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_b.U7 1984
100 1 _aUr, Penny
245 1 0 _aTeaching Listening Comprehension /
_cPenny Ur.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1984.
300 _ax, 173 p. :
_bill ;
_c24 cm.
440 _aCambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aIncludes a bibliography.
505 _aPart I: UNDERSTANDING SPOKEN ENGLISH
505 _a1. Real-life listening
_t1.1. Purpose and expectation -- 1.2. Response -- 1.3. Visibility of the speaker -- 1.4. Environmental clues -- 1.5. Shortness 1.6. Informal speech -- Redundancy -- 'Noise' -- Colloquial language -- Auditory character
505 _a2. Listening to English as a foreign language
_t2.1. Hearing the sounds -- 2.2. Understanding intonation and stress -- 2.3. Coping with redundancy and 'noise' -- 2.4. Predicting -- 2.5. Understanding colloquial vocabulary -- 2.6. Fatigue -- 2.7. Understanding different accents -- 2.8. Using visual and aural environment clues
505 _a3. Planning exercises
_t3.1. Listening materials -- Producing suitable discourse -- Using recordings -- 3.2. The task -- A pre-set purpose -- Ongoing learner-response -- Motivation -- Success -- Simplicity -- Feedback -- 3.3. Visual materials -- Contextualization -- Learning and motivation -- Pictures and diagrams as task-bases
505 _aPart 2: SUGGESTIONS FOR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
505 _a4. Listening for perception
_t4.1. At word-level -- Oral activities -- Reading and writing activities -- Meaning-based activities -- 4.2. At sentence-level -- Oral activities -- Reading and writing activities -- Meaning-based activities
505 _a5. Listening for comprehension
_t5.1. Listening and making no response -- Following a written text -- Listening to a familiar text -- Listening aided by visuals -- Informal teacher-talk -- Entertainment -- 5.2. Listening and making short responses -- Obeying instructions -- Ticking off items -- True/false exercises -- Detecting mistakes -- Aural cloze -- Guessing definitions -- Noting specific information -- Pictures -- Maps -- Ground-plans -- Grids -- Family trees -- Graphs -- 5.3. Listening and making longer responses -- Repetition and dictation -- Paraphrase -- Translation -- Answering questions -- Answering comprehension questions on texts -- Predictions -- Filling gaps -- Summarizing -- 5.4. Listening as a basis for study and discussion -- Problem-solving -- Jigsaw listening -- Interpretative listening -- Evaluative and stylistic analysis
505 _aA postscript: conversation
520 _a"This book is about developing listening comprehension skills in the language classroom. In Part One, some essential background issues are dealt with. The author defines the characteristics of real-life listening, analyses the problems encountered by language learners, and discusses the considerations involved in planning successful classroom listening practice.
520 _aPart two contains a wide variety of exercise types. The activities range in level from elementary to advanced and illustrate techniques appropriate for both adults and children. The exercises can be used as they stand or they can serve as models for teachers who wish to design their own materials." (Book Cover)
650 0 _aListening
_xStudy and teaching.
650 0 _aAttention.
650 0 _aComprehension.
856 _uhttps://www.cambridge.org/ca/cambridgeenglish/catalog/teacher-training-development-and-research/teaching-listening-comprehension
_zPublisher's Website.
856 _uhttps://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/gege1p/alma991024337129705161
_zCheck the UO Library catalog.
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