Teaching and Learning Second Language Listening

Metacognition in Action

Author: Larry Vandergrift and Christine C.M. Goh Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Teaching and Learning Second Language Listening

Now in its second edition, this reader-friendly text offers a comprehensive treatment of concepts and knowledge related to teaching second language (L2) listening, with a particular emphasis on metacognition.

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This book advocates a learner-oriented approach to teaching listening that focuses on the process of learning to listen. It applies theories of metacognition and language comprehension to offer sound and reliable pedagogical models for developing learner listening inside and outside the classroom. To bridge theory and practice, the book provides teachers with many examples of research-informed activities to help learners understand and manage cognitive, social, and affective processes in listening.

Comprehensively updated with new research and references, the new edition includes additional and expanded discussions of many topics, including metacognition in young learners, working memory, and a L2 listening systems model. It remains an essential text on L2 listening pedagogy, theory, and research.

Critic Reviews

Praise for the First Edition

“This excellent volume accomplishes exactly the goal that it sets out to achieve… providing a clear and thoughtful reference or textbook for graduate students and teachers of L2 listening alike and making the processes involved in listening and metacognition clear to the readers.”

Applied Linguistics

“It is very thorough, and it is based on the authors’ deep knowledge of the field. No stone is left unturned, and in that respect, the book is destined to become a key reference book for professionals in the field of second language acquisition.”

ELT Journal

“This comprehensive work delivers what it promises: a thorough examination of listening comprehension, from theory to application, to implementation, and including descriptions of concrete class activities.”

Modern Language Journal

“It is a critical and valuable resource for educators who want a deeper understanding of the listening process and are determined to make listening instruction more explicit and meaningful.”

RELC Journal

About the Author

Christine C. M. Goh is President’s Chair Professor in Education (Linguistics and Language Education) at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Larry Vandergrift was Professor Emeritus from the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa, Canada.