Strategies for Second Language Listening [recurso electrónico] : Current Scenarios and Improved Pedagogy

This book seeks to help teachers teach listening in a more principled way by presenting what is known from research, exploring teachers' beliefs and practices, examining textbook materials, and offering practical activities for improving second language listening. Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction: 'Doing' Listening or 'Teaching' Listening?; Rationale for this book; Structure of the book; How to use this book; A final point on terminology; Part I: Key Issues in the Teaching of Listening; 1 Key Issues in Listening Pedagogy in the Second Language Classroom; Introduction; Key issues guiding the teaching of listening; Chapter summary; 2 The Role of Learner Strategies in Second Language Listening; Introduction; Definitions; What do strategies involve?; Using strategies effectively. Learner strategies, motivation and self-efficacy; Different kinds of strategies; Strategies in action; Exploring strategies in more depth; Prediction-based strategies and advance organisers; Prediction and verification/monitoring; Problematising 'focusing' strategies further; Inferencing; The relationship between strategy use and linguistic knowledge; Chapter summary; 3 Teaching Listening Strategies in the Second Language Classroom; Introduction; Can we teach listening strategies? Should we?; Models of strategy instruction; Examples of interventions to teach listening strategies. Do all learners benefit from listening strategy instruction?; Insufficient practice; Needs-based strategy instruction and feedback on strategy use; Chapter summary; Part I summary; Part II: How Listening Is Taught; 4 What Teachers in England Say and Do about Second Language Listening; Introduction; Our project: setting the context; Teachers' beliefs about listening and what they claim to do in the classroom; Listening in practice: observations and interviews; Observations; Interviews; Chapter summary; 5 How Textbooks Approach Listening. Listening in language teaching materials: empirical findings; Our project: what we wanted to explore, and why; The sample; Procedures; Frequency of listening tasks; Listening and other skills; Characteristics of the listening passages; Listening tasks; Commentaries in the Teacher's Book: focus on strategies?; To what extent do Teacher's Books consider metacognition in listening?; Chapter summary; Part II summary; Part III: Pedagogical Applications; 6 Pedagogical Applications; Introduction; Awareness-raising: how learners listen and how they can listen more effectively. Prediction and verification/monitoring; Listening for gist and identifying key words; Understanding key sounds; Segmenting chunks of language; Understanding and adapting existing listening materials; Giving feedback on listening; Conclusion: from Current Scenarios to Improved Pedagogy; Appendices; References; Annotated Bibliography; Index. by Suzanne Graham, Denise Santos. "Listening is generally perceived as a difficult and sometimes neglected skill by language teachers and learners. This volume aims to help second language teachers to teach listening in a principled way. It provides a detailed overview of research into effective second language listening and offers insight into the role of learner strategies. The book also examines teachers' beliefs and practices regarding listening and listening pedagogy, providing an analysis of textbook materials for second language listening. With suggested practical activities for the teaching of listening as a process, not a product, the book is an invaluable resource for the development of more effective listening, and will appeal to researchers and practitioners of second language learning alike"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction: ‘Doing’ Listening or ‘Teaching’ Listening?....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Key Issues in Listening Pedagogy in the Second Language Classroom....Pages 9-21 The Role of Learner Strategies in Second Language Listening....Pages 22-40 Teaching Listening Strategies in the Second Language Classroom....Pages 41-52 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 What Teachers in England Say and Do about Second Language Listening....Pages 55-95 How Textbooks Approach Listening....Pages 96-122 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Pedagogical Applications....Pages 125-169 Conclusion: from Current Scenarios to Improved Pedagogy....Pages 170-172 Back Matter....Pages 173-188 Machine generated contents note: Introduction: 'Doing' Listening or 'Teaching' Listening? PART I: KEY ISSUES IN THE TEACHING OF LISTENING 1. Key Issues in Listening Pedagogy in the Second Language Classroom 2. The Role of Learner Strategies in Second Language Listening 3. Teaching Listening Strategies in the Second Language Classroom PART II: HOW LISTENING IS TAUGHT 4. What Teachers in England Say and Do about Second Language Listening 5. How Textbooks Approach Listening PART III: PEDAGOGICAL APPLICATIONS 6. Pedagogical Applications Conclusion: From Current Scenarios to Improved Pedagogy.