Listening comprehension of foreign languages is receiving increasing emphasis in language instruction. It is important therefore to consider some divergences between spoken and written language, together with their implications for language learning and teaching. This article analyzes some such differences in French. (CHK)

This report describes a program implemented to improve inadequate student communication skills, specifically in the areas of listening, speaking, social, and emotional development. The targeted population consisted of first and second grade students in a middle class community, located in central Illinois. Evidence for the existence of the problem…

Special issue devoted to teaching Level II French. (DS)

Emphasizes the teaching of basic listening skills in the literature and remedial reading classroom; presents a guide to current producers and distributors of commercially available audio programs and notes the curriculum areas into which they fit. (MAI)

Ten junior high students with developmental disabilities were studied using three conditions--different listening, repeated listening, and repeated listening with immediate retells--to observe the retention and fluency of delayed retelling. Results indicated that repeated listenings of an audiotaped instruction with immediate retells correlated…

Strategic support is needed for nonnative speakers of English to understand university lectures better. The application of the techniques of genre analysis to a corpus of lecture introductions is reported. Teaching implications are considered. (25 references) (Author/LB)

Conflicting evidence regarding listening comprehension as a separate trait in language proficiency is reviewed. Two studies conducted in Japan are presented that use the multitrait-multimethod methodology to examine the construct validity of the listening trait. (74 references) (Author/LB)

This article presents a framework for modifying traditional auditory therapy techniques to address the needs of hearing-impaired children with cochlear implants. Emphasis is on activities that encourage carry-over of skills from structured to unstructured settings resembling listening in a natural environment. (DB)

Over the past several decades, listening comprehension has not received a great deal of focus in foreign/second language acquisition (SLA) research compared to other skills and competencies. Although there is growing research on instructional techniques and strategies to enhance those skills in the earlier stages of second language (L2) learning,…

Provides some suggestions for teachers to use to help children follow directions. (WR)

Listening is a process of receiving, attending, comprehending, and remembering, which can be improved through training. Tips to encourage better classroom listening are offered, as are suggestions of listening activities. (MT)

The use of cues to voicing perception of initial stop consonants in multiple spoken syllables was studied for moderately/severely hearing impaired (N=43) and normal-hearing listeners (N=12). Results confirmed that voice onset time was a strong voicing cue for both hearing impaired and normal hearing listeners. (Author/DB)

Suggestions for listening to children with language delay or other expressive impairment focus on being attentive, avoiding interrupting, reflecting feelings, and watching for nonverbal cues. (CL)

Twelve severely hearing-impaired teenagers lipread syllables, words, and sentences spoken by normally articulating talkers. Viseme categories were determined for each talker through the use of a hierarchial clustering analysis. Results indicated that the number of consonant visemes, different for each talker, was related to the talker's word and…