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Listening in the language classroom /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Field, John
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008045463-d.html
Table of Contents:
  • 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.