Free English Listening Strategy Posters for the Classroom

📚 Overview

This free printable set of Listening Strategy Posters helps students become more focused and reflective listeners. Organised into the stages of before, during, and after listening, the posters provide practical strategies for building understanding, managing information, and responding effectively to spoken content.

These posters are ideal for English, EAL, Humanities, and language learning classrooms, where listening plays a critical role in communication and learning.

✅ This poster pack provides:

• Pre-listening tips to activate prior knowledge and establish purpose
• During-listening strategies for processing tone, body language, and verbal cues
• After-listening strategies that support reflection, goal-setting, and engagement
• Student-friendly language and visuals to support active listening across year levels

🧑‍🏫 Teaching Tips

• 🎧 Listening Warm-Ups: Display the posters when preparing students for audio clips, discussions, or oral presentations.
• 🧍‍♂️ Classroom Norms: Use “Show Respect” and “Non-Verbal Language” prompts to model listening behaviour in group work.
• 🗣️ Reflection Prompts: Ask students to reflect on which listening strategies they used after an activity or peer presentation.