Reply from discussion topic 17/11/09

Reply from discussion topic 17/11/09

1.How effectively can teachers help students develop listening comprehension?
Some principles are introduced in the apple book. I would like to some of principles from that. First one is that increase the amount of listening time in the L2 class. For this, teacher has to speak English only in his or her classroom. I also support the assertion that use listening before other activities. Finally, teacher can also indicate the message students have to find out in listening.
Based on my experience in the UK, pop songs were used in my English class. Teacher also use advanced organizers before listen. In addition, 4 skills are integrated. I made a small discussion with my partner after listening.
2.Illustrate bottom-up processing goals and top-down processing goals.
Bottom-up processing starts from word dimension. It focuses on distinguishing each word’s feature, intonation, and accents. However, top-down processing begins from meaning aspect. It is used in top-down processing that finding feelings and topics, and predicting the topic and the next sections.
3.How can multimedia help learners to effectively use listening strategies?
Firstly, I can change the speed or the speech and cut the speech. Teacher can provide subtitles if his or hers students feel difficult. Instructor can gather useful materials from the internet and can share those. What is more, multimedia can show some visual part as well as audio side.