Language Skills: Listening and Speaking Flashcards
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What is 'bottom-up listening' processing?
Answer: Decoding sounds, words, and grammar to build meaning from individual language units
Bottom-up processing works from sounds and words upward to meaning, relying on linguistic knowledge rather than context.
What is 'top-down listening' processing?
Answer: Using prior knowledge, context, and prediction to understand meaning before decoding every word
Top-down processing uses schemata and contextual cues to construct meaning, which is how fluent listeners naturally operate.
What is 'listening for gist'?
Answer: Listening to get a general understanding of the overall meaning or topic
Listening for gist (global listening) aims at the general message rather than specific details — typically the first listening pass.
Which activity best develops speaking fluency rather than accuracy?
Answer: A timed role-play where students must keep speaking without stopping
Fluency tasks prioritize continuous communication; stopping to monitor accuracy undermines the development of natural speech flow.
What does 'scaffolded speaking' provide students before a speaking task?
Answer: Language support such as key phrases, sentence starters, or vocabulary to enable successful performance
Scaffolding before speaking tasks reduces anxiety and equips students with the language tools they need to communicate successfully.
What is a 'discussion question' frame used for in a TEFL speaking lesson?
Answer: To give students a structured prompt that stimulates genuine spoken interaction and opinion exchange
Discussion question frames provide a clear communicative goal that motivates natural speaking while allowing students to use target language.