Featured Session
International Conference 2017
Advances in Listening Research and the Implications for the Classroom
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Fundamental to effective communication, listening is a complex cognitive task that occurs within a social context. We listen in different ways to different types of input (such as watching a film or listening to instructions), in our L1 or our L2, using automatic and controlled processes that require more or less effort on the part of our working memory. Our current understanding of listening processes combine linguistic, psycholinguistic, cultural, social, and pragmatic perspectives that provide us with insights into how we make sense of what we hear, but how can we use this knowledge to help our students improve their listening skills? In this paper, I will outline some of the current perspectives on listening gained from listening research and outline how this knowledge can inform the teaching of listening, including an overview of L2 learner listening strategies and some of the more prominent pedagogical approaches.
Biographical Sketch
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Dr. Helen Slatyer is the director of the Translation and Interpreting Program in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. She has taught in the Applied Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting, and undergraduate Linguistics programs at Macquarie. Helen has a professional background in TEFL, teaching both in France and Australia, and in translation and conference interpreting between French and English. Her research interests include language testing and evaluation, curriculum design and evaluation, and discourse-based and cognitive perspectives on professional communication, including interpreter-mediated communication.
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Resources on the Web: Helen Slatyer
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University Faculty Page
http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_human...
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Helen Slatyer's participation in the Korea TESOLㅡPAC 2017 International Conference is sponsored by Macquarie University.
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