listening activates background knowledge and sets listening goals

listening focuses on extracting gist, details, or discourse structure

listening consolidates comprehension and provides language practice

following and marking pictures are while-listening tasks

focused work (phonology/grammar/lexis) is best post-listening

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Is listening considered a secondary skill to be acquired in learning a new language?

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What paradox about listening is highlighted regarding how much we use it versus our ability to do it well?

Listening is the communication skill we use the most, yet most of us are poor listeners (Lee & Delmar, 1993).

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