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      Do you know the difference between top down and bottom up approaches? Find the answer, and much more, below.

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      Listening for young learners

      In this article I will briefly focus on how I try to develop listening skills with our young learners who are learning English as an additional language.

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      Pre-listening activities

      Listening skills are hard to develop. Students can do a variety of work before listening to help them understand the listening.

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      A framework for planning a listening skills lesson

      Listening is one of the most challenging skills for our students to develop and yet also one of the most important.

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      Simulated immersion

      I have often found that learners of all levels feel that there is inadequate time spent on listening in most language courses.

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      Listening: Top down and bottom up

      In 'real-life' listening, our students will have to use a combination of the two processes, with more emphasis on 'top-down' or 'bottom-up' listening depending on their reasons for listening.

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      Helping teens to listen

      There are obviously many cultural differences between the teenagers we teach all over the world. However, I think that many parents and teachers would agree that the teenage years are,

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      Listening to body language

      Body language isn't something that naturally springs to mind when we think about developing our students' listening skills. After all, you can't hear body language.

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      Listening and elementary learners

      This article is about making the listening experience in the classroom more similar to what we do in real life. It's about giving our students some choice in what they listen to and what they take from it.

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      3.562005

      A framework for planning a listening skills lesson

      Listening is one of the most challenging skills for our students to develop and yet also one of the most important.

      3.45588

      Helping teens to listen

      There are obviously many cultural differences between the teenagers we teach all over the world. However, I think that many parents and teachers would agree that the teenage years are,

      3.75

      Listening and elementary learners

      This article is about making the listening experience in the classroom more similar to what we do in real life. It's about giving our students some choice in what they listen to and what they take from it.

      3.27481

      Listening for young learners

      In this article I will briefly focus on how I try to develop listening skills with our young learners who are learning English as an additional language.

      3.81081

      Listening to body language

      Body language isn't something that naturally springs to mind when we think about developing our students' listening skills. After all, you can't hear body language.

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      4.055555

      Simulated immersion

      I have often found that learners of all levels feel that there is inadequate time spent on listening in most language courses.

      3.81081

      Listening to body language

      Body language isn't something that naturally springs to mind when we think about developing our students' listening skills. After all, you can't hear body language.

      3.75

      Listening and elementary learners

      This article is about making the listening experience in the classroom more similar to what we do in real life. It's about giving our students some choice in what they listen to and what they take from it.

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      Making listening an authentic experience

      In this article I would like to focus on two key areas of developing our students' listening skills.

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      Listening: Top down and bottom up

      In 'real-life' listening, our students will have to use a combination of the two processes, with more emphasis on 'top-down' or 'bottom-up' listening depending on their reasons for listening.

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      JacklineSmith's picture

      JacklineSmith
      United States of America

      In addition to skills and ability, English level matters a lot. That's the first impression on...
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      chuaxadanho97
      Vietnam

      There are quite a lot of teaching materials on pronunciation. I often surf the internet and...
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      matbury
      Spain
      This is a nice summary with the pros and cons but I think those who are unfamiliar with TBLL would...
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