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Lesson 3: Developing Language Skills: Academic Listening
Definition of Academic Listening
Ordinarily, listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communicative process. Listeners must have the ability to decode the message, the ability to apply a variety of strategies and interactive processes to make meaning, and the ability to respond to what is said.
Academic listening consists of an important set of listening, oral communication and academic learning skills, which are typically used in an integrated manner. When you attend lectures, you need to apply the highest level of listening skills you have. In academic listening, not only do you have to listen to your professors describing abstract and sophisticated concepts, but you also have to be effective in taking notes that will help you with learning the topics covered in the lecture. Thus, daily listening comprehension that suffices for most interactions is not enough in a lecture. Academic Listening (AL) involves attending to and comprehension of spoken texts in academic settings, such as lectures, tutorials, small group discussions, presentations, etc.
Academic Listening involves the reception and understanding of spoken material with an educational purpose. This area has many forms, including academic lectures, debates and seminar conversations, and regularly utilizes a high level of language structure and vocabulary. Better academic listening can lead to more understanding in lectures and a more fulfilling learning experience in school.
Difference between hearing and listening
Types of listening
Generally, there are many types (about 5) but for this course, we will discuss two main types of listening – the foundations of all listening sub-types are:
Active Listening skills
An active listener should do the following:
Importance of Academic Listening
Listening strategies
Two processes are involved in listening. Top-down listening uses background knowledge and contextualizes words to aid comprehension. Bottom-up listening uses sounds, words, and other small units to create meaning. These processes are complementary; listening for only the big picture but not the details is as ineffective as trying to understand every single word your lecturer says.
Top-down Academic Listening strategies
Bottom-up Academic Listening strategies
Subcategories of the section on academic listening include the following:
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