Listening Strategies
Listening Strategies: Four Types
There are at least four
main types of learning strategies. They can be applied to, or used with
listening, speaking, reading or writing. In fact, they can be applied to
any kind of learning at all.
- Meta-cognitive
Strategies:
- Definition: Thinking about how you think
- Examples: planning how to learn, evaluating what you know, understanding mistakes, evaluating success and/or failure, etc.
- Cognitive
Strategies
- Definition: Thinking (working with the material you’re learning)
- Examples: note taking, summarizing, connecting new info to old (elaboration), translating to first language, find main ideas, repeating words etc.
- Social
Strategies:
- Definition: Working with other’s to help you learn better.
- Examples: Ask someone to clarify what was meant. Work cooperatively with others to do a language task. Work in a study group. Share answers and questions with others, etc.
- Affective
(Emotional/Psychological) Strategies:
- Definition: Making emotional and psychological changes that will help you learn better.
- Examples: Focus on what you are hearing, not what you missed. Reward yourself for good work. Avoid negative students. Tolerate/accept that fact that many things are unclear or can’t be understood, etc.
