Teaching and Learning Second Language Listening

Author: Christine C. M. Goh
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136912371
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
This reader-friendly text, firmly grounded in listening theories and supported by recent research findings, offers a comprehensive treatment of concepts and knowledge related to teaching second language (L2) listening, with a particular emphasis on metacognition. The metacognitive approach, aimed at developing learner listening in a holistic manner, is unique and groundbreaking. The book is focused on the language learner throughout; all theoretical perspectives, research insights, and pedagogical principles in the book are presented and discussed in relation to the learner. The pedagogical model─a combination of the tried-and-tested sequence of listening lessons and activities that show learners how to activate processes of skilled listeners ─ provides teachers with a sound framework for students’ L2 listening development to take place inside and outside the classroom. The text includes many practical ideas for listening tasks that have been used successfully in various language learning contexts.

Second Language Listening

Author: John Flowerdew
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521786478
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
As an essential part of communicative competence, listening is a skill which deserves equal treatment with the other basic skills of speaking, reading, and writing. Second Language Listening combines up-to-date listening theory with case studies of actual pedagogical practice. The authors describe current models of listening theory and exemplify each with a textbook task. They address the role of technology in teaching listening, questioning techniques, and testing. Second Language Listening is designed to be used with both pre-service and in-service teachers who are involved in the teaching of listening or the design of pedagogic materials for listening.

Teaching Second Language Listening

Author: Tony Lynch
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780194423342
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Explains listening processes and the characteristics of spoken language Focuses on practical task design, using authentic listening texts Shows how to integrate listening with other skills Emphasizes the importance of visual information and input in second language listening Discusses the potential role of new media, such as the Internet Includes listening resources that learners can use independently, as well as in a classroom setting

Strategies for Second Language Listening

Author: Suzanne Graham
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781137410511
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book seeks to help teachers teach listening in a more principled way by presenting what is known from research, exploring teachers' beliefs and practices, examining textbook materials, and offering practical activities for improving second language listening.

Listening in the Classroom: Teaching Students How to Listen

Author: Marnie Reed
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945351907
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Teaching listening means more than just giving students listening activities and checking for understanding--it means teaching them how to listen. Listening in the Classroom takes promising research findings and theory and turns them into practical teaching ideas that help develop listening proficiency.

Teaching English to Second Language Learners in Academic Contexts

Author: Jonathan M. Newton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317236548
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Book Description
Teaching English to Second Language Learners in Academic Contexts: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking provides the fundamental knowledge that ESL and EFL teachers need to teach the four language skills. This foundational text, written by internationally renowned experts in the field, explains why skills-based teaching is at the heart of effective instruction in English for academic purposes (EAP) contexts. Each of the four main sections of the book helps readers understand how each skill—reading, writing, listening, and speaking—works and explains what research has to say about successful skill performance. Pedagogically focused chapters apply this information to principles for EAP curriculum design and to instructional activities and tasks adaptable in a wide range of language-learning contexts. Options for assessment and the role of digital technologies are considered for each skill, and essential information on integrated-skill instruction is provided. Moving from theory to practice, this teacher-friendly text is an essential resource for courses in TESOL programs, for in-service teacher-training seminars, and for practicing EAP teachers who want to upgrade their teaching abilities and knowledge bases.

A Guide for the Teaching of Second Language Listening

Author: David J. Mendelsohn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
Reflects current thinking in second language listening. A blend of theory and practice and provides readers with an understanding of how people listen, the listening process itself and some tested recommendations for teaching listening comprehension.

Listening Myths

Author: Steven Brown
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472034596
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for teachers of ESL listening courses. It was written to help ensure that teachers of listening are not perpetuating the myths of teaching listening.

Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching

Author: Mike Long
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118882210
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 513

Book Description
This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning

Teaching Listening and Speaking in Second and Foreign Language Contexts

Author: Kathleen M. Bailey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350093548
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
This book guides language teachers in planning and teaching activities that promote the development of speaking and listening skills at all levels of target language proficiency, for teachers of any modern language. Kathleen M. Bailey draws on her extensive experience as a language teacher, teacher educator, and language learner to interweave practical activities with the research and theory that support their use. Activities include the use of pictures, songs, drama techniques, tasks, and projects to promote the development of speaking and listening skills. The author shares reflections of her own and encourages readers to reflect on their own experiences and become aware of their existing mental constructs through multiple reflection tasks and discussion questions. Each chapter provides focusing questions. The systematic chapter structure scaffolds the readers' understanding of the concepts explored, which include communication strategies, interactive and non-interactive listening, speaking anxiety, accentedness and intelligibility, and much more. Through its companion website this book provides access to resources that enable readers to continue their own professional development as teachers of listening and speaking in second and foreign language contexts.