Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom: Practical Guidance on How to Teach Real-life Listening - Couverture souple

Thorn, Sheila M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1914010450 ISBN 13 : 9781914010453

Editeur : Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

Historically, English language teachers are not trained in how to teach authentic listening effectively. In addition, the scripted and graded audio used to model new language (lexis and grammar) in the coursebooks is very different to the spontaneous language students encounter away from the classroom. Consequently, teachers don’t (or can’t) use authentic recordings in class and, as a result, their students struggle to follow authentic speech in the real world.

Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom addresses these shortfalls by first identifying what the theory behind authentic listening is and why it is important to integrate it into language teaching. It then moves on to outline key strategies of authentic listening, which are backed up with anecdotes and evidence from the field, before going on to show the practical application of such strategies with concrete and down-to-earth examples and tried-and-tested activities for any language lesson.

Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom provides new and experienced teachers alike with the knowledge and skills to use authentic recordings in the classroom with confidence and to give excellent foolproof listening lessons. They will be able to motivate their students, and equip them with the means to cope with listening to spontaneous spoken English beyond the classroom. It is also a book that can supplement any initial or in-service teacher education course as well as being for teachers at any level who are interested in using authentic listening within their teaching practice effectively.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sheila Thorn is an experienced ELT teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer and examination writer with a special interest in authentic listening. She has worked as a listening paper item writer for Cambridge ESOL (First, Advanced), Trinity (ISE) and Helbling (Austria and Germany – listening papers for 18- and 19-year-olds) since 2011. She founded The Listening Business in 1998 and is the author of Real Lives, Real Listening (Collins) – a series of books featuring authentic recordings and listening training materials for students from elementary to advanced level. Sheila regularly speaks at national and international conferences on various aspects of authentic listening training and testing and has written a number of significant articles in this field.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914010450
• ISBN 13: 9781914010453
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Allemagne