ABSTRACT

Examines listening as both a means of achieving understanding and as a teachable skill. The underlying theme of the volume is that an integration of cognitive, social, and educational perspectives is necessary in order to characterise effectively what listening ability is and how it may develop. It introduces listening from a cognitive perspective, and presents a detailed investigation of listening in social and educational contexts. The study concludes with an analysis of how listening development can be incorporated effectively into curriculum design.

chapter 3|29 pages

Listener inference

chapter 4|30 pages

Listener performance

chapter 5|29 pages

Listening in transactional discourse

chapter 6|25 pages

Development of listening ability

chapter 7|47 pages

Assessing listening ability

chapter 8|27 pages

Listening in a language curriculum