Date of Award
12-1980
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Education
First Advisor
Jeanne Donovan
Second Advisor
Daniel J. Roubin
Abstract
This study is undertaken in an attempt to help teachers to consider listening comprehension as a skill which is different from pronunciation, reading, and writing. Comprehending the second language is one of the most difficult tasks for the language learner and it is the most neglected skill in second language teaching. This neglect sterns from our ignorance about the nature of the process of listening comprehension, and from the lack of our knowledge about techniques on what and how to teach students to comprehend the spoken language.
The listening comprehension skills are separate from pronunciation and grammar. This paper presents different methods of preparing exercises which teach the ESL student how to listen and improve listening.
The best way to implement these techniques is through exercises in the laboratory. Students have to concentrate in the lab and improve their memory span. The language lab must be self-directed by the students, but they need a teacher (supervisor) to help them to make the correct sounds.
Language lab exercises and the lab equipment must be used correctly and according to the needs of the students in order to be effective and helpful. This paper emphasizes the use of the lab as a place in which listening comprehension can be taught and reinforced.
A curriculum is also developed for the language lab.
Recommended Citation
Mokhtari, Sima, "Laboratory Experiences in Listening Comprehension for English as a Second Language Program" (1980). Theses. 1089.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1089
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