Transcription of Teaching Listening and Speaking: From Theory to Practice
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1 Teaching Listening and speaking : From Theory to Practice Jack C. Richards Introduction Courses in Listening and speaking skills have a prominent place in language programs around the world today. Ever-growing needs for fluency in English around the world as a consequence of the role of English as the world s international language have given priority to finding more effective ways to teach English and it is therefore timely to review what our current assumptions and practices are concerning the Teaching of these crucial language skills. Our understanding of the nature of Listening and speaking have undergone considerable changes in recent years however, and in this paper I will explore what some of those changes are and what their implications are for classroom Teaching and materials design. The Teaching of Listening has attracted a greater level of interest in recent years than it did in the past.
Listening as comprehension is the traditional way of thinking about the nature of listening. Indeed, in most methodology manuals listening, and listening comprehension are synonymous. This view of listening is based on the
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