LISTENING COMPETENCIESININTERACTIVE SECONDARY ENGLISHLANGUAGE CURRICULUM2002

FIRST YEARLISTENING1. Listen closely to determine what to do and what not to do in announcements, instructionsor directions given orally1.1 Listen to instructions given in connection with classroom procedure1.1.1 Note down details in instructions or directions given orally1.1.2 Carry out instructions given orally1.2 Explore opportunities offered for speedy and economical access to information bylistening to broadcasts and weather bulletins1.2.1 Distinguish what to do and what not to do in emergency situations (fi re,earthquake, etc.)1.2.2 Listen closely to instructions and cautions pointed out1.2.3 Listen for specific c details and warnings in weather bulletins2. Determine the content and feeling levels of utterances2.1 Identify the speech event, interlocutors and objective of the speaker2.2 Note the use of intonation to express feelings2.3 Identify attitudes and feelings signaled by prosodic features (e.g. intonation andstress)3. Adjust listening strategies (marginal, selective, attentive, critical) in relation to the mainpurposes of listening, one’s familiarity with the topic and level of difficulty of a textdescribing a process and narrating longer stories3.1 Determine the type of listening suited to a given text3.1.1 Use TQLR (Tune in-Question-Listen-Respond) as a strategy to make senseof listening texts3.1.2 Employ selective strategies to find out answers to questions raised in alistening text3.2 Listen to informative texts specifically descriptions of processes3.2.1 Listen to determine steps in a process3.2.2 Transcode descriptions of a process using flowcharts3.2.3 Listen to explanations of specific processes noting cause-effect relationships3.3 Listen to narratives3.3.1 Infer links and connections between ideas3.3.2 Determine the information map suited to the type of narrative listened to3.4 Listen to issues pertaining to the home and the family3.4.1 Listen to class discussions on home and the family3.4.2 Identify the place and the person speaking3.4.3 Identify the stand of the speaker based on explicit statements made4. Get information from rapid speech

4.1 Listen to process speech including pauses, errors, corrections4.1.1 Get information from rapid and “distorted” speech4.1.2 Restate a commentary on a basketball game4.2 Make sense of broadcasts and telecasts4.2.1 Listen to get information on current events and issues aired over the radioand television5. Express appreciation for entertaining texts (anecdotes, jokes, fables, tales in sharingsessions)5.1 Listen to simple narratives to develop appreciative listening skills5.1.1 Point out the (situation-problem-attempted solution-result) discourse patternin tales5.1.2 Point out the distinctive features of tales, anecdotes, fables, etc. listened to5.1.3 Identify cause-effect relationships in anecdotes and tales5.2 Single out the punch lines in jokes

SECOND YEARLISTENING1. Determine the social issues addressed in an informative talk, the objective of the speakerand his attitude on the issues1.1 Listen for clues and links to show the speaker’s trend of thought1.1.1 Describe the speaker’s attitude towards the subject1.1.2 Arrive at conclusions regarding the attitude of the speaker toward his subjectby noting clues and links to show the speaker’s stand and assumptions1.2 Explore opportunities for speedy and economical access to information by listeningto talks, informative, political, religious2. Identify prosodic features, stress, and intonation features as carriers of meaning that mayaid or interfere in the delivery of the message in stories and informative texts2.1 Note prosodic features (e.g. stress, intonation, pauses) and rate of speech as carriers of meaning2.2 Identify changes in meaning signaled by stress, intonation and juncture2.3 Listen for points the speaker emphasizes as important signaled by contrastivesentence stress3. Employ varied listening strategies (marginal, selective, attentive, critical) to suit thelistening text and task3.1 Supply gaps in listening texts caused by acoustic disturbance3.1.1 Predict what is to follow considering the text type and macro discoursepattern3.1.2 Use context to guess items not heard in a listening text3.2 Listen to longer stories3.2.1 Employ projective listening strategies when listening to stories3.2.2 Predict outcomes from events described in stories as they unfold3.2.3 Listen to determine if one’s predictions are borne out3.2.4 Listen to events and note developments in narratives as they unfold3.2.5 Note the dramatic effect of sudden twists in surprise endings3.3 Listen to issues pertaining to the community

3.3.1 Identify the attitudes of the speaker on an issue3.3.2 Determine if the speaker is neutral, for or against an issue4. Process speech at different rates by making inferences from what was said4.1 Use syntactic and lexical clues to supply items not heard in a listening text4.1.1 Anticipate what is to follow considering the function of the statements made4.2 Listen to determine conflicting information aired over the radio and television5. Express appreciation for oral interpretations noting harmony, unison, and rhythm5.1 Listen to appreciate the tune and narrative structure of ballads5.2 Listen to appreciate harmony, unison, and rhythm in choric interpretations

THIRD YEARLISTENING1. Show openness when listening to statements contrary to one’s beliefs1.1 Take into account the context and situations that gave rise to statements contrary toone’s stand1.1.1 Take note of cultural differences underlying contradictory views1.2 Explore opportunities for obtaining varied views on a given issue by listening todebates and talk shows1.2.1 Infer links and connections between ideas2. Determine the claims, perspectives, assumptions, and the line of argumentation in oralpresentations2.1 Listen for important points signaled by pausing and a slow rate of speech2.2 Identify explicit signals given by the speaker (e.g. “this is important…”) tounderscore a point2.3 Listen for clues to enable one to tune in to the topic discussed3. Shift from one listening strategy to another depending on the text and one’s purpose forlistening1.1 Shift from marginal to attentive listening depending on the topic listened to1.1.1 Employ listening strategies suited to the type of text1.1.2 Use attentive listening with informative texts and critical listening withargumentative texts1.1.3 Use TLQR (Tune-in to raise Questions, then Listen and Respond) whenlistening to informative and argumentative texts1.2 Listen to argumentative discourse1.2.1 Listen to single out reasons cited in argumentative texts1.2.2 Determine the logic of arguments cited1.2.3 Determine the stand of a speaker on a given issue1.2.4 Determine the assumptions underlying the arguments of a speaker1.2.5 Determine the effectiveness of closing statements in arguments1.3 Listen to social, moral and economic issues affecting the nation1.3.1 Listen to get the different sides to an issue in panel discussions1.3.2 Identify the speaker’s stand on an issue by noting explicit and implicit signals(e.g. choice of words to highlight or downplay assertions made)

4. Process speech at different rates when listening to informative and argumentative texts1.1 Determine what was left out and highlighted in informative and argumentativetalks1.1.1 Listen to determine the worth of ideas based on a set of criteria1.1.2 Listen to determine whether conclusions are logical or illogical1.1.3 Determine inconsistencies1.1.4 Pick out discrepancies in supporting ideas1.1.5 Determine the information map suited to informative classificatory texts(tree diagrams), informative process texts (flow charts), and contrastiveargumentative texts (grid)4.2 Compare the stand and attitudes of newscasters and panel discussants5. Express appreciation of award-winning protest and patriotic songs and radio plays5.1 Listen to appreciate the sound effects and dramatic interpretations employed inradio plays5.2 Listen to appreciate the melody, rhythm, and words of award winning songs used asmusical themes in movies

FOURTH YEARLISTENING1. Show courtesy while listening to the ideas and feelings of others1.1 Listen attentively to what is uttered1.2 Allow the speaker to expound on the topic before reacting to what is said2. Derive information that can be used in everyday life from news reports, speeches,informative talks, panel discussions, etc.2.1 Explore opportunities for obtaining comprehensive information and varyingperspectives by listening to global television newscasts2.2 Point out the effectiveness of the devices used by the speaker to attract and hold theattention of the listener2.3 Identify the roles of discourse markers (e.g. conjunctions, gambits, adverbs) insignaling the functions of statements made2.4 Identify implicit and explicit signals-verbal as well as non-verbal used by a speakerto-highlight important points2.4.1 Single out direct and indirect signals used by a speaker2.5 Respond to intonation used to signal information structure3. Assess the effectiveness of listening strategies employed considering the text types, thelistening task and one’s purpose for listening3.1 Match the strategy employed with the type of text, the objective of the listener andthe level of difficulty of the text3.1.1 Demonstrate flexibility in switching from one strategy to another inaccordance with the situation and text type3.1.2 Employ analytical listening in problem solving3.1.3 Use varied approaches (e.g. selective listening TQLR, etc.) to process

listening tasks3.2 Listen to detailed reports, lecturettes and issues3.2.1 Listen to take down notes from lecturettes or oral reports3.2.2 Determine when to listen and when to take down notes in lecturettes or oralreports3.2.3 Listen to determine what further elucidation is needed in a report or alecture3.2.4 Listen to supply items not heard in reports and lecturettes3.2.5 Use prosodic as well as lexical clues to distinguish important points in alecture3.2.6 Determine the content and functions of statements in a lecture3.3 Listen to global issues3.3.1 Listen to get different viewpoints on global issues in talk shows3.3.2 Listen to get specific information from global television newscasts4. Process speech at different rates when evaluating tasks and taking down notes4.1 Assess the effectiveness of a material listened to with a view of determining thespeaker’s purpose and assessing whether it was achieved or not4.1.1 Give reactions to what was said4.1.2 Analyze what was heard on the bases of a given set of criteria4.1.3 Analyze and evaluate listening texts in point of accuracy, validity, adequacyand relevance5. Show appreciation for songs, poems, plays, etc.5.1 Listen to appreciate varies types of dramatic oral interpretations and songs withemphasis on protest songs5.1.1 Note the prosodic pattern used in dramatic readings5.1.2 Listen to chamber theater and reader’s theater presentations5.1.3 Describes the emotional appeal of a piece5.2 Give the theme/message of protest songs