Opitz, Michael F,

Listen hear! : 25 effective listening comprehension strategies / [print] Michael F. Opitz and Matthew D. Zbaracki. - Portsmouth, New Hampshire : Heinemann, (c)2004. - xi, 140 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Understanding listening -- Why define listening? -- So what is listening? -- Five good reasons for teaching listening -- Reasons we don't consider listening a topic of instruction -- Suggested guidelines for teaching listening -- 2. Discriminative listening -- Tongue-tying twisters -- How do I feel? -- Loud or soft sounds? -- Hey now, what's that sound? -- Show me -- 3. Precise listening -- Give me five -- What's the good word? -- Talk shows -- Add one -- Are you following? -- 4. Strategic listening -- Fill in the gaps: making inferences -- Directed listening-thinking activity (DLTA): making predictions -- Structured listening activity (SLA): questioning -- Sum it up!: summarizing -- Get the picture: visualization -- 5. Critical listening -- What's your perspective? -- Loaded words -- Propaganda -- Fact and opinion -- Compare and contrast -- 6. Appreciative listening -- Humor -- Poetry -- Music -- Multimedia -- Theatre -- 7. Assessing listening -- Teacher self-assessment -- Student self-assessment -- Assessing the different types of listening -- Classroom environment.



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Listening--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Language arts (Elementary)
Comprehension.

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