Students’ Listening Comprehension Skills Chunpin Luo The School of Foreign Languages‚ Yunnan Nationalities University No.134‚ Yieryi Dajie‚ Kunming 650031‚ China Tel: 86-871-643-5063 Abstract This is a proposal for an action research plan designed to find out how to improve students’ listening comprehension skills‚ enhance their performance and help to promote better learning. This plan is focused on the minority students who major in English in our University. Listening comprehension is one of the
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ENGLISH MAJOR SOPHOMORES’ PROBLEMS IN LISTENING TO ENGLISH 1. Rationale English is an international language. It is necessary for students‚ especially English major students to be able to use and communicate in English efficiently. For that reason‚ listening is very important for those who are learning English because we cannot communicate with each other without listening to and understanding what the speakers said. However‚ it is also considered as one of the most problematic and difficult
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Ahmed S0899927 Learner Assessment in TESOL Assessing Listening Introduction Assessing listening is one of the most significant areas of language testing. However‚ it is the least area that is cared for and developed in assessment. Perhaps this is due to it is a very complex process. Listening is NOT assessed in my context and this has caused dramatic drawbacks in language learning and teaching related to listening skill. Therefore‚ the test specs and test instrument constitute a proposal
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that everything will be fine. There is so much anyone can learn from her. She is polite at the same time firm. She is very soft at the same time tough inside. For all that she is I not only admire her but also envy her. I wish I had the same kind of patience‚ capability of handling any situation‚ compassion‚ more than everything the rapport she enjoys with everyone in the family. I wish I will be like her and earn appreciation from
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Teaching Listening Listening is a critical element in the competent language performance of adult second language learners‚ whether they are communicating at school‚ at work‚ or in the community. Through the normal course of a day‚ listening is used nearly twice as much as speaking and four to five times as much as reading and writing . In a recent study of Fortune 500 Corporations‚ Wolvin and Coakley (1991) found that listening was perceived to be crucial for communication at work with regards
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Course :Module 3 - Implementing Strategies Introduction Jim Collins and a group of 22 research associates conducted a five-year research project searching an answer on the question ‘how a company from merely good can be transformed to great one’ and identified that behind this transformation lies a level 5 leader. Level 5 leadership refers to the highest level in a hierarchy of manager’s capabilities. A level 5 leader transforms the organisation into a great institution through a paradoxical
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territory‚ I discussed a strategy with my management to penetrate into the government sector segment and devote my full time for 2-3 months to this and see what kind of business opportunities exist for our company in my territory. Also with past experience our company had in other parts of India‚ this segment proved to have given a good chunk of business of our annual turnover. In Mid of year 2007‚ I started visiting government institutions like Oil Refinery‚ Military Engineering Services‚ Thermal
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Reflective Listening What is It? Reflective listening means understanding both what a person says and what a person feels‚ and then relaying this back to him or her in your own words. The Purpose of Reflective Listening Suppose a student tells you about a difficult event with a classmate. A simple example of your response might be: “So you were really feeling angry with him.” Imagine these three different responses from your tutee and the potential benefits: “No. Not angry‚ just upset
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ordinary but there are remants of the Beatnik period. For example‚ there a recolourful paintings on the walls which were painted by some hippie community. Actually‚ at the beginning‚ Point Place was the place where Beatniks settled after being expelled from Kenosha. Then‚ Point Place started to become a town like any other town with shops‚ restaurants‚ bars… Anyway‚ this town is really nice. Its huge past makes of Point Place a place of pilgrimage for Beatniks’ admirers where people can enjoy times
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‘In Paris with You’ by James Fenton Learning objectives: - AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. - AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading activity: 1. What do you associate with Paris? For example‚ you might think of the Eiffel Tower‚ fancy restaurants‚ or the Stade de France. Try to
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