Question

Identify the best way to complete the given sentence. 

'While listening' means a stage

1. when students are listening for pleasure
2. when students are listening to a recording of a natural conversation
3. where the students attempt a listening task
4. when a listening activity is introduced

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : when students are listening to a recording of a natural conversation

A listening lesson can be divided into the three stages of pre-listening, while listening and post-listening as given below:

• Pre-listening activities help to mentally prepare the students regarding the theme and the expectations of the task. During the pre-listening stage, the teacher may ask questions, provide the necessary background knowledge to comprehend what they listen.
• The while-listening tasks are short and simple which students can do as they listen or soon after they finish listening. Tasks like completion tasks, when students are listening to a recording of a natural conversation, table completion on an audio recording or labelling a diagram can be done alongside and completed after the listening is done. These activities would be closely aligned to the listening text.
• The post-listening tasks are large tasks on language production which may be based upon the students’ response to the text or any of its aspects, like a discussion or role-play or a creative writing task.

Hence, we conclude that when students are listening to a recording of a natural conversation, it is while-listening stage.