How to improve listening comprehension (ENG)?

[CatMoon]

You can check out Listening Comprehension booklets which comes with CDs at Popular - spoken by a local reader. You can also check out a few websites but the readers are not local.

[faithfuldad123]

CatMoon:

You can check out Listening Comprehension booklets which comes with CDs at Popular - spoken by a local reader. You can also check out a few websites but the readers are not local.

I bought tons of them and none worked. PLEASE I NEED DESPERATE HELP PRELIM HE ACTUALLY GOT 8

[sharonkhoo]

faithfuldad123:

CatMoon:

You can check out Listening Comprehension booklets which comes with CDs at Popular - spoken by a local reader. You can also check out a few websites but the readers are not local.

I bought tons of them and none worked. PLEASE I NEED DESPERATE HELP PRELIM HE ACTUALLY GOT 8

I don't have actual experience, but just a thought. Since you say it's the inferential questions that he is weak in, have you been through the questions with him and helped him work through them? There is probably a pattern and consistency in the ones he finds difficult, so you may need to help him devise some sort of strategy for those. Does he have any auditory processing difficulties which makes him slower or less able to decode info he hears (as opposed to info he reads)?

[faithfuldad123]

slmkhoo:

faithfuldad123:

[quote=\"CatMoon\"]You can check out Listening Comprehension booklets which comes with CDs at Popular - spoken by a local reader. You can also check out a few websites but the readers are not local.

I bought tons of them and none worked. PLEASE I NEED DESPERATE HELP PRELIM HE ACTUALLY GOT 8

I don't have actual experience, but just a thought. Since you say it's the inferential questions that he is weak in, have you been through the questions with him and helped him work through them? There is probably a pattern and consistency in the ones he finds difficult, so you may need to help him devise some sort of strategy for those. Does he have any auditory processing difficulties which makes him slower or less able to decode info he hears (as opposed to info he reads)?[/quote]Yes. I drill him with many such questions and explained them. However they don't work

[sharonkhoo]

faithfuldad123:

Yes. I drill him with many such questions and explained them. However they don't work

Is his comprehension of such questions OK when he sees the passage and questions in writing? If so, then it's not a comprehension issue. In that case, you may want to investigate if he has some auditory processing or hearing issue?

[faithfuldad123]

slmkhoo:

faithfuldad123:

Yes. I drill him with many such questions and explained them. However they don't work

Is his comprehension of such questions OK when he sees the passage and questions in writing? If so, then it's not a comprehension issue. In that case, you may want to investigate if he has some auditory processing or hearing issue?

:gloomy: No if that is the case why can he score in simple referral questions? I am very worried PSLE is in september 19 and he can still give me a score of 8 for prelim when his friends are getting full mark. As I said before he is very good in paper 2 and composition. I need help. Know any tutors experienced in teaching specially for PSLE English listening?

[sharonkhoo]

faithfuldad123:

slmkhoo:

[quote=\"faithfuldad123\"]Yes. I drill him with many such questions and explained them. However they don't work

Is his comprehension of such questions OK when he sees the passage and questions in writing? If so, then it's not a comprehension issue. In that case, you may want to investigate if he has some auditory processing or hearing issue?

:gloomy: No if that is the case why can he score in simple referral questions? I am very worried PSLE is in september 19 and he can still give me a score of 8 for prelim when his friends are getting full mark. As I said before he is very good in paper 2 and composition. I need help. Know any tutors experienced in teaching specially for PSLE English listening?[/quote]Have you spoken to his school teacher? I don't know about tutors - maybe someone else can help you.

[Joy of Learning 111]

faithfuldad123


Some children struggle with listening comprehension because of relatively poor short-term memory. You might want to investigate whether your son can readily hold information in short-term memory. For instance, ask him to count backwards in three’s from thirty; recite the days of the week backwards; memorise an eight-digit phone number.

If short-term memory is the issue, then the most immediate way to help ameliorate it is to train your son to be relaxed yet highly attentive during listening comprehension exercises. As the teacher speaks, your son should try to visualise what is going on.

[phtthp]

if short term memory is the issue, any way to train child to overcome problem ?