Listening, Speaking (then Reading, Writing): Part two: Madness Behind the “Method”
Let's look, first, at several explanations of the word “method”, then we'll get into the madness. Webster's Dictionary: 1: a procedure...
Listening, Speaking (then Reading, Writing): The life, near death and hidden life of the Audio Lingu
We were at war. We had to send troupes over to that far away place. In that far away place, most people did not speak American. Our brave...
Listening to the Universe of Discourse: 04: Black, White and Red
A friend sent me this link to a video. Before you click on that link, read these instructions: 1. Don't read the description and don't...
Listening to the Universe of Discourse: 03
So, let’s take an example I gave on that forum mentioned a couple of posts ago: the word “hello”. Most of our students will be quite...
Listening to the Universe of Discourse 02
Now, let’s take a look at another take on “listening”, this one from an online ESL website with fairly regular activity. On this page on...
Listening to the Universe of Discourse 01: Roland Barthes
Now, in my first posting on this subject, I presented two, well-known activities related to “listening”: the taped conversation, listened...