*Tone and intonation
*Diction/Vocabulary
*Sentence structure
*Grammatically correct language
Listening means that we are able to understand what is said, interpret it
correctly, and then use the information to acquire and improve our knowledge
of a subject.
Standards for South African language and literacy graduate teachers
Graduate teachers have knowledge of language and literacy and how to teach
learners to read and write
Graduate teachers can organize systematic language and literacy instruction with a
focus on reading and writing, guided by the requirements of the curriculum
Graduate teachers demonstrate that they understand the knowledge, skills and
process required to teach English as a First Additional Language
Aspects of listening
Making comments
Making notes
Focusing on issues
Making a summary
Asking questions
These aspects allow listeners to understand a speaker clearly and the main ideas
being conveyed *Listening needs to involve empathy; this implies that we need to
, feel what a speaker feels so that we can understand the attitude of the speaker when
delivering a speech
The steps to follow for good listening skills
1. Making comments. Comments help us to form an opinion of what we listen to,
and to decide on our feelings about it,
a)Paying attention to the speaker increase our knowledge of the topic and absorb
the information . The important issue is not whether or not we agree, but whether
what we listen to makes us think, thus increasing our knowledge.
b)Questions allow us to gain more information as we get explanations of what we
do not understand. This allows our knowledge of the topic to have depth and
substance, which allow us to make more accurate notes
c)Doing research is also an important skill to develop as we need to consult many
reliable sources in order to make good notes for ourselves
2. Analyze what we hear. Analysis implies looking at all components of what we
listen to so as to decide what the issues are.
Components are:
The topic
The specific words used to discuss the topic
The tone and intonation of the speaker
The facial expressions
The body language
The themes and perspectives or attitude the speaker has
How the listeners react to what is said
1. Topic
If a topic being discussed is very broad then it is difficult to understand it properly.
When we ask questions. So, when we ask a question, we need to focus the
questions on the aspects of the topic the ides relate to so as to set boundaries. The
more specific a topic is, the easier it is to gain an understanding of the ideas around
it.
2.Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
Body language
