With the rise of online learning, teaching listening skills effectively has become essential to ensure student engagement and success. Listening is a crucial aspect of language acquisition, comprehension, and communication, but maintaining focus in an online environment can be challenging. Therefore, creating interactive and stimulating listening activities that allow students to engage with the teacher and with one another can significantly enhance their online learning experience. This article presents 20 diverse listening activities designed for both single-student and multi-student online classes, allowing for various levels of teacher interaction. 1. Virtual Listening Journals Activity: Students listen to an audio clip (podcast, news, or conversation) and write a reflection on the main points, summarizing the content and identifying new vocabulary. Teacher Interaction: The teacher reviews the journal entries, providing personalized feedback on listening comprehension and vocabul
David White is an Australian English teacher who has been living in Peru since 2001. In partnership with his wife Claudia, they are the owners of ¨English For You Language Institute´, an institute that specializes in the teaching of all levels of English from Basic (A1) to Advanced (C2) including international exam preparation. They are also the owners of ELT Educational Services and David is also the Headmaster of the American School, a respected bilingual ib school in Northern Peru.