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      Using songs in the classroom

      Submitted by TE Editor on 30 March, 2011 - 07:46

      This is from a song workshop I gave some time ago. Take care with the copyright!
      Songs can be exploited in many ways:

      Average: 3.4 (125 votes)
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      Active listening activities

      Submitted by TE Editor on 23 June, 2002 - 12:00

      Students are often asked to listen to tapes or to their teacher talking, but it can be just as useful to encourage them to listen to each other in a more active way.

      Average: 3.6 (47 votes)
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      Listening activities for songs

      Submitted by TE Editor on 23 June, 2002 - 12:00

      Here are some tried and tested ideas I get my students to do when listening to a pop song. Activities need not require hours of preparation time and some of the best activities are spontaneous and simple. Below are a few

      Average: 3 (41 votes)
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      Stop, go back dictation

      Submitted by TE Editor on 2 June, 2010 - 16:23
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      This is a dictation activity which pushes students to make sense of the language they hear by writing it down as accurately as possible.

      Average: 3.4 (300 votes)
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      Big City Small World

      Submitted by Katherine Bilsb... on 30 November, 2010 - 14:56

      This is a fun listening activity that can be used with adults and secondary groups.

      Average: 3.3 (105 votes)
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      Understanding dialogues

      Submitted by TE Editor on 2 August, 2006 - 12:00

      These are two simple listening activities which test students' understanding of two dialogues.

      Average: 3.1 (93 votes)
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      Who is it?

      Submitted by NikPeachey on 8 April, 2010 - 14:17

      In this activity students listen to information about two people who emigrated to Dublin. They then have to create profiles of other immigrants based on the text from the listening.

      Average: 3.6 (70 votes)
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      Sitcom activity: listening and guessing

      Submitted by Katherine Bilsb... on 25 March, 2009 - 12:47

      This activity is suitable for pre-intermediate students and above.

      Average: 3.3 (186 votes)
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      Listening for key words in songs

      Submitted by TE Editor on 23 June, 2002 - 12:00

      This is a fun activity which helps students listen out for key words.

      Average: 3.4 (52 votes)
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      Interactive listening and speaking

      Submitted by TE Editor on 23 June, 2002 - 12:00

      Despite the fact that most communication is face-to-face, most listening material does not train students to cope with this.

      Average: 3.7 (22 votes)
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