Listening Comprehension

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Listening Comprehension
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Listening Comprehension

• Listening comprehension refers to the
  understanding of the implications and explicit
  meanings of words and sentences of spoken
  language.
• Listening Comprehension (receptive language) is
  basically how well one understands what is being
  conveyed and has two distinct parts
• Perception perceiving the signal as it is given
• Comprehension understanding of the message
  conveyed.

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Listening Comprehension Skills

• Auditory Attention
• Auditory Memory
• Auditory Perception
• Comprehension - making connections to previous
  learning
• Attention and memory are skills necessary for
  perception and comprehension to occur.

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Listening Comprehension Classroom Examples

• Throughout the school day, students must be able
  to
• follow directions, which requires
• listening to direction/s (single or multiple
  steps)
• keeping direction/s in mind
• executing direction/s
• comprehend questions (synthesize/understand
  questions related to academic content)
• listen and comprehend in order to learn (oral
  presentation of stories, lectures, classroom
  dialogue, etc.)
• Behavior difficulties may be an indication of
  difficulty with listening comprehension.

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