Listening Comprehension And Overall Proficiency
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Listening Comprehension And Overall Proficiency
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Author : Masayasu Aotani
language : en
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Release Date : 2013
Listening Comprehension And Overall Proficiency written by Masayasu Aotani and has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Despite the recent upsurge of interest in second language acquisition, listening comprehension research remains scarce. This book addresses the issue by embedding listening in a larger framework where the four major skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing, along with their subskills, are operating in a complex and yet well-designed cooperative network. College students in Japan took a battery of 12 tests which probed into vocabulary, grammar, sound-capturing, input processing, use of context, and general procedural fluency. Comprehension of a sentence-length input is significantly supported by good sound-capturing and word recognition, while with page-length texts listening ability was closely tied to content and context comprehension, sharing much with reading. This large-scale and integrative investigation pushes the envelope of language acquisition research, thus shedding new light on the hitherto under-investigated corners of listening. It is useful for the investigators in search of new directions and breakthroughs. It also helps language learners improve their learning by strategically addressing the newly identified weaknesses and deficiencies.
Proficiency In Listening And Reading Comprehension
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Author : Hidayet Tuncay
language : en
Publisher: Tuncay (Yayıncılık) Publishing
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Proficiency In Listening And Reading Comprehension written by Hidayet Tuncay and has been published by Tuncay (Yayıncılık) Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Study Aids categories.
Proficiency in Listening and Reading Comprehension Hidayet TUNCAY The book is intended to help pre-intermediate (CEFR-B1), intermediate (CEFR-B2), upper-intermediate (CEFR-C1) and advanced (CEFR-C2) learners of English who are preparing for proficiency examinations, such as TOEFL, KPDS (Language Proficiency test for Government Employees), FCE (First Certificate in English), CAE (Certificate in Advanced English), University Preparatory School Exemption Tests and mainly the Turkish Army Personnel who will take Genel Dil and ECL (English Comprehension Level). In chapter one, Advanced Reference Grammar Practice covering 10 major sections of the English Language grammar are presented with specific examples and supported with tests and exercises. In the end of this chapter a GATE (Grammar Achievement Test in English) test is given. Chapter two contains a listening part that covers three main sections: intermediate, upper-intermediate and advanced. The passages contain nearly 30 different topics ranging from economy to military and are made up of 42 comprehension passages and 15 paragraphs. To ensure the learners' listening comprehension, almost 300 questions are given. All the passages in this chapter were professionally recorded by 2 native speakers of English. In chapter three, specifically chosen reading comprehension passages are given in four separate sections: intermediate (B1), upper-intermediate (B2), advanced (C1) and authentic (C2). The chapter has been reorganized and new passages are included within 67 passages in almost 30 different topics. Chapter four, Word practice covers academic, scientific, social and TOEFL, Genel Dil and ECL vocabulary. Various exercises and tests are given. Most confused and misused words are covered as well. Chapter five is the testing section which includes practice tests such as 3 English Proficiency Practice Tests with listening sections, 4 vocabulary and reading comprehension based English Screening Tests and 1 Proficiency Practice Test for general English Proficiency. All tests cover 800 questions based on listening, reading, structure and vocabulary related to both technical and social subjects. The book covers various exercises such as 403 comprehensive exercises in the grammar chapter with a complete test of GATE-Grammar Achievement Test in English. 254 open end and multiple choice exercises are in listening comprehension. Reading Comprehension chapter covers 746 comprehensive exercises to improve learners’ reading comprehension. In Word Practice chapter, 198 exercises are given to practice various academic vocabularies which learners may encounter while practicing language for various exams.
Diagnosing L2 English Learners Listening Comprehension Abilities With Scripted And Unscripted Listening Texts
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Author : Nathaniel Carney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Diagnosing L2 English Learners Listening Comprehension Abilities With Scripted And Unscripted Listening Texts written by Nathaniel Carney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
L2 listening research has moved toward a focus on understanding the process of listening. However, there are still few detailed studies of L2 listening that reveal learners' comprehension processes when listening to scripted and unscripted listening texts. Studies in which such processing has been discussed have lacked detailed diagnoses of how bottom-up and top-down processing interactively affect listeners' comprehension. This study was designed to show how listeners' process and comprehend texts, with a focus on how their bottom-up and top-down processing either assist or impede their comprehension. In this study, a group of 30 L1 Japanese university English language learners' listening abilities were diagnosed. The 30 participants were at three listening proficiency levels-high, mid, and low-based on TOEIC listening proficiency scores. The diagnostic procedure involved participants listening to two scripted and two unscripted listening texts and then reporting what they comprehended through three tasks-L1 oral recalls, L2 repetitions, and verbal reports. Other data was also collected in the study to relate the comprehension of listening texts to other important listening-related variables including listening proficiency, lexical knowledge, listening anxiety, study abroad experience, short-term phonological memory, and working memory. The main finding of the study was that miscomprehension of listening texts was invariably multi-causal, with a combination of both bottom-up and top-down factors leading to comprehension difficulty. Although not a new finding, the study offered more detail than current research about how bottom-up and top-down processing occur interactively. Regarding the overall difficulty of the listening texts, unscripted texts were more difficult to comprehend than scripted texts, and high-proficiency participants had fewer listening difficulties overall than mid- and low-proficiency participants. Quantitative and qualitative results revealed common processing difficulties among all participants due to L1-related phonological decoding issues (e.g., /l/ vs. /r/), connected speech, unknown lexis, and a lack of familiarity with unscripted speech hesitation phenomena (e.g., um, like). Qualitative transcript examples showed how top-down knowledge influenced misinterpretations of words and phrases interactively with bottom-up information, making inaccurate understandings of listening difficult to overcome. In addition to revealing participants' difficulties and the severity of their comprehension difficulties, the diagnostic procedure showed common strengths-key words and phrases understood well by participants. High-frequency vocabulary and shorter utterances were both shown to be comprehended well. Finally, quantitative results in the study revealed relationships of participants' listening comprehension with other important listening related variables. Listening proficiency and listening anxiety had strong relationships with listening comprehension of the listening texts. Working memory and short-term phonological memory had no relationship with listening text comprehension. Finally, study abroad experience showed a relationship with comprehension, but with many caveats, and listening vocabulary knowledge was not related with comprehension, but again, with numerous caveats to consider. Based on the results, theoretical and pedagogical implications were posed. Theoretical implications from the study relate to the understanding of four concerns in L2 listening research. Mainly, data in the study will aid researchers' understanding of how L2 English listeners process speech interactively (i.e., with bottom-up and top-down information) for comprehension, how L2 English listeners experience connected speech, how L2 listeners deal with unknown lexis, and how L2 listeners experience difficulties with features of unscripted speech. Pedagogical implications of the study include the need for increased teacher and learner awareness of the complexity of L2 listening, the need to have learners to track their own listening development, and the need for teachers to expose learners to unscripted listening texts and make them familiar with features of unscripted speech. Finally, suggestions for further research are posed, including conducting diagnostics assessments of L2 listening with listeners of different L1s and with more varied proficiency levels, using different diagnostic procedures to examine L2 listening comprehension, and using more instruments to understand listening-related variables' relationships with L2 listening comprehension.
Examining Listening
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Author : Ardeshir Geranpayeh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-27
Examining Listening written by Ardeshir Geranpayeh and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-27 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This volume examines the nature of second language listening proficiency and how it can be assessed. The book highlights the need for test developers to provide a clear explication of the ability constructs which underpin the tests they offer in the public domain. This is increasingly necessary if claims about the validity of test score interpretation and use are to be supported both logically and with empirical evidence. It operationalises a comprehensive test validation framework which adopts a socio-cognitive perspective. The framework embraces six core components, examining and then analysing Cambridge ESOL listening tasks from the following perspectives: Test Taker; Cognitive Validity; Context Validity; Scoring Validity; Criterion-related Validity; and Consequential Validity.
Proficiency In Listening And Reading Comprehension
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Author : Hidayet Tuncay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Proficiency In Listening And Reading Comprehension written by Hidayet Tuncay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with English language categories.
The Role Of Visual Components In Teaching And Assessing Listening Comprehension
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2016-10-24
The Role Of Visual Components In Teaching And Assessing Listening Comprehension written by and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-24 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,0, University of Regensburg (Institut für Didaktik Englisch), language: English, abstract: Next to reading, writing and speaking, listening comprehension lies at the heart of language learning. However, it has also proved to be difficult for the language learner to acquire and for language teachers to teach and to assess. Teachers do not only need a rich understanding of the listening process but also strategies that enable them to teach listening effectively and to assess it in a rational way. The procedure of testing can be divided up into two theoretical fields. First, the large field of teaching listening comprehension and second the field of actually testing it. Both fields need to be carried out thoughtfully in order to achieve success in the whole process. Despite or maybe even due to the difficulty that lies in listening comprehension itself and in teaching it, “L2 listening remains the last researched of all four language skills. However, in recent years there has been an increased focus on L2 listening ability since its importance in language acquisition has finally been acknowledged and is now regarded as as a skill that requires more classroom attention. In particular the field of teaching listening with the help of technology has been investigated since the revolution in multimedia has made available a large variety of aural and visual text in foreign languages.
Listening In The Language Classroom
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Author : John Field
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Language Teaching Library
Release Date : 2008
Listening In The Language Classroom written by John Field and has been published by Cambridge Language Teaching Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book challenges the orthodox approach to the teaching of second language listening, which is based upon the asking and answering of comprehension questions. The book's central argument is that a preoccupation with the notion of 'comprehension' has led teachers to focus upon the product of listening, in the form of answers to questions, ignoring the listening process itself. The author provides an informed account of the psychological processes which make up the skill of listening, and analyses the characteristics of the speech signal from which listeners have to construct a message. Drawing upon this information, the book proposes a radical alternative to the comprehension approach and provides for intensive small-scale practice in aspects of listening that are perceptually or cognitively demanding for the learner. Listening in the Language Classroom was winner of the Ben Warren International Trust House Prize in 2008.
Listening Its Impact At All Levels On Reading And The Other Language Arts
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Author : Sara W. Lundsteen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Listening Its Impact At All Levels On Reading And The Other Language Arts written by Sara W. Lundsteen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Psychology categories.
Listening Myths
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Author : Steven Brown
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2011-02-25
Listening Myths written by Steven Brown and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-25 with Education categories.
This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for teachers of ESL listening courses. It was written to help ensure that teachers of listening are not perpetuating the myths of teaching listening.
Gept
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Author : 張文娟
language : zh-CN
Publisher: 永續圖書有限公司
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Gept written by 張文娟 and has been published by 永續圖書有限公司 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Foreign Language Study categories.
準備GEPT全民英檢的實用工具書 完全掌握全民英檢中級聽力和口說能力的命題方向和題型 不但能幫您高分過關，英語實力也隨之大增 隨書所附的CD亦為最佳英語聽力和口說能力的自學教材，平時多聽，善加模仿，成效驚人。 ●全民英檢中級的完整資訊：提供所有關於全民英檢中級必知的QA。 ●全民英檢中級聽力和口說能力的準備要領：分為平日培養英語聽力和口說能力的方法，以及針對全民英檢中級聽力和口說能力測驗的準備要點。 ●全民英檢中級聽力和口說能力的模擬試題：提供仿真模擬試題三回，並附上中文詳盡翻譯與解析。