Making sense of what we hear by Carolina Adones

Making sense of what we hear by Carolina Adones https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense The importance of developing listening skills in the classroom en-us 2017-09-11 05:33:41 UTC 2017-09-11 05:57:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Main point https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186243484 'Speaking and listening' is often overlooked in the curriculum. It is assumed that is is self taught but as teachers we need to teach students this skill.

]]> 2017-09-11 05:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186243484 A listening activity carolinaisabeladones https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186243531 Having a reader and a listener of a text. 1) The reader reads out loud the text and the listener repeats the sentence. 2) The listener reads the text backwards and the listener repeats what is being said.
These will show how much thinking is done in listening.]]> 2017-09-11 05:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186243531 Background Knowledge missmollyjean https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186243572 Background Knowledge has a significant role in the classroom when developing listening, as using "...their available schema and knowledge of the language system" to comprehend what they are listening to (Gibbons, P2002, p. 103).]]> 2017-09-11 05:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186243572 Nunan (1990) missmollyjean https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186244142 The text refers to Nunan, who discusses two different models:
-"The Listener as a Tape Recorder": The listen is not active in the construction of meaning when listening.

-"Meaning Builder": Utilising language conventions and systems, as well as prior knowledge to gain meaning and understanding and develop listening.

(Cited in Gibbons, 2002).]]> 2017-09-11 05:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186244142 References carolinaisabeladones https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186245077 Gibbons, P. (2002). Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning; teaching second language learners in the mainstream classroom (1 ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.]]> 2017-09-11 05:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinaisabeladones/Making_sense/wish/186245077