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Hold students accountable for their listening. They will pay more attention and learn a lot more if they know they are being held accountable.

Even though listening is a difficult language strand to evaluate, assessment must take place to validate its place in a curriculum and to provide feedback to students. The feedback should be specific, concise, and as meaningful as possible. As with all evaluation, it needs to be continuous


Listening Assessment
During the listening activity, ensure that all students are following along, working, and are understanding.  I often do comprehension checks during and after an activity such as:
  • Students tell you the percentage they understood by pointing to the percentage on a chart.
  • Have students close eyes and ask percentage that they understood
  • Ask students questions in English about material.
  • For some LD students, have them do secret signal to let you know they don’t understand.
  • When assigning jobs to students, assign some to be a “patrol” and to “stop” you when they don’t understand.  Make it fun and they will get a kick out of “stopping” you for “speeding” through the material. 
  • Ask students often what a particular word or phrase means.
  • Have students write down in English what they think they heard.
  • Students answer questions in English about the material they just heard.
  • Give quizzes.
  • Students fill in a self-assessment chart or tell the percentage they understood.

 

Student Self-Assessment
After students have completed a listening activity, I also have them complete a self-assessment by answering yes, no, or sometimes to the following questions:
  1. Do I remain focused while listening?
  2. Do noises or other distractions in the room interrupt my listening?
  3. Do I ask questions about words or ideas that I don’t understand?
  4. Do I visualize what is being said?
  5. Do I fixate on words I don’t understand?
  6. Do I listen for context clues when I hear words that I don’t understand?
  7. Do I summarize what I hear in my own words?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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