The following procedure has become standard practice
when dealing with a listening text in class:
1.Pre-listening. This stage is to prepare the learners for what they are going to hear, just as we are usually prepared in real life. You should not just tell the learners to listen and then start the cassette. Various activities are used to help students to become familiar with the topic. The teacher’s role is to create interest, reasons for listening, and the confidence to listening. 2. While-listening. This stage is to help the learners understand the text. You should not expect them to try to understand every word. For example, you may ask them to listen for three pieces of information the first time they hear the recording, and to tell you about the attitude of the speakers after the second time they have heard it. In general, you should help your learners understand rather than testing their understanding the whole time. Although the listening itself is done individually, student can be encouraged to check their responses in pairs or groups as soon as they are ready. As a feedback the teacher and students check and discuss the responses to the while-listening task. The teacher’s role is to help students see how successful they have been in doing the task. 3.Post-listening. This stage is to help the learners connect what they have heard with their own ideas and experience, just as we often do in real life. It also allows you to move easily from listening to another language skill. For example, the learners may practice speaking by role-playing interviews similar to one they have heard. So, follow-up activities can be of various kinds. The teacher may wish to focus on features of the text, or on listening process to assist further development of effective listening, or on integration with other skills. (from Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom by Tricia Hedge, Oxford, 2001.)