Listen Hear! 25 Effective Listening Comprehension Strategies

by Michael F. Opitz

Have you ever asked your students "Are you listening?" and felt uneasy that their response didn't distinguish listening from hearing? We expect children to spend fifty percent or more of their school day engaged in listening-comprehension activities, yet despite today's emphasis on skills-building in the language arts, most literacy curricula ignore the teaching of this crucial skill. Thanks to Listen Hear! , that's about to change. Michael Opitz and Matthew Zbaracki recognize that teachers have their hands full with reading and writing standards; that's why they've designed Listen Hear! as a handy, friendly resource full of fresh teaching strategies that help you fold multidimensional listening comprehension instruction snugly into your existing reading and read-aloud lessons-without sacrificing room in your crowded curriculum. Listen Hear! gives you everything you need to start teaching listening

152 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2004

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to read if you need to meet listening standards or if you have students who do not seem to listen or comprehend what they hear.

I read this for a class, and I enjoyed it. However, it was published in 2004, and so some things have changed: overhead, tapes, videorecord. It is full of great suggestions of titles for each activity, but I wonder if they republished today if they would include some ideas for social media. As I read it I kept thinking about videos, memes, podcasts, etc, that would be more current for our students. They really should do a rewrite. I'd read it!

Quick, simple book. Good, simple activities. Now I have a bunch of strategies to meet those standards I don't think I've been even really paying attention to. If you have ELL (CLD, put othe acronym here) kids, this book is great for teaching them, which is why I took the class.

[Kjersti · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was on display in the Children's section of our local library and caught my eye. As the mom of toddler boys I'm open minded to learning about strategies for listening comprehension. I'm sure I don't undesirable everything it covers, I do like the list of books at the end of each chapter. If nothing else it gives me ideas of what to check out for my kids each week.