Let’s face it, if you’re going to be an effective student leader, you must first master the art of listening before you can master the art of leadership. A leader without any followers is just a person taking a long walk…alone.Listening is at the core of our being; it’s also the most frequent form [...]
(Abstract) Effects of listening strategy instruction on news videotext comprehension (by Jeremy Cross)
University of Melbourne, j.cross3@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Developments in broadcast and multimedia technology have generated a readily available and vast supply of videotexts for use in second and foreign language learning contexts. However, without pedagogical direction learners are unlikely to be able to deal with the complexities [...]
There are a numbers of ways in which listening activities differ from other classroom exercise.Unlike language study or speaking practice or even reading,where individual students can read to some extent at their own pace,the listening material goes its own speed and this does not depend on students’ speed.I mean the speed of the speaker(s) dominates [...]
