Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom

Introduction

Part 1: Theory
Exploring listening in the ELT classroom
Common misconceptions and contentious issues
A critique of the current approach to 'teaching' listening
Myth versus reality
Teaching listening: The challenges of connected speech
The characteristics of formal public spoken English
The characteristics of informal spontaneous spoken English
L1 and L2 listening processes: Decoding challenges for L2 learners
Meaning building challenges for L2 learners

Part 2: Practice
Guiding principles behind the integrated approach
Firm foundations: Teaching learners about listening
Listening goals
Practising listening using written comprehension tasks
Practising meaning building with the teacher as a facilitator
Practising decoding and increasing automaticity
Further uses of authentic recordings
Using International English recordings
Rationale for using authentic recordings in high-stakes international examinations

Appendices

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