The reason why we should teach

The reason why you should teaching listening
1. Learners develop an ability to discriminate sounds. Listening iearnvolves the identification of the differences among sounds. This identification and discrimination leads children to the understanding that sounds are grouped together to form words.

2. Students realize the value of listening. Listening makes up a great percentage of a students day, both in and out of school. Expanding their views of listening and the benefits of using good listening skills can impact how they use listening. For instance, listening precisely to verbal instructions has a direct impact on students success in the classroom. They know exactly what they are to do as a result of being able to perform this type of listening.

3. Students learn to listen for a variety of purposes. There are many purposes for listening, such as to determine a speakers intended message, being able to thoughtfully respond to a speakers message, and to appreciate music. The good news is that teachers can actually teach children how to listen for a variety of purposes, which is one of the main goals of the Listenwise curriculum. Teaching students how to listen is far different from simply expecting them to develop this complex language art by listening for longer periods with no specific focus.


4. Listening enhances childrens ability to use the other language arts. Teaching listening allows students to follow directions, understand expectations, and make sense of oral communication. As children improve as listeners, they learn to use the same strategies to improve their command of the other language arts. For example, when children ask a question (speaking), they then listen (listening) for the response which might clarify what they need to do to complete a given reading or writing task.

5. Students understand the relationship between listening and reading. Listening, like reading, is an active process. Listening and reading require the use of similar thought processes such as predicting and self-monitoring to attend to the conveyed message for the construction of meaning. And lets remember that reading a word is much easier if it has first been heard