Research into practice: listening strategies in an instructed classroom setting

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2017) Research into practice: listening strategies in an instructed classroom setting. Language Teaching, 50 (1). pp. 107-119. ISSN 1475-3049 doi: 10.1017/S0261444816000306

Abstract/Summary

This paper considers research and practice relating to listening in instructed classroom settings, limiting itself to what might be called unidirectional listening (Macaro, Graham & Vanderplank 2007) – in other words, where learners listen to a recording, a TV or radio clip or lecture, but where there is no communication back to the speaker(s). A review of the literature relating to such listening reveals a tendency for papers to highlight two features in their introductory lines: first, the acknowledged importance of listening as a skill underpinning second language (L2) acquisition more broadly, and second, the relative paucity of research into listening compared with the skills of speaking, reading or writing. In the last ten years or so, however, there has been a growth in the number of studies conducted in the field, as evidenced in Vandergrift's review in 2007 and Vanderplank's more recent overview (2013). Consequently, my view is that it is possible to identify from that research certain key principles in relation to listening within instructed settings, particularly regarding listening strategies.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/51163
Identification Number/DOI	10.1017/S0261444816000306
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Institute of Education > Language and Literacy in Education
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
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