Active Listening Contributor(s): Rost, Michael (Author), Wilson, J. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1408296853 ISBN-13: 9781408296851 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
Dewey: 418.007 |
LCCN: 2012046155 |
Series: Research and Resources in Language Teaching |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7" W x 9.7" (1.89 lbs) 352 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Listening is now regarded by researchers and practitioners as a highly active skill involving prediction, inference, reflection, constructive recall, and often direct interaction with speakers. In this new theoretical and practical guide, Michael Rost and JJ Wilson demonstrate how active listening can be developed through guided instruction. With so many new technologies and platforms for communication, there are more opportunities than ever before for learners to access listening input, but this abundance leads to new challenges:
Active Listening explores these questions in clear, accessible prose, basing its findings on a theoretical framework that condenses the most important listening research of the last two decades. Showing how to put theory into practice, the book includes fifty innovative activities, and links each one to relevant research principles. Sample audio recordings are also provided for selected activities, available online at the series website www.pearsoned.co.uk/rostwilson. As a bridge between theory and practice, Active Listening will encourage second language teachers, applied linguists, language curriculum coordinators, researchers, and materials designers to become more active practitioners themselves, by more fully utilising research in the field of second language listening. |