Learner's guide for developing listening comprehension skills in practical English language classes

Abstract

The learner's guide is developed in order to propose students a wide range of listening comprehension activities based on the three video films "A Photographer", "Shopping in the UK", and "Chicago" (English File. Pre-Intermediate. Student's Book / Latham-Koenig C., Oxenden C. – New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. – 167 p.). The activities to each film include Pre-viewing, While-viewing, and Post-viewing stages. The words and phrases, given in the Pre-viewing, can be translated to any language, depending on the native country of L2 learners (this learner's guide gives the translation into Turkish). While-viewing and Post-viewing offer students different types of exercises aimed to ensure a better comprehension of the videos. The learner's guide is intended to help pre-intermediate-level students to overcome possible difficulties in listening comprehension and can be used not only in the English classroom but also during students' self-work.