Listening in the Language Classroom - Rilegato

Field, John

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ISBN 10: 0521866782 ISBN 13: 9780521866781

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

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.

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This book challenges received ideas about the teaching of second language listening, and offers a radical alternative based on a true understanding of the listening process.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521866782
• ISBN 13: 9780521866781
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 376