Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Academic Listening : Research Perspectives, Paperback / softback Book

Academic Listening : Research Perspectives Paperback / softback

Edited by John (Hong Kong City Polytechnic) Flowerdew

Part of the Cambridge Applied Linguistics series

Paperback / softback

Description

A collection of original papers by researchers working in the field which comprehensively addresses the area of second language academic listening. This collection of original papers comprehensively addresses the area of second language academic listening.

The papers are grouped under five broad headings. The first section provides an overview of research relevant to second language lecture comprehension.

The second analyses aspects of the cognitive processes involved in listening comprehension.

In the third section, the object of the comprehension process is examined, and in the fourth, ethnographic approaches are explored by extending the concept of listening comprehension to place it in the wider context of 'the culture of learning'.

In the final section, the theory of second language listening comprehension is related to practical pedagogic concerns.

Each section is preceded by an accessible introduction and the book as a whole provides detailed coverage of important aspects of academic listening phenomena.

Information

Save 4%

£45.14

£43.25

 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information