a) Ask students to list "listening"
situations and to make some guidelines for
good listening: concentration, respectful silence
while others talk, taking notes to gain information,
asking questions to clarify and to learn more.
b) Draw on students' experience with radio
as a medium. What makes for a good radio listening
experience?
2. Sounds as "Tools" How does
the radio dramatist use sound to create different
effects and to emphasize meanings for an audience?
Students can prepare to listen by brainstorming
about all the ways that sounds work.
a) Voice Listen for intensity
and emphasis of certain words, for volume-loudness
and softness, for mood. How does voice convey emotions:
love, anger, fear, sympathy, hatred?
b) Noise How are sounds created? What feelings
do we associate with sounds: bells ringing, chairs
rocking, feet pounding or shuffling? How does music
work to convey mood? What is the effect of repetitions
of sound?
[Next: While We Listen. How Do
We Participate in the Action]
[After We Listen. What Can
We Do for an Encore?]
