Listening: DAS 178
Student Learning Outcomes
How You Can Show the Teacher
You Can Do This
End of Semester
Can assimilate vocabulary to comprehend academic
lectures, interviews and other academic level spoken
presentations
tests, quizzes, class discussions
Coordinated exams and final
achievement test
Can paraphrase academic discourse effectively in writing
and discussion from academic lectures, interviews and
other academic level spoken presentations
summaries, test essay questions
Coordinated exams and final
achievement test
Can identify main idea and supporting details and
examples of academic lectures, interviews and other
academic level spoken presentations
questions/quizzes right after listening
Coordinated exams and final
achievement test
Can take independent, thorough, well-organized notes on
academic lectures, interviews and other academic level
spoken presentations
collected notes after lectures
Coordinated exams and final
achievement test
Can integrate information based on multiple sources
test, class discussions, group projects
Coordinated exams and final
achievement test
Can summarize, discuss, respond to, interpret, and draw
conclusions academic lectures, interviews and other
academic level spoken presentations through oral and/or
written communication.
Tests and quizzes with notes
Coordinated exams and final
achievement test
Can use strategies to improve academic listening
efficiency:
Listen for the repetition of key phrases and terms
Recognize lecture signals (signposts)
Listen for Context. Listen for the gist of the
conversation. Concentrate on main idea before
details.
Listen for meaningful chunks of language.
Try to predict what the lecturer will say.