Teaching listening – Listening as Acquisition (Cambridge Conversations)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 4 | January 27, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]

Our discussion so far has dealt with one perspective on listening, namely, listening as comprehension. Everything we have discussed has been based on the assumption that the role of listening in a language program is to help develop learners’ abilities to understand things they listen to.

This approach to teaching of listening is based on the following assumptions:

  • Listening serves the goal of extracting meaning from messages.
  • To do this, learners have to be taught how to use both bottom-up and top-down processes to understand messages.

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Craig Thaine’s ‘Maintaining Motivation: Engaging learners through the course’ Webinar Replay

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 4 | January 27, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]   Motivated learners are more likely to engage in the learning process both inside and outside the classroom.…

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Encouraging ESL learner independence (OUP ELT Blog)

[ELTWeekly Volume 8, Issue 4 | January 27, 2016 | ISSN 0975-3036]

The student-centered approach is becoming more common as teachers realize the benefits of being a facilitator in the classroom, encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning in collaborative tasks and discussions. Of course, as a teacher you decide what happens in the classroom, but how can you extend learner independence outside it?

Set learning goals

Students come to class with their own individual learning goals. Often their motivation for learning will be goal-oriented: geared towards a specific exam, career or university placement and so getting them to spend time on skills

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