Learning how to listen using learning strategies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents XIII
3. Section I Theoretical perspectives on language learning and teaching
4. Approaches to language learning and teaching: Towards acquiring communicative competence through the four skills 3
5. Section II Listening
6. Towards acquiring communicative competence through listening 29
7. Areas of research that influence L2 listening instruction 47
8. Learning how to listen using learning strategies 75
9. Academic listening: Marrying top and bottom 91
10. Teaching listening: Time for a change in methodology 111
11. Section III Speaking
12. Towards acquiring communicative competence through speaking 139
13. Areas of research that influence L2 speaking instruction 159
14. Questions as strategies to encourage speaking in content-and-language-integrated classrooms 187
15. Turn-taking awareness: Benefits for teaching speaking skills in academic and other contexts 215
16. Teaching speaking: A text-based syllabus approach 235
17. Section IV Reading
18. Towards acquiring communicative competence through reading 261
19. Areas of research that influence L2 reading instruction 279
20. Developing strategic L2 readersƒ by reading for authentic purposes 303
21. Finding a path to fluent academic and workplace reading 329
22. Teaching reading: Individual and social perspectives 355
23. Section V Writing
24. Towards acquiring communicative competence through writing 383
25. Areas of research that influence L2 writing instruction 401
26. Techniques for shaping writing course curricula: Strategies in designing assignments 423
27. Written in, written out: Who sets the standards for academic writing? 447
28. Teaching writing: Orienting activities to students goals 473
29. Backmatter 493