Listening Comprehension: Listening for Details

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 7 English | Theme 7.0 Natural Resources | Sub-Strand 7.1.1 Listening and Speaking: Listening Comprehension - Listening for Details (2 Lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Identify clues that signal details from a listening text
• Take detailed notes on a listening text
• Acknowledge the importance of listening for details

Summary

This topic gives you a specific, practical tool for catching details while listening: signpost words -- small words and phrases that announce exactly what kind of detail is about to follow. Instead of listening equally hard to everything, you learn to react to these signals, which tell you in advance whether an addition, an example, a contrast, or a cause-and-effect is coming next.