Tools for improve listening
Bottom- Up
Macro skills
Which listening approach to very different skills
It is defined as one's ability to comprehend spoken language at the discourse level -including conversations, stories (i.e., narratives), and informal oral texts- that involves the processes of extracting and constructing meaning.
Listening for specific information
Bottom-Up
Extensive listening focuses on
TOP-DOWN
What are some aspects of listening comprehension?
Hearing the sounds, Understanding intonation and stress, Understanding colloquial vocabulary, etc.
Intensive
Focus on listening for details and involve tasks that focus on understanding at a sound or word level. Tasks are ‘intensive’, as they focus on looking for particular details.
Model emphasises the decoding of the smallest units
Elabortae strategies from what has been heard
General understanding
Listening Comprehension
Selective
Use learning websites with audio components. Watch authentic media.
Focus on the ‘big’ picture and general meaning of a listening text. Often the starting point is to discuss the topic and then to use a ‘gist’ or ‘extensive’ task to listen for the overall meaning.