Matching Pairs Listening Processes Online version Match according the reading. Good luck! by Luis Mendoza 1 What are some aspects of listening comprehension? 2 Macro skills 3 It is defined as one's ability to comprehend spoken language at the discourse level -including conversations, stories (i.e., narratives), and informal oral texts- that involves the processes of extracting and constructing meaning. 4 Listening for specific information 5 Bottom-Up 6 TOP-DOWN 7 Extensive listening focuses on 8 Which listening approach to very different skills 9 Bottom- Up 10 Tools for improve listening Listening Comprehension Selective Hearing the sounds, Understanding intonation and stress, Understanding colloquial vocabulary, etc. Use learning websites with audio components. Watch authentic media. Intensive Focus on the ‘big’ picture and general meaning of a listening text. Often the starting point is to discuss the topic and then to use a ‘gist’ or ‘extensive’ task to listen for the overall meaning. Focus on listening for details and involve tasks that focus on understanding at a sound or word level. Tasks are ‘intensive’, as they focus on looking for particular details. Model emphasises the decoding of the smallest units General understanding Elabortae strategies from what has been heard