Listening

GENERAL LISTENING

PURPOSE OF LISTENING

• Listening to songs - for enjoyment , relaxation
• Listening to an announcement - gain information
• Listening to a process - get guideline , instruction
• Listening to a friend's problem - gives support

LISTENING FOR MAIN IDEA 

listening to main ideas is listening and understanding the gist or summary of any text

the following could help us to get the main idea of passage :

• reference words or phrases
• contextual clues
• topic sentence           

LISTENING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION

when you listen to a conversation, a talk or a lecture, you are listening for specific information you wish to know 

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