Academic Listening by John Flowerdew - 9780521455510

Name: Academic Listening by John Flowerdew - 9780521455510
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Academic ListeningResearch Perspectives\nAuthor(s): John Flowerdew\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521455510, 978-0521455510\nSynopsis\nA collection of original papers by researchers working in the field which comprehensively addresses the area of second language academic listening. This collection of original papers comprehensively addresses the area of second language academic listening. The papers are grouped under five broad headings. The first section provides an overview of research relevant to second language lecture comprehension. The second analyses aspects of the cognitive processes involved in listening comprehension. In the third section, the object of the comprehension process is examined, and in the fourth, ethnographic approaches are explored by extending the concept of listening comprehension to place it in the wider context of 'the culture of learning'. In the final section,.