Listening is one of the skills, in my context, that are most difficult to develop. Students say not to understand anything when authentic or adapted materials are used in the classroom. They get frustrated and develop a negative perspective toward listening activities. However the problem may not be in students' listening speaking but in the king of strategy that the teacher is using. Either a selective, reactive, intensive, responsive, extensive or interactive the task has to include characteristics that engage the student. With this in mind, I want to talk about an activity we did in Mathew's class. This activity did not have a name but I would call it "the cooler". I would call it that way because in this activity the teacher tells a story or gives commands, while the students walk around the classroom. The teacher, then, says the word "freeze" at anytime of the story for the students to stay in the position they are at the moment. I consider that the m...
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