Title:
Teaching listening comprehension / Penny Ur.
Cambridge handbooks for language teachers
Cambridge handbooks for language teachers.
Author:
Ur, Penny.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.
Part I: Understanding Spoken English -- 1. Real-life listening -- 2. Listening to English as a foreign language -- 3. Planning exercises -- PART II: Suggestions for Classroom Activities -- 4. Listening for perception -- 5. Listening for comprehension -- A Postscript.
This book is about developing listening comprehension skills in the language classroom. In Part I, some essential background issues are dealt with. The author defines the characteristics of real-life listening, analyses the problems encountered by language learners, and discusses the considerations involved in planning successful classroom listening practice. Part II contains a wide variety of exercise types. The activities range in level from elementary to advanced and illustrate techniques appropriate for both adults and children. The exercises can be used as they stand or they can serve as models for teachers who wish to design their own materials. -- Back cover.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Publication Place:
Cambridge ; New York :
ISBN:
0521255090
9780521255097
0521287812
9780521287814
Subject:
Listening -- Study and teaching.
Attention.
Comprehension.
Listening comprehension.
Series:
Cambridge handbooks for language teachers
Cambridge handbooks for language teachers.
Contents:
Part I: Understanding Spoken English -- 1. Real-life listening -- 2. Listening to English as a foreign language -- 3. Planning exercises -- PART II: Suggestions for Classroom Activities -- 4. Listening for perception -- 5. Listening for comprehension -- A Postscript.
Physical Description:
x, 173 pages : illustrations ;
Electronic Location:
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780521287814.pdf
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam029/83005173.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/83005173.html
Publication Date:
1984.
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