A Syllabus for Listening - by Richard T Cauldwell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><em>A Syllabus for Listening: Decoding</em> is for teachers, teacher trainers, textbook and course book authors in English language teaching (ELT). This book will help you add a decoding dimension to all your listening activities, which means that your students will be better prepared for real-world spontaneous speech encounters. If you are designing a listening course, or writing listening exercises for a course book, this is essential reading. There are four parts.<ul><li><b>Decoding and Perception</b>presents key ideas which are essential to understanding why the teaching and learning of listening needs to be improved. <li><b>A Critique of Training, Theory and Practice</b> presents a critical analysis of conventional approaches to listening in teacher training and the ELT classroom. <li><b>A Syllabus for Listening</b> presents specific items for the syllabus, including word clusters, streamlining processes and, crucially, ear-training. <li><b>Education, Tools and Activities</b> describes innovative classroom activities for teaching decoding: exploiting recordings and classroom language, using pen-and-paper prompts, together with the voices of teachers and learners.</ul>Sound files are available for download from www.speechinaction.com<ul><li>My teaching of listening has changed utterly. Happy teacher. Happy students. It's fabulous. <b>Jane Hadcock</b>, Teacher, Essex Integration.<li>To inspire ELT, another original book from a pioneer of teaching listening. <b>Alice Henderson</b>, Associate Professor of English, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France<li>Interesting and challenging ideas that will stir up your views on listening. <b>Martin Hewings</b>, author of <em>English Pronunciation in Use: Advanced.</em><li>The product of years of scholarship and research - this is a triumph! <b>Sheila Thorn</b>, founder of The Listening Business, author of <em>Real Lives, Real Listening. </em></ul><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Richard Cauldwell has taught English in France, Hong Kong, Japan and the UK. He is widely recognised as an innovator in the field of teaching listening and is a pioneer in using recordings of spontaneous speech in language learning. Richard is a two-time winner of an ELTon, The British Council's Innovations in ELT awards, in 2004 and 2013.
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