KS3/4 Spanish - Listening skills - How do I listen?

N.B. This lesson can easily be used in preparation for a listening assessment as it helps students develop both their exam skills and their capacity to consciously listen to TL.

- Ideal for learners of KS3 and lower KS4 Spanish, as the lesson includes plenty of scaffolding and step-by-step exploitation of audios.
- Total of 6 files in the package: three audio files recorded specially for developing listening skills, one PowerPoint presentation, a vocabulary-drilling worksheet, and a general worksheet to accompany the lesson.
- Listening skills activities are based on academic research into:
(a) What students find most difficult about approaching an audio text
(b) How to guide students into finding the correct information in the text
(c) Going beyond simply inferring information from audio texts and encouraging students to isolate individual words and phrases
(d) Encourages students to pay extra attention to letters and pronunciation
(e) Shows students a range of exam tips and how to listen for gist
(f) Shows students how to take advantage of all information and clues before they listen to the audio text
- Colour-coded texts according to word category to support students with dyslexia or lower literacy.
- Animated and visually engaging slides.
- Notes under slides to explain how teachers might like to deliver the lesson and also details the thinking behind each activity.
- Allows student to go through the thought process of approaching a listening activity step-by-step - an emphasis on metacognition.