Second Language Listening: Theory and Practice

by John Flowerdew , Lindsay Miller

• ISBN13: 9780521786478
• ISBN10: 0521786479
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-07
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book combines up-to-date listening theory with case studies of actual pedagogical practice. The paperback edition combines up-to-date listening theory with case studies of actual pedagogical practice. 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. 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. This text is designed for use with both pre-service and in-service teachers who are involved in the teaching of listening or the design of pedagogic materials for listening.

Table of Contents

Part I. Historical Background: 1. Approaches to language teaching and the role of listening

2. Models of listening

3. Types of meaning for listening

4. The nature of spoken language

5. Learning styles and listening styles

Part II. A Pedagogical Model and Its Application: 6. A pedagogical model for second language listening

7. Materials and the pedagogical model

8. Case studies and their relation to the pedagogical model

9. Developing listening skills through technology

10. The role of questions in the teaching of listening

11. Testing listening.