March 2014

 
 Kia ora teachers,

It’s autumn in New Zealand. Autumn stretches from March through to April or May every year. I am eager to see those beautiful and colorful leaves.

This March we will talk about listening skills. Nunan (2002) mentioned that listening was the Cinderella skill in second language learning. He explained that listening (just like Cinderella) had usually been overlooked by its elder sister – speaking. I will send the article through your email.
 

Regarding Nunan’s idea, how do you teach listening skills to your students? What are your challenges? I believe that listening is one of the skills tested in the National Examination (NE) for high school students in Indonesia. Do you teach listening skills to help the students to understand all kinds of listening materials or to assist them to be able to do the NE? Please provide reasons for your ideas.

I really appreciate those who posted in February. It would be great to hear from the rest of you this March. I am looking forward to seeing your posts and comments on the readings soon!

One more thing—congratulations to the winner of the book draw! The prize goes to Pak Hamdan. Once again, congratulations.

Regards,

Anik Wulyani

Reference:

Nunan, D. (2002). Listening in language learning. Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice, 238–241.