listening

Listening: Top down and bottom up

admin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:00:00 +0100

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.

Helping teens to listen

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000

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,

Listening for young learners

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:00:00 +0100

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.

Listening to body language

Nik Peachey — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:00:00 +0100

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.

Listening and elementary learners

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:00:00 +0100

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.

Making listening an authentic experience

Nik Peachey — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:00:00 +0000

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

Pre-listening activities

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 12:00:00 +0000

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

A framework for planning a listening skills lesson

Nik Peachey — Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:00:00 +0100

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