Listening Process
Echoic Memory
Sounds are organized into meaningful units.
Bottom-up process
Moving date from page to brain.
Top-down process
Assimilation of existing knowledge and new info.
Teachers Role in Listening
Focus in meaning and relevant content.
Comprehension activities.
Focus in accuracy and analysis of form.
Topic principal
Short-term Memory
Check and compare information already held.
Long-term Memory
Information for later use.
Difficulties in listening
Problems of sounds (pronunciation, stress,rythm,etc.)
Lacking the ability to skim what is heard
Different accents and colloquial vocabulary in specific texts.
Inability to link words to the context