Quick Win PD for Language Teachers: Build Strong Listening Skills

You hit play on a listening activity… and hope for the best. Some students tune in, others not so much, and when you ask what they understood, the room goes quiet.

We sometimes treat listening as a passive skill, expecting students to pick up meaning just by hearing the language. In reality, without guided support and clear purpose, students struggle to engage, retain, and truly comprehend what they hear in the target language.

This 30-minute PD course, for the small price of $10, will help you transform listening tasks into intentional, skill-building opportunities that grow student confidence and comprehension. You’ll learn how to:

This 30-minute PD course will show you how to use authentic texts at every level, even with absolute novices. You’ll learn how to:

• Design listening tasks that engage students before, during, and after listening.
• Use prediction, summarizing, and focus tasks to increase comprehension and retention.
• Create proficiency-aligned listening activities at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels.

This is a practical, no-fluff course led by me, Joshua Cabral, host of the World Language Classroom Podcast, and it’s designed to give you tools you can use right away, even if you’re working with a required curriculum or pre-set listening resources.

By the end of this course, you’ll have a simple, repeatable framework for building strong listening skills across all levels. Your students will listen with purpose, process more effectively, and walk away from listening activities with real comprehension and confidence.If you’re ready to make listening more than just an activity—and start turning it into a real skill—this course is for you. Support your students in becoming confident, capable listeners as they grow in language proficiency.

What’s Included in This Quick Win, 30-Minute Course for $10?

• Audio to Listen to All Material – perfect for on-the-go listening
• Detailed Note Sheet to follow along and refer back to
• Reflection Activity to deepen your understanding
• Examples at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels
• Planning Template to design your own communicative tasks
• Additional Resources to go further with the topic
• Personalized Certificate of course completion

If you’re looking for a practical way to increase interpretive and cultural opportunities in your language class this course is for you.

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