Tutorial Week 9 ● Reflection

In this week’s tutorial task, we were required to see how closely does the listening process is mirrored in the tasks in the Malaysian English textbook. Also, we needed to see to what extent the tasks assist in developing the listening skills of the learners. After looking at two chapters and discussing it with my coursemates, we found that the activities reflect the listening skills well. However, we feel that the activities helps learners in their listening as most activities usually require learners to listen for information to complete an activity or listening on how to pronounce a consonant or a word. Activities given provide learners with the top-down and also bottom-up learning process which helps learners learn better. In my opinion, I feel that the textbook has provided learners with activities that are able to enhance the learners’ listening skills; however, from my past experience, teachers usually skip these tasks as they feel that it is troublesome and a waste of time. Therefore, it is crucial that teacher realises the importance of the listening skills and pay more attention to this skill along with the other language learning skills.