Listening Comprehension in an English Classroom

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Teachers and psychologists, experts in teaching languages, believe that the best way to stimulate learning English is not to subject the student to formalized and linear learning -for example, with rote learning- but to encourage imagination and learning through sensory exploration in order to be able to understand and interpret what surrounds us. This allows the brain to work and learn a second language in the most natural way possible, in the same way that we learned our mother tongue. With this high-level program, the teaching professional will specialize in Listening Comprehension in an English Classroom under the guidance of professionals with extensive experience in the field. 

Bilingual education has gained ground in recent years. In the teaching field, methodological trends and approaches not only require an adaptation in the way a second language is taught in the classroom, but also a new approach. New models of bilingual education offer advantages and challenges to both teachers and students. Advantages that will be developed throughout this high-level specialization, by professionals with extensive experience in the sector.

Foreign language teachers play an important role in bilingual programs, because the language they teach is now useful in other subjects or professional modules within the syllabus. A unique opportunity for professionals who wish to acquire the latest teaching methods and strategies in bilingual education and would like to incorporate them into their daily professional practice.

This program allows you to update your knowledge with the use of the latest educational technology, to contribute quality and confidence in decision making"

This Postgraduate Certificate in Listening Comprehension in an English Classroom contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:

• Practical case studies presented by lexpert linguists
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies for teaching languages
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

A high-level training process that also includes the study of the didactic tools necessary to materialize this knowledge in teaching practice, as a high-level specialist"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

The design of this Program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional will have to try to solve the different situations of Professional Practice, which will be posed throughout the Program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

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Incorporate new and effective methodological and pedagogical tools that will boost your teaching in bilingual secondary level education"

The structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals from the best educational institutions and universities in the country, who are aware of the relevance of up-to-date, innovative training and are committed to quality teaching using new educational technologies. TECH guarantees students quality content that meets their expectations, giving them the opportunity to excel in their field. The student will be able to perform the various functions related to this Postgraduate Certificate, together with the most innovative proposals in this field of action, guiding them towards excellence.  

We provide professionals with the means to generate an educational impact that will result in real and permanent development for students"

Module 1. Oral Skills. Listening and Speaking.

1.1. What is the meaning of Listening on real-life?

1.1.1. Redundancy
1.1.2. Noise.
1.1.3. Understanding Colloquial Language.
1.1.4. Listening to English as a Foreign Language.
1.1.5. Fatigue.
1.1.6. Understanding different accents.
1.1.7. Best Listening Materials.

1.2. Classroom Activities.

1.2.1. Listening Exercises.
1.2.2. L2 or L1?
1.2.3. Preparation to real life hearing conversation.
1.2.4. Entertainment.

1.3. Perception for Listening.

1.3.1. Listening in the classroom.
1.3.2. Cognitive Processes in Listening.

1.3.2.1. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing.
1.3.2.2. Controlled and Automatic Processing.
1.3.2.3. Perception, Parsing and Utilization.
1.3.2.4. Metacognition.

1.3.3. Perception for Listening in a colloquial language used in real-life.
1.3.4. Cultural differences to perception for Listening.
1.3.5. Improving Listening Comprehension Skills.

1.4. Colloquial Language.

1.4.1. Introduction to Colloquial Language1.
1.4.2. What is Colloquial Language? 1
1.4.3. Colloquial Language and Swearing Words2.
1.4.4. Colloquial Language to promote the Listening Comprehension.

1.5. Pictures.

1.5.1. Identifying and Ordering.
1.5.2. Altering and Marking.
1.5.3. Maps. Naming Features.
1.5.4. Alterations.
1.5.5. Ground-plans.

1.6. Evaluation of Listening Comprehension.

1.6.1. The meaning of Evaluation.
1.6.2. Designing an Assessment System.

1.6.2.1. Overall Plan.
1.6.2.2. Content Definition.
1.6.2.3. Test Specifications.
1.6.2.4. Item Development.
1.6.2.5. Test Design and Assembly.
1.6.2.6. Test Production.
1.6.2.7. Test Administration.
1.6.2.8. Scoring Examination Responses.
1.6.2.9. Establishing Passing Scores.
1.6.2.10. Reporting Examination Results.
1.6.2.11. Item Banking.
1.6.2.12. Test Technical Report.

1.6.3. Languages Evaluation within the CEFR.
1.6.4. Evaluation of Listening Comprehension Process.

1.7. How to teach speaking?: Strategies and Methods.

1.7.1. Introduction
1.7.2. How to engage students in Speaking?
1.7.3. How to teach Speaking?
1.7.4. Strategies to teach Speaking skills.
1.7.5. Methods to teach Speaking.

1.8. Speaking in class: Communication Strategies.

1.8.1. Introduction
1.8.2. Communication Strategies: Definition.
1.8.3. Non-verbal Communication Strategies in class.
1.8.4. Verbal Communication Strategies in class.
1.8.5. Relationship between Non-verbal and Verbal Communication Strategies.

1.9. English Pronunciation, Stress and Intonation.

1.9.1. Introduction
1.9.2. Pronunciation.
1.9.3. Stress.
1.9.4. Intonation.
1.9.5. Relation between Speaking and Listening Comprehension.
1.9.6. Methods to teach Pronunciation.

1.10. Evaluation of Speaking.

1.10.1. Introduction
1.10.2. The meaning of Evaluation and Assessment
1.10.3. Effective Evaluation and Assessment.
1.10.4. Rubric: definition.
1.10.5. Assessment Rubrics Design.
1.10.6. Developing a Rubric to Evaluate Speaking.
1.10.7. Other methods of evaluating Speaking Skills.

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