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What is the primary purpose of giving students reading time in class?
Which of the following is a benefit of students choosing their own texts to read or listen to?
What is the main focus of bottom-up processing in reading and listening?
What is the primary focus of a listener when listening for main information?
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What is the primary purpose of activating background knowledge in reading and listening?
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Why is it important to select texts suitable for learners in terms of linguistic difficulty and topic?
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Which of the following is a listening situation where learners need to focus on relevant content?
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What is the primary purpose of teaching listening in class?
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What is the main goal of teaching strategies in reading and listening?
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What is the primary purpose of post-reading/listening activities?
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Which of the following is a key aspect of linguistic aspects in listening?
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What is the primary benefit of activating learners' background knowledge in listening?
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What is the first step in designing reading and listening tasks?
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What is the main goal of extensive listening in language learning?
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What is the primary purpose of segmenting a sentence into units of meaning?
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Which of the following is an example of a task idea for skimming?
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What is the main focus of top-down processing tasks?
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Which of the following is NOT an example of an interactive processing task?
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What is the primary purpose of activating prior knowledge before reading or listening to a text?
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Which of the following tasks is an example of a scanning task?
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What is the main purpose of reconstructing what a text could be about by giving key terms or expressions from the text?
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Which of the following is an example of a task idea for flash exercises?
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Study Notes
Encouraging Extensive Reading and Listening
- Make reading and listening a habit to recognize bigger chunks of information, especially from context.
- Provide students with reading time in class to lower anxiety.
- Allow students to choose their own texts, including picture books, comics, and podcasts, to cater to their interests.
Teaching Linguistic Aspects and Genre Knowledge
- Teach syntax, grammar, and vocabulary to improve reading and listening skills.
- Provide different texts to teach genre knowledge and help students recognize various text types.
Selecting Suitable Texts and Promoting Positive Reading
- Choose texts suitable for learners' linguistic level, topic, and world knowledge to help them relate to the content.
- Promote positive reading habits by linking literature with audio books and movies.
- Encourage post-reading activities, such as personal reactions to a text and critical reading.
Reading and Listening as Interactive Processes
Bottom-Up Processing
- Data-driven processing involves decoding letters, words, and language features in a text.
Top-Down Processing
- Knowledge-driven processing involves applying prior knowledge to understand a text.
- Cognitive schemata refer to knowledge about how things normally are, such as school life and families.
- Social scripts are mental structures about conventionalized routine situations and associated forms of behavior.
Designing Reading and Listening Tasks
- Set aims and objectives for reading and listening tasks, such as encouraging word recognition and skimming.
- Segment sentences into units of meaning to help with comprehension.
Reading Tasks
- Skimming tasks:
- Decide on the text genre based on a quick look.
- Make a list of keywords that reappear in the text.
- Choose a summary that best represents the text.
- Scanning tasks:
- Find words related to a topic, such as summer.
- Find specific information in a text, such as the result of a soccer game.
Top-Down Processing Tasks
- Activate prior knowledge before reading or listening to a text.
- Formulate questions about a text based on titles, topics, images, headlines, or captions.
- Reconstruct what a text could be about by giving key terms or expressions.
- Speculate on the mood, emotions, and setting of a film clip with the sound off.
Interactive Processing: Reciprocal Reading
- Questioning: Ask about unclear parts of a passage.
- Summarizing: Briefly summarize the content of a passage in your own words.
- Clarifying: Ask for explanations of certain words or chunks.
- Predicting: Make predictions about how the story could continue.
Process of Listening
- Real-life listening situations include conversations, instructions, loudspeaker announcements, and more.
- Listening goals include understanding main information, specific information, detailed understanding, implications, and pleasure.
How to Teach Reading and Listening in Class
- Set specific listening tasks and purposes to help learners focus on relevant content.
- Teach listening skills, rather than just testing them.
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This quiz covers effective methods for teaching reading and listening skills, including encouraging extensive practice, providing in-class reading time, and teaching linguistic aspects.