Listening in the language classroom

by Field, John

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Title Statements

Full title :Listening in the language classroom / John Field.

Summary

This book challenges the orthodox approach to the teaching of second language listening, which is based upon the asking and answering of comprehension questions. The book's central argument is that a preoccupation with the notion of 'comprehension' has led teachers to focus upon the product of listening, in the form of answers to questions, ignoring the listening process itself. The author provides an informed account of the psychological processes which make up the skill of listening, and analyses the characteristics of the speech signal from which listeners have to construct a message. Drawing upon this information, the book proposes a radical alternative to the comprehension approach and provides for intensive small-scale practice in aspects of listening that are perceptually or cognitively demanding for the learner. Listening in the Language Classroom was winner of the Ben Warren International Trust House Prize in 2008.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 366 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780511575945, 0511575947, 0521866782, 9780521866781, 0521685702, 9780521685702
oclc:ocn694147163
LC Classification:P53.47
Dewey Decimal:418.0071

Listening then and now -- The comprehension approach : pluses and minuses -- Listening and the learner -- Types of listening -- A diagnostic approach to L2 listening -- Dividing listening into its components -- A process approach -- Input and context -- Decoding and the inconsistent signal -- Decoding : sounds, syllables and words -- Using grammar and intonation -- Amplifying what the speaker says -- Handling information -- Real speech -- Listening strategies -- Strategy instruction in second language listening -- Fitting it together.

Subjects

Andraspråksinlärning Écoute (Psychologie) -- Étude et enseig… Englischunterricht Fremdsprachenunterricht Hörverstehen Langage et langues -- Étude et enseigne… Language and languages -- Study and tea… Langue seconde -- Acquisition Listening -- Study and teaching Lyssnande -- studier och undervisning Second language acquisition -- Study an… Språkundervisning