Teaching and Researching: Listening
This authoritative introduction to teaching and researching listening treats listening in language learning as a distinct field of inquiry in education and the social sciences. It argues that the traditional way of including listening as part of oral language or communication studies does not give the topic adequate treatment.
Table of Content
Section 1: Defining Listening
- Neurological processes
- Linguistic Processing
- Pragmatic Processing
- Psycholinguistic Processing
- Natural Language Processing
- Listening Development and Language Acquisition
Section 2: Teaching Listening
- Approaches to Teaching Listening
- Methods
- Input
- Instructional Design
- Methods for Assessing Listening
Section 3: Researching Listening
- Approaches to Researchign Listening
- Listening in Research Projects
Section 4: Exploring Listening
- Resources and References
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Salient Features
- Presents an up-to-date summary of the latest developments in the field.
- Provides research evidence for the main ideas and concepts of the topic.
- Draws out applications of the theories addressed.
- Offers practical guidance - including a 'how to research guide'.
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