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2.2 Using technology in improving young learners’
listening ability
A sender (a human, radio, or television), a message, and a receiver (the listener) are all involved in listening. Listeners are frequently required to process messages as they arrive, even though they are already processing what they have just received, without going backwards or forwards. In second language environments, where the receiver often has little language power, the difficulty of the listening process
Given the importance of listening in language learning and teaching, it is essential for language teachers to help their students become effective listeners. This means modeling listening techniques and offering listening experience in authentic contexts, such as those that learners are likely to encounter while they are learning a language outside of the school, use the language.
It is obvious that, the 21st century is considered as a technological era. Technology is developing day by day and technological advancements are creating more comforts to human. Utilizing technologies widely is common sense at present and listening is no exception. Various technologies are making learning easy, especially when it comes to learn and teaching foreign languages. Listening skills are supported by modern computer-based technology, which provides a plethora of options.
Integrating listening exercises into language lessons using multimedia technologies is one of the best ways to expose students to listening techniques. There are three types of listening, they are:
1.Passive listening (listening for fun or entertainment)
2.Active listening (listening to learn and retain information)
3.Critical or analytical listening (listening to criticize or make decisions on what one has heard).
For all above mentioned types of listening-teaching and learning technology is regarded as an extremely useful tool. To immerse their students in the spoken language experience, a good language instructor would be aware of these existing and emerging technologies.
Multimedia technology's potential as a tool to improve listening skills grows as it becomes more available to teachers and learners of other languages.
a feasible alternative Text, graphics, audio, and motion video can all be integrated into a multimedia presentation. As a result, students can now engage with textual, aural, and visual information and a variety of visual media in a variety of formats.
Since each form of technology allows students to explore their repertoire of listening techniques, technology is useful in teaching listening. It also allows for a greater focus on certain aspects of listening, such as cross-cultural, interactional, critical, and contextual dimensions. Technology also makes the process of learning to listen more enjoyable.
Since they did not have enough access to native speakers, using media, such as radio, may be a successful way to improve students' listening skills and strengthen their interest in listening.
There are various kinds of media that we can use to teach listening. They are:
Radio-One of the most open ways for a learner to improve listening skills is to listen to the radio. Listening to the radio is not a popular practice in the classroom. Perhaps this is due to the fact that radio listening can only be achieved in real time, making arranging language classes to catch a specific radio program difficult.
AUDIO-TAPES-Audio cassette players are the easiest and most cost-effective way to provide students with listening practice in the classroom. Since audio cassettes are now included with virtually all general course books, cassette players have become an indispensable tool in the language classroom.
Video, since its introduction in language classes in the mid-1970s, the use of video to aid in the development of listening skills has gotten a lot of attention. In non-English-speaking countries, video's obvious contextualization of language has made it a common medium.
Language Learning with a Computer- Since the 1960s, computers have been used in language education. The use of computers during this forty-year period can be divided into three stages: behaviorist computer-assisted language learning (CALL), communicative CALL, and integrative CALL of these phases corresponds to the technological and pedagogical theories that are currently in use.
These aspects of listening capacity can be improved with the help of technological advancements.
1. Hearing the sound -We will be able to learn how native speakers pronounce their words by using technology, such as radio. As a result, being able to differentiate between two related terms, such as think and stuff, would be beneficial.
2. Understanding stress and intonation- Though less apparent than issues with actual sounds, the English system of stress, intonation, and rhythm can obstruct a foreign learner's proper understanding of spoken English.
3.Speculating-We would be able to hear and comprehend what is being said next if the listener can predict what is going to be said next. We might even be able to get by without it.
4.Understanding colloquial vocabulary -Acquiring a working knowledge of slang. The international learner may already be familiar with much of the vocabulary used in colloquial speech, but that does not mean we are. As a result, technology will assist us in becoming more familiar with words in everyday speech, such as through the use of film.
5.Understanding a variety of accents -We can tell the difference between different accents spoken by native speakers by watching a movie, for example. Different people for different accents are provided in the film.
6.Students may expand their vocabulary by listening to the radio, especially news. There are some terms that are commonly used in news broadcasts. Around 1500 words are often repeated in VOA special English, for example, in many broad categories such as polities, economy, science and technology, and military matters. They may be:
a. A popular lexicon
b. Appropriate names
c. Abbreviations.
To conclude, I tend to say that technology is more useful for education, especially for teaching and learning foreign languages. Because there are quite number of printed sources and some kind of books costs money. Thanks to the technology, we can download any type of video, audio, information or texts easily. Without the technological advancements, we encounter a lot of difficulties in education sphere.
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