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Listening Comprehension: Approach, Design, Procedure
Author(s) -
RICHARDS JACK C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
tesol quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.737
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1545-7249
pISSN - 0039-8322
DOI - 10.2307/3586651
Subject(s) - listening comprehension , active listening , psychology , comprehension , linguistics , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , communication , philosophy
This article outlines three dimensions in the teaching of listening comprehension. In approach , it discusses the nature of spoken discourse and offers a theory of listening comprehension that takes into account the processes that listeners make use of. In design , it analyzes learners' listening needs, proposes a taxonomy of micro‐skills, and establishes objectives for teaching these skills. And finally, in procedure , it presents classroom activities and exercise types that can be used to attain these objectives.