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A Young Explorer - National Geographic Society

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A Young Explorer - National Geographic Society

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The main source for the talk. A must-read in the field of teaching listening.

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Phonology for Listening eBook edition brings listening in English Language Teaching into the 21st century. Phonology for Listening uses recorded extracts of everyday speech to give teachers of English new concepts, fresh thinking and innovative practical ideas to help students decode fast speech. Buy ePub now

Cool Speech is an app for listening and pronunciation. It provides intensive listening practice, and teaches fluent pronunciation, using recordings of spontaneous speech. Suitable for upper-intermediate and advanced students of English, it helps them understand everyday speech and to speak fluently in everyday situations. It is currently undergoing an update.

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Speech in Action - In touch with real speech

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Phonology for Listening eBook edition brings listening in English Language Teaching into the 21st century. Phonology for Listening uses recorded extracts of everyday speech to give teachers of English new concepts, fresh thinking and innovative practical ideas to help students decode fast speech. Buy ePub now Cool Speech is an app for listening and pronunciation.

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John Field, Skills and strategies: towards a new methodology for listening

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John Field, Skills and strategies: towards a new methodology for listening

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Rost, M. Listening in Language Learning (1990)

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Rost, M. Listening in Language Learning (1990)

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Examines listening as both a means of achieving understanding and as a teachable skill. The underlying theme of the volume is that an integration of cognitive, social, and educational perspectives is necessary in order to characterise effectively what listening ability is and how it may develop. It introduces listening from a cognitive perspective, and presents a detailed investigation of listening in social and educational contexts. The study concludes with an analysis of how listening development can be incorporated effectively into curriculum design.

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Examines listening as both a means of achieving understanding and as a teachable skill. The underlying theme of the volume is that an integration of cognitive, social, and educational perspectives is necessary in order to characterise effectively what listening ability is and how it may develop.

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My name is Sheila Thorn and I am the founder of The Listening Business. The name reflects my fascination with listening, both in terms of English language teaching and testing and in qualitative research in social care settings.

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Hugh Dellar's talk on listening approach in Outcomes 

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Hugh Dellar's talk on listening approach in Outcomes 

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Practical Tips for Improving Listening Outcomes in the English Classroom​ - National Geographic Learning Webinars

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FIND YOUR TIME ZONE *Visit the Zoom registration page to see the timing in your region. Below are a few different time zone conversions. LocationSession 1Session 2Mexico City7 AM (7 August)7 AM (7 August)Brasília10 AM (17 August)10 PM (17 August)London2 PM (17 August)2 AM (18 August)Dubai5 PM (17 August)5 AM (18 August)Singapore9 PM (17 August)9 ...

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YouGish lets you access YouTube as a corpus of spoken English

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When words sound different in isolation vs. in a sentence, look up the pronunciation first in a dictionary, then use https://youglish.com