عنوان

Listening in the language classroom /

(Number (ISBN

0521685702 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

0521866782

(Number (ISBN

9780521685702 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9780521866781

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b527922

Title Proper

Listening in the language classroom /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

John Field

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 366 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Cambridge language teaching library

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-359) and index

Text of Note

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

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Text of Note

"This book challenges the orthodox approach to the teaching of second language listening, which is based upon the asking and answering of comprehension questions. It critically examines the practices and assumptions associated with this approach, and suggests ways of revising them." "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."--BOOK JACKET

Language and languages-- Study and teaching

Listening-- Study and teaching

Second language acquisition-- Study and teaching

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Edition

Edition

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Book number

Field, John,1945-

Date of Transaction

20120229002230.0

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[Book]

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