Stage 2 guidelines for listening: Appropriate varieties

Here is an objective for learning appropriate varieties for listening in Stage 2:

To extend comprehension of different registers: how people talk to family, friends, strangers, merchants, employees, and people of different ages and social status

Here are some strategies for learning appropriate varieties for listening in Stage 2:

• Analysis

  Ask a language associate or teacher about distinctions and note the differences.

• Practice

  Set up practice techniques with conversations or short exchanges between different kinds of people so you can hear different registers of vocabulary and forms.

• Selective attention

  Pay attention to different varieties.

Here is a technique for learning appropriate varieties for listening in Stage 2:

The Dialogue techniques, especially Dialogue variations

Here is an activity for for learning appropriate varieties for listening in Stage 2:

Listen for the different forms in conversations between mother-tongue speakers and conversations people have with you.

• Generic module: Stage 2 guidelines for listening: Appropriate vari...
• In overview module: Stage 2: Listening modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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