Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom: Practical guidance on how to teach real-life listening

Cover
Imprint
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: In theory
	1. Exploring listening in the language classroom
	2. Common misconceptions and contentious issues
	3. A critique of the current approach to teaching listening
	4. Myth versus reality
	5. The challenges of connected speech
	6. The characteristics of formal public spoken English
	7. The characteristics of informal spontaneous spoken English
	8. Decoding challenges for L2 learners
	9. Meaning-building challenges for L2 learners
Part 2: In practice
	10. Guiding principles behind the integrated approach
	11. Laying firm foundations for learners
	12. Listening goals
	13. Practising listening using written comprehension tasks
	14. Practising meaning building with the teacher as a facilitator
	15. Practising decoding and increasing automaticity
	16. Further uses of authentic recording
	17. Using International English recordings
	18. Authentic recordings in high-stakes international examinations
Appendices
	Appendix 1.
		Authentic listening comprehension task types
	Appendix 2
		Transcripts
	Appendix 3
		Glossary
	Bibliography