Last Thursday we discussed the ideas of how to teach listening. For me, teaching listening is really a hard work. It would take both teachers and students a period of time to get fruitful results. Besides, a lot of things need to be taken into consideration while teaching listening, such as clustering, redundancy, reduced forms, colloquial language and so on, which would make the listening process difficult. Moreover, how to make sure students’ comprehension is also an important thing.
The lesson plan below was discussed by Peggy and me in class last week. We think that it is unnecessary to teach listening ONLY in a listening class. Therefore, we try to integrate the four skills in our lesson plan. Your suggestions and recommendations are welcome and appreciated.
 
Hi Apple and Peggy,
I agree with you that teaching listening can’t be confined to so-called “listening classes.” It’s a skill that should be integrated with the rest into a language lesson.
I like your lesson plan because it gives students a lot of chances to exercise their brain. And teamwork plays a role here too. Still, as a teacher, I’m obliged to give you some advice. First of all, you might need to play the CD more than once. Then, when it comes to mapping, students need more hand-holding if it is new to them. In this case, you might need to give them different ideas about mapping.
Well, it looks that you have a good start already.