Skimming and Scanning with Champs-Elysees: Using Authentic Materials to Improve Foreign Language Listening.
1989; American Association of Teachers of French; Volume: 62; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2329-7131
Autores Tópico(s)Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition
ResumoTWENTY-TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED since Belasco very accurately characterized listening as most underestimated and least understood aspect of foreign (Belasco, Nucleation 482).' Fortunately, we are now seeing increased attempts in this country and abroad both to understand this complex skill and to reevaluate its role in the acquisition of a second or foreign language. According to L.A. Tomatis, a Parisian specialist in hearing and languages, On ne peut ignorer . . . aujourd'hui que la grande porte ouverte sur le langage est l'oreille. (5) In the United States, Asher (1982), Krashen (1982), Winitz (1981), Terrell (1982) and others have provided evidence for the importance of listening in language instruction and have advocated comprehension approaches based on a theoretical similarity between first and second language acquisition. Other members of the profession who would not go so far as to endorse a method that begins with a period of silent listening have, nevertheless, defended increased attention to listening comprehension on more pragmatic grounds. For them, the ear is a great open door to communication in a world that is becoming a global village. The fact that our students are increasingly expected to obtain information from oral rather than written sources and that international tourism and commerce have become so common that Americans are much more likely to deal with oral foreign language than at any other time in history argues for greater emphasis on this skill which has so often been neglected in foreign language classes. In light both of the importance ascribed to listening comprehension by specialists in language acquisition and of the increasing demands on students to function in a world dominated by oral language, we need to examine current practices and materials used in foreign language classes on
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