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Listening 2 [1]

Short description

Dialogue in which both talk/listen at the same time

Category

LanguageAuditory perception

Group size

SOLO PAIRS SMALL GROUPS CLASS

Duration

10 minutes

Level

1️⃣

Goal of this exercise is improving

  • communicative behaviour,

  • auditory attention,

  • focusing on certain perceptions.

Children recognise how tiring it is to focus on the conversation partner while talking.

Instructions

Children sit in groups of two in the room. The teacher gives a signal word as a topic for the two partners to have a conversation about, both speaking at the same time and listening to the other.

Topics are, for example:

  • Forest

  • Summer holiday

  • School

  • Football

Background information for further reading

Neuropsychology

Speech functions

Cognition and consciousness

Attention

Learning Fundamentals

Early language learning

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