PASAA
Publication Date
1984-01-01
Abstract
While there is general agreement that listening comprehension should figure more in language teaching programmes nowadays, there is considerable confusion about the nature and best method of teaching it. The large number of disciplines which feel listening comprehension belongs to them should be a warning to us of the complex nature of the subject. Language teachers claim it as part of their domain, since clearly they must teach their pupils to understand the foreign language before they can hope to get very far; psycholinguists claim it, because they say it involves an analysis of mental processes; linguists maintain that their insights are essential, since the main consideration in listening comprehension is a professional break-down of the language, with an eye to such things as surface and deep structure; child psychologists say there is so much to be learned from the way a child develops listening comprehension ability in its first language that their discipline must be consulted when looking for rounded answers to such a complex question. And the list could be extended.
DOI
10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.14.1.3
First Page
11
Last Page
17
Recommended Citation
Boyle, Joseph P.
(1984)
"Listening Comprehension-The Crossroads of Language and Psychology,"
PASAA: Vol. 14:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.14.1.3
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol14/iss1/3