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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"listening skills"”.
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Developing Listening Skills
The aim of my paper is to examine the listening skill more substantially; what listening is; how the listening process takes place. I will try to examine why one of the most important skills is neglected in Hungary and how it could be taught more effectively. In the last part of my paper I would …
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The Effect of Listening Skills Instruction on Listening Comprehension
… to determine if there was a difference in the listening comprehension achievement scores of students who received listening skills instruction, and students who received traditional instruction only. Two fifth grade intact classrooms were used as the sample. The subjects consisted of 25 …
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Effect of Negotiator Active Listening Skills on Crisis (Hostage) Negotiations
… study was to examine the effectiveness of active listening skills on perpetrator response style in crisis negotiations. The extant literature boasts the utility of negotiations in crisis situations for law enforcement that came about in response to cataclysmic events such as the Attica Prison …
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Predictors of acquisition of Russian language listening skills by army intelligence specialists
… 20-30% for many years and studies have shown skills achieved at DLI decline rapidly after course completion. In addition, of those candidates completing this course, only 40-60% achieve the desired skill level 2 (of 5) upon graduation. In 1986-87, the Army collected data on a number of …
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Comparisons of unilateral and bilateral cochlear implantation for children: spatial listening skills and quality of life
… rather than one could improve children’s spatial listening skills, meaning the ability to localise sources of sound (by comparing the intensity and timing of sounds arriving at the two ears) and to perceive speech in noise (by attending to whichever ear gives the better signal-to-noise ratio). The …
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Evaluative listening skills and the feasibility of their assessment by means of a forced-choice test
This thesis developed (a) a theory of Evaluative Listening Skills on the basis of Adorno's (1962, 1962/1976) types of musical conduct, and (b) tangible criteria for judging the appropriateness of interpretations. Evaluative Listening Skills (in regard to interpretations) were defined as the ability …
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A Study of Teaching Procedures Used in Developing Critical Listening Skills in the Fourth Grade at Selah, Washington
Assuming that listening was essential to good study habits and improved methods of learning, the writer attempted to correlate critical listening instruction with the language arts program in an effort to prove that more effective listeners could be developed at the fourth grade level.
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Listening to Build Rapport: Developing and Evaluating a Virtual Training Package to Teach Community Practitioners Active Listening Skills
… that there are many strategies, including active listening, that we might teach facilitators to support the development and maintenance of rapport. In consultation with the TT program developers, the researchers developed an online active listening training that incorporated a behavioural skills …
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Creating a Curriculum for Preschool Educators in Asia: How to Teach Kindergarteners Speaking and Listening Skills in English through Games
… to teaching English reading and writing skills, while ignoring the teaching and practices of English listening and speaking (Wang, 2016). Most 3-6 age children do not have the attention span of adults (Garba, Yusuf, & Busthami, 2015), and more importantly the quality of early childhood …
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Early Childhood Bilingual Education: A Curriculum to Teach Kindergarteners in China to Develop Primary Speaking and Listening Skills in English
… old) in China to develop primary speaking and listening skills in English.</p>
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Comparative Study of the Effect of Creative Dramatics on Listening Achievement
… attempt to find if there were any differences in listening skills, compared the rate of progress in listening skills of fifth grade students, one group (experimental) participating in a planned program in creative dramatics in addition to the regular school program, with the second group (control) …
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Improving Kindergarten Students' Capacity to Learn by Use of Selective Listening Activities
The findings of the five direct in-depth listening activities used to improve the experimental group's listening skills had a significant effect with the Wepman Auditory Discrimination measurement by using initial scores of the Wepman and Listening Skills to equate the groups. The experimental …
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Differentiated Instruction: Strategies for English Language Learners Listening Comprehension Development
… Because more attention and practice is needed on listening skills, knowledge in differentiated instruction and the different strategies to teach listening skills can be used together to help develop English language learners listening comprehension skills. Of particular interest to this research …
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Investigating The Use Of Naturally Occurring Spoken French In Adult Foreign Language Learning
… the learning process to develop perception and listening skills. The literature review examines the status of the spoken language, the notion of authenticity of materials, and the development of listening skills in the context of past and present language teaching methodologies, including recent …
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The Effectiveness of Taped Textbook Materials in Fifth Grade Social Studies Classes
… textbook materials would appreciably affect the listening skills, the reading comprehension, and the cognitive growth or slow-learning children.
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The influence of recruiters' perceptions of student emotional intelligence competencies on advancement to second round interviews
… demonstrate composure, demonstrate active listening skills, and build rapport. In a correlation analysis there was a significant correlation in two competencies that factored into students being invited to a second round interview. These competencies were the ability to articulate strengths …
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Implementing a question-generation strategy with bilingual students: exploring the perspectives of a beginning teacher /
… metacognitive awareness and strategy use," "listening skills," and "instructional challenges." Briefly, teacher's attitude demonstrated how teacher's beliefs and knowledge influenced her willingness and perseverance to teach explicitly. Students' enhanced metacognitive awareness and strategy …
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