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Listening for information, instructions and directions
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• Listen to texts containing information on which they
have to make decisions and choices, and act upon these.
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• Listen to and view texts containing a range of information
- some of it complex - from which they have to identify,
collate and compare features relevant to their purpose and
use the information to make decisions and choices upon which
they act.
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By this stage, pupils will become increasingly aware of
the features which characterise informational texts, including
television and radio programmes and film, and the relationship
between speaker(s), audience and text. Pupils will have
increasing opportunities to listen to and watch texts of
some complexity; they will recognise the importance of making
notes independently as a matter of course to help them to
recall information and to select features of a text relevant
to their purpose in listening, in order to reorganise, summarise
and make constructive use of the material.
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Listening in groups
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• Listen to others in group or one-to-one activities
and respond relevantly, so as to show awareness of others'
opinions, suggestions and/or feelings.
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• Listen to others in a group in order to clarify
points, analyse issues raised in discussion;
• evaluate contributions,
their own and others' in terms of the development of the
discussion.
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Pupils will be able to enter readily into group discussion
of topics related to a wide range of texts both literary
and informative. They will develop their ability to clarify
and analyse so that discussion is purposeful and will be
able to promote discussion taking different roles, for example,
as chair, reporter etc. The teacher's role will be to help
pupils to listen for lines of argument in a discussion in
order to develop increased independence. Increased understanding
of the skills of self and peer-assessment should enable
the pupils to evaluate their own contributions and those
of others.
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