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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Active Listening Comm 200 Interpersonal Communication Instructor: Catherin Marciniak Diana Summers 20SEP14 Listening requires focus and attention‚ and failure to listen is one of the key causes of miscommunication (Sole‚ K. (Chapter 2‚ 2011).Making connections: Understanding interpersonal communication. San Diego‚ CA: Bridgepoint Education‚ Inc). I think at some point in time everyone has been guilty of believing that they knew someone better than they actually did. When we assume we know
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Daniel Webster Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury‚ New Hampshire‚ on January 18‚ 1782. Daniel was delicate‚ but a brilliant child‚ his family realized this‚ and made great expense to put Daniel and his brother Ezekiel through school. After graduating from Dartmouth College‚ he studied law and was admitted to the bar in Boston in 1805. Daniel Webster‚ was a well known public speaker and major constitutional lawyer; he was a major congressional representative for the Northern Whigs during
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Listening Journal Guidelines 1. Listen. Listen to a talk‚ lecture or broadcast in English each week. a. The broadcast should be a minimum of 5 minutes. b. The broadcast should be on a subject appropriate for Academic English (i.e. no celebrity gossip or fashion news). 2. Take notes. Take notes as you listen. (Follow the guidelines provided by your teacher. See the example below.) 3. Summarize. At the bottom of your notes‚ summarize the main idea of the talk in 1-3
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Implementing The 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
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THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION Department of Social Sciences GED 1015 Animal Rights: Science‚ Sentience and Speciesism Semester two‚ 2012/13 Time of lecture: Monday (9:30am to 11:20am) Venue: B4-LP-07 Instructor: Dr. Francis MOK (莫家棟) Email: fktmok@ied.edu.hk Office: D4-1/F-01 I. Course descriptions: In this course‚ we aim at providing students the conceptual tools and resources by which they can investigate and reflect on the relationship between human
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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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Daniel Johnston: Informative Speech Before the terms Indie‚ DIY‚ or Free Music were ever sputtered out of any hipster’s mouth‚ there was Daniel Johnston. Today I want to tell you about the amazing songwriter Daniel Johnston‚ and give you some insight on his music‚ art‚ and illness. Early life Daniel Johnston was born in January 22‚ 1961 from a right winged Christian family‚ at a young age he felt separated emotionally and spiritually. Ever since he got his first tape recorder he became obsessed
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Daniel Defoe was born in London in 1660‚ third child and first son of James 1. Daniel received a very good education‚ as his father hoped he would become a minister2‚ but Daniel wasn’t interested. His family was Dissenters‚ Presbyterians to be precise‚ and those sects were being persecuted a bit at this time‚ so maybe Daniel had the right idea. He was always very tolerant of others’ religious ideas himself. His mother died when he was ten‚ and his father sent him to a boarding school‚ after which
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Center for Teaching and Learning Stanford University‚ Stanford CA Characteristics of Effective Listening Ineffective Effective Non-Verbal Behavior Listener looks bored‚ uninterested‚ or judgmental; avoids eye contact; displays distracting mannerisms (doodles‚ plays with a paper clip‚ etc.) Listener maintains positive posture; avoids distracting mannerisms; keeps attention focused on speaker; maintains eye contact; nods and smiles when appropriate Focus of Attention Listener shifts focus of attention
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