UNIT 2 A Listening


Implication for Instruction: One of the obvious implication for instruction is to bring students to an understanding that listening is not a passive skill, but an active receptive skill which needs special attention in language study. This goal can be accomplished gradually as a part of listening skill-building activities. Learners can be guided to realize that achieving skill in listening requires as much work as does becoming skilled in reading, writing, and speaking in a second language. (p.72)


Principle: In order to get learners' attention, to keep them actually and purposefully engaged in the task at hand, and to maximize the effectiveness of listening/ language-learning experience, three materials development principles are suggested: (1) relevance, (2) transferability/ applicability, (3) task orientation These three principles are important in making choices about both language content (i.e., the information presented) and language outcome(s) (i.e., the way the information is put to use)