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The ' Teaching English' series offers a mixture of methodology and practical ideas for teachers of English as a foreign language. Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom: Practical guidance on how to teach real-life listening forms part of this series. There is a need for this book because, historically, English language teachers have not been trained in how to teach authentic listening effectively. In addition, the scripted and graded recordings used to model new language (lexis and grammar) in coursebooks are very different from the spontaneous spoken English students encounter beyond the classroom. Consequently, teachers tend to avoid using authentic recordings in class and students struggle to deal with authentic speech in the real world. Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom address these shortfalls and equips readers with the knowledge and skills to use authentic recordings in their teaching with confidence.
About the author
Sheila Thorn is an experienced ELT teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer and examination writer with a special interest in authentic listening. She has worked as a listening paper item writer for Cambridge ESOL (First, Advanced), Trinity (ISE) and Helbling (Austria and Germany - listening papers for 18 and 19-year-olds) since 2011. She founded The Listening Business in 1998 and is the author of the Real Lives, Real Listening series (Collins) - a series of books featuring authentic recordings and listening training materials for students from elementary to advanced level.
Summary
Integrating Authentic Listening into the Language Classroom looks at the theory around the need to use authentic listening, then explores the practical ways teachers can use authentic listening in their classes.
