Reflection on Tutorial Task Week 9

In this week’s tutorial task, we are to evaluate whether the activity in the Form 2 English textbook mirrored the listening skills or not. I found that there are activities in the textbook that reflects the listening skills in students and they are easy to identify. In fact, the activities in the textbook are actually categorized appropriately as in whether they are writing, reading or grammar activities. However, I do find the activities quite boring. For instance, one listening activities from Chapter 8 is dictation. It is true that it trains students’ listening skills in getting the right sentences and text. But, at the same time it is boring and of no help for the students’ learning. This is because there is no point in learning to get all the right words. In fact, there should be activity that requires students to listen to get the main ideas of a particular text. Students should be given/provide with activities that will train their listening skills like listening for gist and also for specific information.