Developing and upgrading listening comprehension of young learners with listening games

Аннотация

English learners have heard more than once about the language barrier, which refers to the fear of speaking in a foreign language. However, few people mention that there is also an auditory barrier - poor understanding of speech by ear. What is the cause of this obstacle and how to destroy it? How to learn to understand English by ear? We answer these and other questions in today's article. Keywords: listening, game, assessment Knowledge of English is becoming increasingly important in this rapidly changing era. Learning English starts at an early age. The reason is that research has proven to be more effective from a young age. In English, the difference in the number of sounds and letters relative to each other complicates the learning process a bit. It is important to have the skills to speak, read, write and listen in English. Learning listening skills, in particular, ensures that English conversations are pronounced correctly. Listening in teaching and learning English as a second or foreign language has hardly attracted the attention of teachers. This is at least one reason why very little attention is paid to listening. If he doesn’t pass the test, the teachers won’t pay attention to it. Another reason for not paying attention to hearing is that there are still those who consider listening to be a passive skill. [Ainley, M., Hidi, S., & Berndorff, D, 2002]. The function of listening as an art of neglected language has played an important role in listening comprehension in the acquisition of a second language. The expansion of effective theories in the field of language comprehension has shown that listening comprehension is closely related to reading, use, and other language skills . Given the importance of listening in second language learning, teachers should provide listening 153 Topical issues of language training in the globalized world strategies that support other language skills. Listening teaching can be done precisely with the many opportunities that students can use to make listening habitual. There are four basic principles related to listening activities in the classroom . -I- Listening should be more stimulating than demanding of children. -I- On a school day, teachers should change the often unreasonable time when they have to give instructions and notes to the teacher’s oral explanations. -I- Children should be directed to learn to listen not only to the teacher but also to other children in the class. -I- Listening activities should be planned so that children know what they are focusing on. [Barani, G.] In assessing listening, teachers should conduct assessment for specific purposes. The goal is to influence the assessment of listening ability. According to researchers who have conducted research on this topic, there are several common goals of listening assessment. First, learn a common language. Language ability includes four abilities and listening comprehension is one of them among other abilities. When people are interested in knowing a common language, they usually want to know about the ability to listen. The second represents oral speech. Listening is not only included in language tests for itself, but also used as a substitute for other skills. Thus, listening can be combined with other skills, such as speaking. The third is to evaluate success. This is a basic achievement test and tests are usually used to give grades, instructions. The last - a diagnostic test. The test is to identify where students ’knowledge is lacking so that teaching can address their needs more effectively. It provides the information needed to each listening better. By knowing the objectives of listening assessment, a teacher can identify types of listening assessment to meet the needs of students. [Bodie, G. D. 2011]. To assess a student’s listening ability, teachers need to consider the types of listening assessment that best fit their goals. According to scientists, there are several types of listening assessments. 1. Distinguish sounds: Students are required to listen and identify sounds that are not available in their native language. 154 Topical issues of language training in the globalized world 2. Listening for grammatical differentiation: students were able to listen carefully to inflectional signs. For example, students need to determine whether a subject and a verb are singular or plural. 3. Listening to the dictionary: Students act in response to a command or draw according to verbal instructions. 4. Comprehension: Students listen to a long speech and then answer a question about information. [http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-3/tellis2.html] Learning a language is hard work. To learn a language, one must understand, repeat correctly, manipulate the newly understood language, and try to use the full range of a particular language in a conversation or written composition. Always effort is required and should be maintained for a long time. Games help and motivate many students to pursue thei