1) Listening is a difficult skill that involves both bottom-up and top-down processing, but it is important for language learning, work, travel, and pleasure.
2) There are challenges in listening including characteristics of the spoken message, delivery factors like accent, and environmental influences, but teachers can help by activating students' background knowledge.
3) Communicative language teaching emphasizes using authentic listening materials and personal responses to develop students' communicative competence.
This document summarizes several theories of first and second language acquisition:
- Behaviorist theory proposed by Skinner viewed language as learned through reinforcement of behaviors. Piaget's cognitive theory saw language emerging from cognitive development and representation of knowledge. Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory emphasized the role of social interaction and the zone of proximal development.
- Theories of second language acquisition draw from first language acquisition research. Krashen's theory included five hypotheses, particularly the importance of a low affective filter. Lenneberg proposed a critical period for language acquisition. Chomsky viewed an innate universal grammar.
- Differences between first and second language acquisition include second language learners having prior language knowledge and more conscious learning,
Phonology phonological features of english vowelsEman Al Husaiyan
The document discusses phonological features of English vowels. It explains that features are theoretical constructs used to analyze phonemes. Features must have a descriptive function to capture phonetic properties, a contrastive function to distinguish phonemes, and a classificatory function to group similar phonemes. The major features discussed are [±sonorant], [±continuant], [±consonantal], height features like [±high] and [±low], and vocalic features like [±back], [±round], and [±tense]. Redundancy rules are also used to make the feature system more economical by predicting predictable features.
This document discusses learning styles and individual differences in language learning. It covers several models and theories of learning styles, including:
- Kolb's model of learning styles and sensory/perceptual, cognitive, and personality-related style preferences.
- Willing's two-dimensional model of concrete vs. analytic and communicative vs. authority-oriented styles.
- Reid's model of visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile styles and individual vs. group preferences.
It also discusses assessing learning styles through questionnaires, including Ehrman and Leaver's Learning Style Questionnaire which measures synoptic vs. ectenic styles. The document provides an overview of the key factors and
This document discusses strategies for teaching speaking skills to English language learners. It begins by defining speaking and comparing it to other skills. It then explores reasons why students may be reluctant to speak, including feeling embarrassed about mistakes and lack of confidence. Common mistakes teachers make are also examined, such as not providing enough input before speaking activities. The document provides suggestions for developing speaking skills, such as creating a supportive environment, allowing time for thinking, and providing maximum opportunities for students to speak. Finally, it discusses different types of speaking activities teachers can use, including information gap activities, role plays, discussions and interviews.
This document provides an overview of the fields of phonetics and phonology. It begins by defining linguistics as the scientific study of human language, including language competence, acquisition, and performance. It then discusses key thinkers and their definitions of language. The main branches of linguistics are outlined as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Phonetics is defined as the study of speech sounds, and it has three branches: articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics. Phonology studies the sound system of languages and phonemes. Other topics covered include morphology (the study of morphemes and word formation), syntax (grammatical rules and structure), semantics (
This document discusses English phonetics and phonology, specifically intonation. It defines intonation as the variation in pitch when speaking. Intonation serves four main functions: attitudinal, accentual, grammatical, and discoursal. The attitudinal function uses intonation to express emotions. The accentual function uses stress to emphasize important syllables. The grammatical function uses intonation to recognize syntax and sentence type. The discoursal function uses intonation to signal new vs. given information and indicate expectations. Examples are provided for each function to illustrate how intonation conveys meaning.
The document provides an overview of the history and theories surrounding the concept of the phoneme. It traces discussions of the phoneme back to ancient linguists and discusses key developments in how it has been conceptualized over time by different schools of thought, including being viewed as a physical reality, psychological notion, set of features, and abstract mental representation. The timeline highlights contributions from structuralism to modern generative linguistics in how the nature and definition of the phoneme has evolved.
This document summarizes several theories of first and second language acquisition:
- Behaviorist theory proposed by Skinner viewed language as learned through reinforcement of behaviors. Piaget's cognitive theory saw language emerging from cognitive development and representation of knowledge. Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory emphasized the role of social interaction and the zone of proximal development.
- Theories of second language acquisition draw from first language acquisition research. Krashen's theory included five hypotheses, particularly the importance of a low affective filter. Lenneberg proposed a critical period for language acquisition. Chomsky viewed an innate universal grammar.
- Differences between first and second language acquisition include second language learners having prior language knowledge and more conscious learning,
Phonology phonological features of english vowelsEman Al Husaiyan
The document discusses phonological features of English vowels. It explains that features are theoretical constructs used to analyze phonemes. Features must have a descriptive function to capture phonetic properties, a contrastive function to distinguish phonemes, and a classificatory function to group similar phonemes. The major features discussed are [±sonorant], [±continuant], [±consonantal], height features like [±high] and [±low], and vocalic features like [±back], [±round], and [±tense]. Redundancy rules are also used to make the feature system more economical by predicting predictable features.
This document discusses learning styles and individual differences in language learning. It covers several models and theories of learning styles, including:
- Kolb's model of learning styles and sensory/perceptual, cognitive, and personality-related style preferences.
- Willing's two-dimensional model of concrete vs. analytic and communicative vs. authority-oriented styles.
- Reid's model of visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile styles and individual vs. group preferences.
It also discusses assessing learning styles through questionnaires, including Ehrman and Leaver's Learning Style Questionnaire which measures synoptic vs. ectenic styles. The document provides an overview of the key factors and
This document discusses strategies for teaching speaking skills to English language learners. It begins by defining speaking and comparing it to other skills. It then explores reasons why students may be reluctant to speak, including feeling embarrassed about mistakes and lack of confidence. Common mistakes teachers make are also examined, such as not providing enough input before speaking activities. The document provides suggestions for developing speaking skills, such as creating a supportive environment, allowing time for thinking, and providing maximum opportunities for students to speak. Finally, it discusses different types of speaking activities teachers can use, including information gap activities, role plays, discussions and interviews.
This document provides an overview of the fields of phonetics and phonology. It begins by defining linguistics as the scientific study of human language, including language competence, acquisition, and performance. It then discusses key thinkers and their definitions of language. The main branches of linguistics are outlined as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Phonetics is defined as the study of speech sounds, and it has three branches: articulatory, acoustic, and auditory phonetics. Phonology studies the sound system of languages and phonemes. Other topics covered include morphology (the study of morphemes and word formation), syntax (grammatical rules and structure), semantics (
This document discusses English phonetics and phonology, specifically intonation. It defines intonation as the variation in pitch when speaking. Intonation serves four main functions: attitudinal, accentual, grammatical, and discoursal. The attitudinal function uses intonation to express emotions. The accentual function uses stress to emphasize important syllables. The grammatical function uses intonation to recognize syntax and sentence type. The discoursal function uses intonation to signal new vs. given information and indicate expectations. Examples are provided for each function to illustrate how intonation conveys meaning.
The document provides an overview of the history and theories surrounding the concept of the phoneme. It traces discussions of the phoneme back to ancient linguists and discusses key developments in how it has been conceptualized over time by different schools of thought, including being viewed as a physical reality, psychological notion, set of features, and abstract mental representation. The timeline highlights contributions from structuralism to modern generative linguistics in how the nature and definition of the phoneme has evolved.
Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in languages. It involves identifying the phonemes, or smallest units of sound, that make up words, and describing how combinations of phonemes are used to create meaning. Phonology also examines phonological processes like allophones, which are variations in pronunciation of the same phoneme, and rules that govern how phonemes are combined into syllables and words with correct stress patterns. The international phonetic alphabet is used to represent sounds in a standardized way across languages.
Phonology is the study of sound patterns in language. It differs from phonetics in that phonology studies sounds at an abstract, theoretical level as part of a language's system, while phonetics studies actual sound production and perception. Phonological processes are patterns of sound changes that allow children to simplify speech as they learn to talk. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish meaning, while phones are actual speech sounds. Phonological rules describe how phonemes change form in different contexts.
The difference between phonology and phoneticshinaeni99
Phonetics is the study of speech sounds in general, while phonology studies the speech sounds of a particular language. Phonology covers segmental phonemes like vowels, diphthongs, triphthongs, and consonants, as well as suprasegmental phonemes involving stress, length, tones, and intonation. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning, while a morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of language that can be free-standing or bound. Speech sounds are produced using various speech organs from the lungs through the vocal cords and mouth or nose.
Minimal pairs are pairs of words that differ by only one phoneme in the same position. They are useful for focusing on individual sounds. Not all sounds appear in all languages, and speakers may substitute or omit sounds not in their native language. Allophones are variations of the same phoneme that do not change a word's meaning. Phonotactics and co-articulation effects describe how sounds are sequenced and influenced by neighboring sounds in a language.
Differences of learners in second language acquisitionAuver2012
There are several factors that contribute to differences in how quickly or successfully individuals acquire a second language:
Age - Younger learners have advantages like brain plasticity and weaker identity, while older learners' advantages include learning capacity, analytic ability, and life experience.
Sex - Studies show females tend to acquire a second language faster due to greater motivation and sociability.
Aptitude - Includes abilities like phonemic coding, grammar sensitivity, inductive learning, and memory that determine an individual's language learning ability.
Motivation - Requires effort, desire, and positive attitudes towards integrating with the target culture or gaining benefits from the second language.
Cognitive styles and learning strategies - How individuals prefer
The document discusses teaching pronunciation to children learning English as a foreign language. It emphasizes that pronunciation is important for intelligible communication and outlines factors to consider, such as a child's age and mother tongue. The document recommends using conscious-raising techniques like minimal pairs, tongue twisters, and stories to help children notice pronunciation patterns. The goal is to make children aware of sounds, stress, and intonation in English.
This document discusses principles and techniques for teaching listening and speaking skills through communicative activities. It provides an overview of what makes listening and speaking difficult for language learners. Some key principles for teaching listening include exposing students to different processing styles, task types, and authentic materials. For teaching speaking, the document recommends using a range of techniques, intrinsic motivation, authentic contexts, feedback, and teaching speaking in conjunction with listening. A variety of tasks and materials are presented for both skills, including information gaps, role plays, surveys, and games.
The document discusses the key concepts of phonology and phonetics. Phonology is the structure of sound patterns in a language, while phonetics is the physical properties of sounds. It notes English spelling does not reliably represent pronunciation due to historical influences. Rule-governed speech includes meaningful contrasts and predictable sounds. Accents and dialects vary pronunciation and vocabulary usage. Phonetic observation and phonological generalization involve analyzing acoustic details and inferring sound patterns. Consonant features include manner of articulation (stops, fricatives, nasals etc.), place of articulation, and whether sounds are voiced or voiceless.
The document discusses different types and contexts of communication. It describes three main types: non-verbal communication which involves body language, verbal communication which involves spoken language elements like pitch and tone, and visual communication which involves images. It then outlines five contexts of communication: physical context which refers to the environment, cultural context which involves cultural values and behaviors, social-psychological context regarding group norms and formality, temporal/historical context involving expectations over time, and psychological context regarding moods and emotions. Finally, it identifies three modes of communication: interpersonal which is two-way interaction, interpretive which is one-way interpretation, and presentational which is one-way presentation to an audience.
The document discusses learning styles in language teaching. It defines learning styles as a student's consistent way of perceiving, processing, and recalling information. Teachers should be aware of students' different learning styles, such as visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile, to make language learning more effective. The document provides descriptions of characteristics for each learning style to help teachers identify students' preferences and incorporate a variety of teaching activities accordingly.
Phonology is the study of sound systems in languages. It has four branches: segmental phonology which analyzes speech into discrete segments like phonemes; suprasegmental phonology which analyzes features over multiple segments like intonation and stress; diachronic phonology which studies sound patterns through a language's history; and synchronic phonology which studies sound patterns regardless of historical change. Phonology also examines phones which are minimal speech units, phonemes which are distinctive minimal units, and allophones which are variants of phonemes that occur in different phonetic environments. A syllable contains a sonority peak like a vowel with optional onset and coda consonants. Syllable structure and distinctive features are also
This document discusses the key properties of human language: displacement which refers to language's ability to refer to past and future events; arbitrariness meaning there is no natural connection between a word's meaning and its sound; cultural transmission whereby language is acquired through culture not genes; productivity allowing for new words and descriptions; and duality referring to language being both written and spoken. Examples are given like bees communicating location through dances while humans can discuss abstract concepts. Onomatopoeia is noted as an exception where the sound imitates the meaning. The conclusion reiterates language's complex and unique nature distinguishing humans.
LIN101 introduces students to the field of linguistics. The course is taught by Dr. Russell Rodrigo and aims to define linguistics, identify its scopes, examine language and linguistic concepts, and analyze language learning and acquisition. Students will be assessed through participation, discussions, assignments, and a presentation to demonstrate their understanding of course topics like syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, and pragmatics.
The document discusses phonology, which is concerned with how speech sounds are classified and organized in language. It covers the basic units of phonology including phones, phonemes, and allophones. It also describes segmental phonology, which involves sound changes like assimilation, elision, and linking, as well as phonotactics. Suprasegmental phonology involves word stress, sentence stress, and tones. Word stress refers to emphasizing certain syllables to distinguish words' meanings, while sentence stress emphasizes important information words.
Listening comprehension is an interactive process that involves both bottom-up and top-down processing. It depends on the listener's existing knowledge (schemas) to interpret what is heard. Traditionally, it was viewed as a linear bottom-up process, but it is now understood that both bottom-up and top-down processes interact. Key factors like text function, features, processing load, and oral language features contribute to difficulty. The listening lesson involves pre-listening, listening, and post-listening activities focused on perception or comprehension.
Social contexts of second language acquisitionVale Caicedo
Social contexts of Second Language Acquisition can be divided into microsocial and macrosocial factors. Microsocial factors refer to variables that occur based on a learner's proficiency level and include linguistic, psychological, and social interactional contexts. Language input and feedback from native speakers are important, but learning can also occur without interaction. Sociocultural theory posits that interaction facilitates language learning. Macrosocial factors relate to broader social and institutional influences, like the global status of languages, social boundaries and identities, and circumstances of learning influenced by aspects like age, gender, ethnicity, and formal vs. informal learning environments.
The document discusses the stages of language development from infancy through adulthood. It begins with definitions of language and then outlines the major stages of language development, including caretaker speech in infancy, the one-word and two-word stages in toddlers, the development of function words and plurals in preschool years, literacy acquisition in school years, the emergence of personal linguistic styles in teen years, and variability in adult language depending on factors like education and occupation. The document also covers the five dimensions of the linguistic system: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
Historical linguistics studies how languages change over time through successive stages. It examines changes in languages from earlier forms to modern forms. The primary tool of historical linguistics is the comparative method, which is used to identify relationships among languages and reconstruct prehistoric proto-languages. Historical linguistics serves as the foundation for comparative linguistics. Some key causes of language change include sound changes through articulatory simplification, analogy and reanalysis in morphology, language contact and borrowing, and sociological factors influencing adoption of innovations. Subfields of historical linguistics include comparative linguistics, etymology, dialectology, phonology, morphology, and syntax.
Teach Listening-some basic concepts and tipsJoseGatillon
This document discusses listening and language learning. It begins by explaining the basic purposes of listening for humans as gathering information and pleasure. It then describes four types of listening: listening for gist, specific information, in detail, and inference. Each type is defined. The document notes differences between listening and reading and challenges of listening like characteristics of the message, delivery, listener and environment. It introduces bottom-up and top-down listening approaches and says listeners use an interactive model combining both. It discusses the importance of listening for language learning and notes listening was historically undervalued in language teaching.
This document discusses techniques for teaching speaking to primary school pupils. It begins by outlining the psychological, linguistic, and communicative characteristics of speech. It then examines common difficulties in teaching speaking, such as phonetic, lexical, and grammatical challenges. The document proposes ways to address these difficulties, such as using familiar material and adjusting the speed of speech. It concludes by describing techniques to develop pupils' speaking abilities, such as providing authentic practice situations and feedback to improve comprehension.
Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in languages. It involves identifying the phonemes, or smallest units of sound, that make up words, and describing how combinations of phonemes are used to create meaning. Phonology also examines phonological processes like allophones, which are variations in pronunciation of the same phoneme, and rules that govern how phonemes are combined into syllables and words with correct stress patterns. The international phonetic alphabet is used to represent sounds in a standardized way across languages.
Phonology is the study of sound patterns in language. It differs from phonetics in that phonology studies sounds at an abstract, theoretical level as part of a language's system, while phonetics studies actual sound production and perception. Phonological processes are patterns of sound changes that allow children to simplify speech as they learn to talk. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that can distinguish meaning, while phones are actual speech sounds. Phonological rules describe how phonemes change form in different contexts.
The difference between phonology and phoneticshinaeni99
Phonetics is the study of speech sounds in general, while phonology studies the speech sounds of a particular language. Phonology covers segmental phonemes like vowels, diphthongs, triphthongs, and consonants, as well as suprasegmental phonemes involving stress, length, tones, and intonation. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning, while a morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of language that can be free-standing or bound. Speech sounds are produced using various speech organs from the lungs through the vocal cords and mouth or nose.
Minimal pairs are pairs of words that differ by only one phoneme in the same position. They are useful for focusing on individual sounds. Not all sounds appear in all languages, and speakers may substitute or omit sounds not in their native language. Allophones are variations of the same phoneme that do not change a word's meaning. Phonotactics and co-articulation effects describe how sounds are sequenced and influenced by neighboring sounds in a language.
Differences of learners in second language acquisitionAuver2012
There are several factors that contribute to differences in how quickly or successfully individuals acquire a second language:
Age - Younger learners have advantages like brain plasticity and weaker identity, while older learners' advantages include learning capacity, analytic ability, and life experience.
Sex - Studies show females tend to acquire a second language faster due to greater motivation and sociability.
Aptitude - Includes abilities like phonemic coding, grammar sensitivity, inductive learning, and memory that determine an individual's language learning ability.
Motivation - Requires effort, desire, and positive attitudes towards integrating with the target culture or gaining benefits from the second language.
Cognitive styles and learning strategies - How individuals prefer
The document discusses teaching pronunciation to children learning English as a foreign language. It emphasizes that pronunciation is important for intelligible communication and outlines factors to consider, such as a child's age and mother tongue. The document recommends using conscious-raising techniques like minimal pairs, tongue twisters, and stories to help children notice pronunciation patterns. The goal is to make children aware of sounds, stress, and intonation in English.
This document discusses principles and techniques for teaching listening and speaking skills through communicative activities. It provides an overview of what makes listening and speaking difficult for language learners. Some key principles for teaching listening include exposing students to different processing styles, task types, and authentic materials. For teaching speaking, the document recommends using a range of techniques, intrinsic motivation, authentic contexts, feedback, and teaching speaking in conjunction with listening. A variety of tasks and materials are presented for both skills, including information gaps, role plays, surveys, and games.
The document discusses the key concepts of phonology and phonetics. Phonology is the structure of sound patterns in a language, while phonetics is the physical properties of sounds. It notes English spelling does not reliably represent pronunciation due to historical influences. Rule-governed speech includes meaningful contrasts and predictable sounds. Accents and dialects vary pronunciation and vocabulary usage. Phonetic observation and phonological generalization involve analyzing acoustic details and inferring sound patterns. Consonant features include manner of articulation (stops, fricatives, nasals etc.), place of articulation, and whether sounds are voiced or voiceless.
The document discusses different types and contexts of communication. It describes three main types: non-verbal communication which involves body language, verbal communication which involves spoken language elements like pitch and tone, and visual communication which involves images. It then outlines five contexts of communication: physical context which refers to the environment, cultural context which involves cultural values and behaviors, social-psychological context regarding group norms and formality, temporal/historical context involving expectations over time, and psychological context regarding moods and emotions. Finally, it identifies three modes of communication: interpersonal which is two-way interaction, interpretive which is one-way interpretation, and presentational which is one-way presentation to an audience.
The document discusses learning styles in language teaching. It defines learning styles as a student's consistent way of perceiving, processing, and recalling information. Teachers should be aware of students' different learning styles, such as visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile, to make language learning more effective. The document provides descriptions of characteristics for each learning style to help teachers identify students' preferences and incorporate a variety of teaching activities accordingly.
Phonology is the study of sound systems in languages. It has four branches: segmental phonology which analyzes speech into discrete segments like phonemes; suprasegmental phonology which analyzes features over multiple segments like intonation and stress; diachronic phonology which studies sound patterns through a language's history; and synchronic phonology which studies sound patterns regardless of historical change. Phonology also examines phones which are minimal speech units, phonemes which are distinctive minimal units, and allophones which are variants of phonemes that occur in different phonetic environments. A syllable contains a sonority peak like a vowel with optional onset and coda consonants. Syllable structure and distinctive features are also
This document discusses the key properties of human language: displacement which refers to language's ability to refer to past and future events; arbitrariness meaning there is no natural connection between a word's meaning and its sound; cultural transmission whereby language is acquired through culture not genes; productivity allowing for new words and descriptions; and duality referring to language being both written and spoken. Examples are given like bees communicating location through dances while humans can discuss abstract concepts. Onomatopoeia is noted as an exception where the sound imitates the meaning. The conclusion reiterates language's complex and unique nature distinguishing humans.
LIN101 introduces students to the field of linguistics. The course is taught by Dr. Russell Rodrigo and aims to define linguistics, identify its scopes, examine language and linguistic concepts, and analyze language learning and acquisition. Students will be assessed through participation, discussions, assignments, and a presentation to demonstrate their understanding of course topics like syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, and pragmatics.
The document discusses phonology, which is concerned with how speech sounds are classified and organized in language. It covers the basic units of phonology including phones, phonemes, and allophones. It also describes segmental phonology, which involves sound changes like assimilation, elision, and linking, as well as phonotactics. Suprasegmental phonology involves word stress, sentence stress, and tones. Word stress refers to emphasizing certain syllables to distinguish words' meanings, while sentence stress emphasizes important information words.
Listening comprehension is an interactive process that involves both bottom-up and top-down processing. It depends on the listener's existing knowledge (schemas) to interpret what is heard. Traditionally, it was viewed as a linear bottom-up process, but it is now understood that both bottom-up and top-down processes interact. Key factors like text function, features, processing load, and oral language features contribute to difficulty. The listening lesson involves pre-listening, listening, and post-listening activities focused on perception or comprehension.
Social contexts of second language acquisitionVale Caicedo
Social contexts of Second Language Acquisition can be divided into microsocial and macrosocial factors. Microsocial factors refer to variables that occur based on a learner's proficiency level and include linguistic, psychological, and social interactional contexts. Language input and feedback from native speakers are important, but learning can also occur without interaction. Sociocultural theory posits that interaction facilitates language learning. Macrosocial factors relate to broader social and institutional influences, like the global status of languages, social boundaries and identities, and circumstances of learning influenced by aspects like age, gender, ethnicity, and formal vs. informal learning environments.
The document discusses the stages of language development from infancy through adulthood. It begins with definitions of language and then outlines the major stages of language development, including caretaker speech in infancy, the one-word and two-word stages in toddlers, the development of function words and plurals in preschool years, literacy acquisition in school years, the emergence of personal linguistic styles in teen years, and variability in adult language depending on factors like education and occupation. The document also covers the five dimensions of the linguistic system: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
Historical linguistics studies how languages change over time through successive stages. It examines changes in languages from earlier forms to modern forms. The primary tool of historical linguistics is the comparative method, which is used to identify relationships among languages and reconstruct prehistoric proto-languages. Historical linguistics serves as the foundation for comparative linguistics. Some key causes of language change include sound changes through articulatory simplification, analogy and reanalysis in morphology, language contact and borrowing, and sociological factors influencing adoption of innovations. Subfields of historical linguistics include comparative linguistics, etymology, dialectology, phonology, morphology, and syntax.
Teach Listening-some basic concepts and tipsJoseGatillon
This document discusses listening and language learning. It begins by explaining the basic purposes of listening for humans as gathering information and pleasure. It then describes four types of listening: listening for gist, specific information, in detail, and inference. Each type is defined. The document notes differences between listening and reading and challenges of listening like characteristics of the message, delivery, listener and environment. It introduces bottom-up and top-down listening approaches and says listeners use an interactive model combining both. It discusses the importance of listening for language learning and notes listening was historically undervalued in language teaching.
This document discusses techniques for teaching speaking to primary school pupils. It begins by outlining the psychological, linguistic, and communicative characteristics of speech. It then examines common difficulties in teaching speaking, such as phonetic, lexical, and grammatical challenges. The document proposes ways to address these difficulties, such as using familiar material and adjusting the speed of speech. It concludes by describing techniques to develop pupils' speaking abilities, such as providing authentic practice situations and feedback to improve comprehension.
The document provides an overview of teaching speaking skills to primary school pupils learning a foreign language. It discusses the psychological characteristics of speech, including that speech must be motivated, addressed to an interlocutor, emotionally colored, and situational. It also examines the linguistic characteristics of speech, such as the use of incomplete sentences, contracted forms, abbreviations, and conversational tags in dialogue. The aim is to observe speech as a bilateral process and provide the basic notions of speech to help pupils develop their foreign language speaking skills.
The document discusses key aspects of listening comprehension. It explains that listening is a complex skill that involves more than just hearing - it requires receiving, attending to, interpreting, and responding to verbal messages. It also relies on non-verbal cues and the listener's background knowledge.
It notes that listening is the most widely used language skill and plays an important role in language learning by providing input. The document also discusses the importance of schema/schemata, which is the listener's background knowledge and experiences that help them understand listening situations and texts.
Finally, it outlines two approaches to processing listening texts - top-down processing, which uses the listener's background knowledge and expectations to focus on general meaning, and bottom
This lesson plan aims to develop secondary students' global listening skills over 40 minutes. It includes preparation activities like assessing students' prior knowledge of listening concepts. A presentation will define global listening and provide an example conversation. Practice activities will include controlled exercises labeling diagrams and answering questions, guided exercises completing stories and family trees, and free exercises like writing responses to a song. Feedback will be provided to help students improve. The lesson aims to help students understand implied meanings and discard redundant parts of conversations.
This lesson plan aims to develop secondary students' global listening skills over 40 minutes. It includes preparation activities like assessing prior knowledge and identifying difficulties. A presentation on listening strategies is followed by examples and an explanation of global listening. Suggested techniques include short texts, pre-listening questions, and modeling at a natural pace. Practice activities range from controlled exercises with clear directions to guided activities with partial frameworks to free creative tasks. Feedback is provided to help students improve. The goal is to train students to understand confusing conversations by discarding unnecessary parts.
The listening skill
DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES
Why we listen?
The skill of listening
Sounds , Vowels and Consonants
Word stress?
Sentence stress?
Intonation?
Some exercises for the development of listening skill
Graded practice exercises
Types of classroom listening performance
Some principles of teaching listening comprehension
Graphical Description
Conclusion
The document discusses strategies for overcoming obstacles to improve English listening abilities. It begins by introducing common listening obstacles students face, such as psychological barriers, phonetic issues, and lack of vocabulary and cultural knowledge. It then provides several strategies to address these obstacles. First, it recommends stimulating student interest and building confidence through engaging materials and teacher encouragement. Second, it emphasizes the importance of pronunciation and intonation practice to distinguish sounds. Finally, it suggests extensive listening practice with self-determined goals in order to develop autonomous learning skills and improve abilities over time.
This lesson plan aims to develop students' global listening abilities in 40 minutes. It will begin with warm-up questions to assess students' current listening skills and background knowledge. Then, the teacher will present information on global listening through explanations, examples, and activities. Students will learn to discern main ideas and discard unnecessary details. Suggestions are provided to improve global listening through short texts, preparation, and visual aids. The lesson concludes with techniques for global listening practice, such as modeling at a slower pace and using prediction and context clues.
This lesson plan aims to develop students' global listening skills over 40 minutes. It begins with warm-up activities to assess students' listening abilities and background knowledge. New material on global listening is then presented through explanations and examples. Various techniques are discussed for improving global listening, such as preparing students beforehand and using short texts. Controlled, guided, and free practice activities are also outlined to give students opportunities to develop their skills, moving from fully structured to more open-ended tasks. The lesson plan provides a comprehensive overview of how to teach global listening at the secondary level.
This lesson plan aims to develop students' global listening skills over 40 minutes. It begins with warm-up activities to assess students' listening abilities and background knowledge. New material on global listening is then presented through explanations and examples. Various techniques are discussed for improving global listening, such as preparing students beforehand and using short texts. Controlled, guided, and free practice activities are also outlined to give students opportunities to develop their skills, moving from more structured to more open-ended tasks. The lesson plan provides a comprehensive overview of how to teach global listening at the secondary level.
This document discusses the prosody pyramid approach to teaching pronunciation. It defines prosody as the combination of rhythm and melody in speech. Rhythm and melody act as "road signs" that help listeners follow a speaker's meaning by signaling emphasis, relationships between ideas, and distinguishing new from old information. The document explains how English relies heavily on melodic cues compared to other languages. It also discusses how children acquire the rhythm of their first language at a young age, so English learners may apply the rhythm of their L1 when speaking English. The prosody pyramid approach addresses individual pronunciation elements within the framework of larger prosodic systems to make speech more comprehensible to listeners.
This document discusses different types of listening and challenges with teaching listening. It outlines problems like hearing difficulties in a classroom setting and issues with cassette quality. It also presents possibilities for listening activities including pre-listening to focus attention, while-listening exercises to consolidate language, and post-listening activities to extend topic or language focus. The document stresses choosing activities based on text type, learner level and needs for listening skill development.
Teaching Listening Skills to English as a Foreign Language Students through E...ijtsrd
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This document discusses what is known about teaching listening. It defines listening as an active skill that involves interpreting sounds, constructing meaning, making predictions, and using strategies to cope with difficulties in real time. Listening has cognitive and social dimensions. Cognitively, listening involves memory, speech recognition, and associating input with prior knowledge. Socially, listening involves showing understanding, turn-taking, interpreting nonverbal cues, and determining implied meaning. Nonnative English listeners face additional challenges like unfamiliar sounds, accents, and vocabulary. The document also notes that listening remains understudied compared to other skills.
Challenges and Demands in the Teaching of ListeningJunnie Salud
This document discusses challenges in teaching listening skills and developing effective listening in language learners. It identifies several factors that make listening difficult, such as reduced forms, fillers, rate of delivery and prosody. The author advocates delaying speaking and focusing on listening at first. Teachers should teach listening skills explicitly by addressing challenging factors and ensuring students comprehend interactions. The goal is for students to build a "cognitive map" of the language in their minds through meaningful listening practice. Overall, the document emphasizes the importance of listening as an overlooked skill and provides guidance for teaching it effectively.
1. Teaching listening comprehension is of primary importance for achieving the communication aim of language teaching.
2. Listening comprehension involves an interactive process where listeners interact with the text, tasks, and external and internal contexts to understand spoken language.
3. Teachers can use a variety of activities to teach listening comprehension, including dialogues, simple conversations, short sketches and stories containing conversations, and reports from students, which recombine familiar words and phrases.
This lesson plan aims to develop secondary students' global listening abilities over 40 minutes. It will teach basic listening strategies and identify flaws. Various activities using audio recordings, videos, and handouts will expose students to different listening situations. The procedure involves a warm-up, presentation of new concepts, and three levels of practice - controlled, guided, and free - to give students ample opportunity to develop their skills. Suggestions are provided to select appropriate texts and design effective pre, while, and post listening activities tailored to the instructional goals and students' proficiency levels.
This lesson plan aims to develop secondary students' global listening abilities over 40 minutes. It begins with a warm-up discussion to assess their current skills. The teacher then presents strategies for global listening through examples and explanations. Students practice global listening through short controlled exercises identifying people, labeling diagrams, and answering questions about stories. Guided exercises require students to add to family trees and continue stories. Free activities challenge advanced students to create their own continuation of stories. The plan provides structured listening practice to build students' global comprehension skills.
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Chapter 1 of how to teach listening
1. How to Teach Listening
Chapter 1: Listening in the World and in
Language Learning
Lecturer: Kong Seang Eng
2. Why and how of listening-motivation and mechanics
Do you know that animals can listen?
Frogs, kangaroos, bats, for example, are able
to listen for different purposes.
What about human?
3. Why and how of listening-motivation and mechanics
The basic purposes for us are information-
gathering and pleasure, and some other
reasons.
In addition to these basic purposes, hearing
sounds can arouse the imagination and enrich
lives for human.
4. Why and how of listening-motivation and mechanics
Our listening can be classified as:
1. Listening for gist
2. Listening for specific information
3. Listening in detail
4. Inferential listening
5. The characteristics of spoken English
Because of the new recent trend of text-
messaging and chat rooms, writing has become
to take the some of the features of speaking:
- informality
- lack of attention to punctuation
- transience (being temporary)
- real time interaction
6. The characteristics of spoken English
Even though both listening and reading are
receptive skills, there are some significant
differences between them.
- First, reading takes place over space, while
listening takes place over time.
7. The characteristics of spoken English
- Then, oral data has no recorded and invisible
ink.
- This data is based on spontaneous
performance and disappear so soon.
- As listening takes place over time, not space,
the gaps between words in writing are not seen.
8. The characteristics of spoken English
Some other key differences:
1. Elision: When sounds are omitted, usually
at the beginning or end of a word, in order to
make pronunciation of the utterance easier for
the speaker.
Ex: She sat next to the wall.
In here, the t of next is elided into the t of
to (neksta)
9. The characteristics of spoken English
- Assimilation: takes place when the first of a series of
sound changes to accommodate subsequent sounds.
Ex: Tony’s a heart breaker.
The t sound in heart changes to either a glottal stop or
a p in this context.
(hapbreaker)
10. The characteristics of spoken English
- Intrusion: when a sound is added in order to
allow the speaker to link up the two words
more easily.
Ex: He doesn’t have an original idea in his
head.
Here, an intrusive r is actually between
idea and in (aidiarin)
11. The characteristics of spoken English
- Another important feature is that formulaic
phrases are often chucked, which means that
the phrases are said rapidly as if they are one
word.
Ex: know what I mean? (nouwodaimi:n)
12. The characteristics of spoken English
- And some other sound systems and
phonological concerns are also to be noticed.
Ex: Stress, intonation, tone, voice
volume.............
13. Why listening is difficult
All in all, we may be able to conclude that
listening is a more difficult task than reading.
And the difficulties can be: characteristics of
the message, the delivery, the listener and the
environment.
14. Why listening is difficult
1. Characteristics of the message
- Words or phrases spoken out can be
confusing.
- There are, of course, ‘slips of the
ear’—simple mishearing.
15. Why listening is difficult
- Linguistic difficulties, such as unknown words,
lexical density (short spaces of time between
content words, forcing the listener to concentrate
harder) and complex grammatical structure.
16. Why listening is difficult
- Also, there are non linguistic
characteristics of the message include
familiarity of the topic, text type and
cultural accessibility may also be the
factors.
17. Characteristics of the delivery
2. Characteristics of the delivery
Mode of delivery is a vital factor.
Here, we will focus on reciprocal and
non-reciprocal listening.
18. Characteristics of the delivery
- Reciprocal listening involves interaction
between two or more than two people,
which means that there is a conversation.
19. Characteristics of the delivery
- Repair strategy (speakers can
react/ask to slow down......) is
available here.
20. Characteristics of the delivery
- While for nonreciprocal listening, the
listeners has no opportunities to do that
as they are in a situation which they can
only listen, such as watching TV,
listening to a radio and so on.
21. Characteristics of the delivery
- In these circumstances, the listeners
cannot control over the input, which
means that they cannot react directly
to the speakers.
22. Characteristics of the delivery
- So surprising that when American shows were
first shown on British TV, British people did not
understand much because of American accent.
23. Characteristics of the delivery
- Therefore, nonreciprocal listening is more difficult
than the reciprocal one.
- And there are actually more characteristics of
delivery, such as: organization, duration, number
of speakers, and accent.
24. Characteristics of the environment
Environmental conditions: temperature,
background noise, defective equipment and
so on may affect the listening performance.
Another major problem which is not usually
listed is the role of memory of the listeners.
25. Characteristics of the environment
While words are being processed, others
are coming.
So, the mind is being flooded with words.
So, how can we help listeners to avoid
being overloaded?
26. Characteristics of the environment
A technique that helps reduce the memory
load is the process of activating listeners’
prior knowledge.
And this process is also called activating
schemata.
27. Characteristics of the environment
This will get listeners into the topic and
help them develop their expectations of
the input, which is a very crucial factor
for them to be bale to predict the
content.
28. Bottom-up versus top-down approaches to listening
While listening can be very difficult,
researchers have two listening models to
introduce: bottom-up and top-down.
The bottom-up model focuses on the
meanings of each small pieces of the
language in the text
29. Bottom-up versus top-down approaches to listening
Top-down model is to do with use of the
background knowledge to predict content.
So, the top-down model is, at least in part,
based on the listeners; much of the
comprehension relies on what happens in mind
even before the listening has begun.
30. Bottom-up versus top-down approaches to listening
Whereas the bottom-approach depends more on
the sounds heard.
There has been much debate recently about
which models.
Until recently, it is revealed that most errors
caused by the mishearing of the individual
words, which is a failure of the bottom-up
approach.
31. Bottom-up versus top-down approaches to listening
Some research, on the other hand, hints
that it is the top-down approach which
causes the mistakes in listening tasks.
In this, it says that students know the topic
and hear some familiar words. Then, they
make wild guesses about the content.
32. Bottom-up versus top-down approaches to listening
However, it is still a matter of ongoing
research.
But what we are sure is that we use both
models when we listen. This is a called
interactive model, a combination of the
two.
33. Why students should listen to English
Access the world
Pleasure
Travel/tourism
Work purposes and academic reqiurement
34. The place of listening in language teaching
Among the four macro skills, listening is
probably the least understood, the least
researched and historically the least valued.
But because of the trend of giving
importance to listening, the method of
audiolinugalism has been introduced.
35. The place of listening in language teaching
The method uses recorded drills, and
put the listening as the utmost
importance of the teaching language
pedagogy.
36. The place of listening in language teaching
What has been in essential factor in helping to building up listening
capability.
So, what does aural input consist of?
1. Target grammar/vocabulary
2. Discourse markers
3. Examples of pragmatic use of language
4. Features of intonation .......etc.
37. The place of listening in language teaching
There is a distinction between roughly-tuned
and finely-tuned input.
- Roughly-tuned input: It is approximately at
students’ level; it allows them to actually
understand the message even though there may
be some aspects of the message that goes
beyond the comprehension.
38. The place of listening in language teaching
Finely-tuned input is more carefully
controlled. It does not have complex
grammatical or vocabulary items far beyond
the students’ current levels.
And is usually designed not to distract the
students from the target grammar or
vocabulary.
39. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
Assuming that all of you are quite
familiar with CLT.
But why CLT with Listening?
CLT brought with it significant
development in terms of listening to L2.
40. Communicative Language Learning (CLT)
It focuses more on authenticity of
materials, contexts and responses.
It uses findings from research into
pragmatics, discourse analysis and
sociolinguistics in order to show how
real communication takes place.
41. Communicative Language Learning (CLT)
In CLT, it involves you more in personal,
emotional or critical responses to the
content, and less drilling and repetition.
Listening in CLT has a communicative
purpose in that students are expected to
use the information they hear, just as we
do when listening outside the classroom.
42. Hearing English in context
The characteristic product of language
teaching is fragments no matter what
methodology or approach we use.
So, learning a language is like
assembling a jigsaw puzzle.
43. Hearing English in context
Likewise, listening to a piece of
extended discourse gives the students
the whole, complete view of what
English sounds like.
Then, listening can bring together the
fragments.
44. Listening and language learning (six myths)
We have begun talking about some facts
about listening.
And there are a number of myths:
1. You can’t teach people how to listen.
2. Listening is a passive skill.
3. It is easier for students to understand native
speakers of English than foreign speakers of
English.
45. Listening and language learning (six myths)
4. The skills involved in listening to a foreign
language are the same as those that we use for
listening to our native language.
5. While listening in class, students shouldn’t
try understand every word.
6. Students shouldn’t be allowed to read the
scripts of recordings.
46. Conclusion
In this chapter we have:
- looked at how the ears and brain work when we listen.
- examined the characteristics of the spoken English.
- talked about some difficulties in listening.
- discussed bottom-up, top-down and interactive models.
- looked at reasons for students listening to English.
- examined the place of listening in language teaching.
- talked about listening as input and as a model for one’s own
speech.
- discussed about how students’ confidence can be boosted.
- examined some myths.