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John Field - Listening in the Language Classroom - 9780521685702 - V9780521685702
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Listening in the Language Classroom

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Description for Listening in the Language Classroom Paperback. 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. Series: Cambridge Language Teaching Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; EBAL. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558. Series: Cambridge Language Teaching Library. 376 pages, illustrations. 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. Cateogry: (L) ELT / TEFL. BIC Classification: 2AB; EBAL. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight: 612.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Cambridge Language Teaching Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521685702
SKU
V9780521685702
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