NTRODUCTION
ThankyouforselectingListeningtoLearn(L2L)
ListeningtoLearnisthefirstofaseriesofspecificallydesignedlisteningmaterialsforuseinsecondaryESLandEFLclassroomshereinTaiwanandthelargerChinesecommunity(mainlandChina,HongKong,etc.).Theauthorsofthisparticularseriesaremyself,co-ProjectDirectorforEnglishEducationResourceCenter(EERC,theESLarmofTaiwan’sMinistryofEducationforsecondarylanguageinstruction)andRichardRoshay,EERC’sAmericanESLconsultantandacareerESLmaterialsdeveloperspecialist.
ThesourceoflisteningmaterialforListeningtoLearnisbasedonselectedvideoclipsfromEnglishCentral(EnglishCentral.com).Eachofthefiveunitsistheme-basedandwehaveselectedthemeswhichwebelievewillbeofinteresttobothyouandyourstudents.
Aswiththeotherbooksinthelisteningseries,ListeningtoLearnisdevelopedaroundthethreecoresectionscalledThinkAhead,Let’sListen,andLearningMore.TheThinkAhead-sectionintroducesthethemeandseekstoactivatepriororbackgroundknowledge.TheLet’sLearn-sectionpresentsthecorelisteningbothwithandwithoutthevideosegment(thusallowingstudentstheopportunitytolistenonly).TheLearningMore-section,encouragesstudentstoreconstructsomeofthecontentofthevideowiththeme-basedfollowupactivitiesandawiderangeofvocabularypracticeofthelexicalitemsselectedinVocabularyPracticeReview.Eachofthethreesectionshaswithinitanumberofactivitieswhicharedesignedtosupportthelistening.
TheauthorsofListeningtoLearn
believethedevelopmentofgoodlisteningskillsalifeskill
considerlisteningasaneffectivemeansofvocabularydevelopmentandacquisition
holdthatlisteningisanactiveanddemandingskillthatallstudentscandevelop
seelisteningascollaborativeandnotaskillpracticedsolelyinisolation
valuelearningasalife-longpursuit
SomeofthekeyfeaturesofListeningtoLearnare
awiderangeofvocabularysupportactivitiesandtasks
theintroductionofVisualDictationandVisualDictionariestotheseries
theinclusionofmini-Problem-Based-Learningactivities
highlyvisualizedtextstoenhanceandencouragelearning
critical-thinkingbasedtasks
Regards,
PearlChang&RichardRoshay
本書特色
Collaborativelearningcanbe…
Pairwork
Groupwork
Teamwork
Wholeclasswork
Differentiatedinstructionisdesignedtomeetthediversityofstudent’sneeds.
Creativelyimaginedanddesignedactivitieshelpstudentsdeveloplanguage-learningskills,suchaspredictingandidentifyingmainideasanddetails.
MindMappingforGettingInformation
TheCultureofLearning
The“LoveofLearning”isoneofthegreatestgiftswecangiveourstudents…asourceofperpetualjoywhichensures“life-longlearning“.
Studentsareintroducedtokey,contextualizedvocabularytohelpthemcomprehendthelisteningandextendtheirspokenexpression.
ScrambledWords
Scramblingthelettersofwordshelps…expandvocabulary,strengthenwordrecall,andimprovememory!
VocabularyDictation
Indictations,boththeauralandvisuallexicalitemsareephemeral…forcingthestudenttomakea‘connect’betweenwhattheysee,hearandunderstand.
VisualDictionaries
Aremarkablyefficientwaytomeet,learnandretainnewvocabularyastheycalluponarangeofvisualandcontextualclues.
SelfAssessment…
Promotesstudent-centeredlearning…consolidateslearning…promotesdeeperlearning…improvesstudentengagement…developsjudgementskills.
