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简介:Thispaperdiscusseshowtoimplementcommunicativelisteningortheintegrationoflisteningandspeakinginthelisteningclass.Itsuggeststhatthecurrentthree-stagepracticeinthelisteningclassshouldbemodifiedbyaligningtheobjective,theinputandthetaskforeffectivelistening/speakingintegration.Itpointsoutthat"communicativelistening"shouldmeetthelearners"communicativeneeds"anddemonstratestherelevanceofinputauthenticity,cooperativelistening,andthediscourseperspective/genreapproachforthispurpose.PracticalsuggestionsaremadewithreferencetotheGradedTestsforEnglishMajorsBand4andBand8.
简介:IntroductionThisarticleisbasedontheexperienceofteachingextensivereadingclassesforsciencestudentsinourschool.Itdescribesacommonmodelforreadingclasses.Thismodelshowsthedisadvantagethatreaderstendtounderstandwhattheyreadmainlybywayoflisteningtotheteacher’sexplanation,butnotbyreadingforthemselves.Ithasgivenrisetotheparticularproblemofwhetherstudentsneedafullexplanationbeforeachievinggoodcomprehension.Thearticlesuggeststhatreadershavetoworkthemselvestoimprovetheirreadingabilityandskills.Sometechniquesforteachingareadingclassaresuggested.
简介:IntroductionWhatislistening?TheabilitytolistentoEnglisheffectivelyisveryimportant.AsUnderwood(1989)indicates:"listeningistheactivityofpayingattentiontoandtryingtogetmeaningfromsomethingwehear.Tolistensuccessfullytospokenlanguage,weneedtobeabletoworkoutwhatspeakersmeanwhentheyuseparticularwordsinparticularwaysonparticularoccasions,andnotsimplytounderstandthewordsthemselves".
简介:Everyoneknowsthattherearefourskillsinlearningalanguage,namelylistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Theyarealwaysrelatedintermsofusage,andspeakingisviewedbylearnersasthemostdesirableskillinface-to-facecommunicationintheglobalizationera.However,whatistheanswertothefollowingquestions?
简介:Everyearlymorning,birds'happysingingwakesmeup.Igetdressedquicklyandhaveawashandbrushup,thenwatchbirdsandlistentothemsinginghappilyinthetrees.Thesingingofdifferentkindsofbirdssoundslikeapieceofbeautifulsymphonicmusic.Birds’singingmakesmerelaxedandhappyanditalsorecallsmesomethingofthePast.
简介:TheskillofListeningwithcomprehensionisanessentialpartofcommunicationandbasictoESL/EFLlearning.Predictionisalsoakeyprocessinun-derstandingspokenlanguage.ThisarticleintendstoofferadefinitionforpredictioninESL/EFLlistening,examinesitsfoundations,drawssomeinsightsintoitsnature,andillustrateshowtodevelopandemploypredictioninpre-listeningandwhile-listeningstages,alsohowto‘repair’predictioninthepost-listeningstage,inanattempttohelplistenersachievethegoalofbetterunderstanding.