 Re: Difficult Class!
Let them develop their listening. You can use the media for listening if you have a computer or TV & player. Some techniques that you can use is the silent viewing -- let them view video material without sound to let the students consider what is going on and guess what the speakers are doing and saying. Another is the soundtrack only -- the students will listen to the soundtrack without the picture. They can speculate what speakers look like, the setting and the location. You can also let the students watch the beginning of a sequence then let them predict what will happen next. Or they will watch the ending and consider what happened earlier.
Minimal pairs listening - give two words that have slight difference in sound such as lap - rap, sell - sail. You can have it in a form of a game such as if the student hear the word "lap" they put up one finger. But if they hear the word "rap" they put up two fingers. You can vary the speed of saying the words and when the students are familiarized with the rule of the game, let them take turns being the moderator.
In addition to the dialogues, give conversations using short-answer questions such as the Yes-No, Either-Or, and Identity Questions.  |