What do MP3 players offer to L2 learning?• Potentially unlimited audio language exposure outside of class • Hundreds of hours of comprehensible input • Comprehensible, interesting material that can be listened for its own interest • Listening material that is culturally relevant and accurate • MP3 Players are a way to provide a connection to the target culture

MP3 PlayersDigital audio player – download music or file

from computer directly to players for later listening

Usually associated with audio files

Objectives

• To provide students with extra language exposure where

they could review and expand not only the language

learned in class but also the cultural topics addressed.

• To break away from the traditional, discrete point-

focused, skill building listening activities, often dull and

unsuccessful.

• To provide interesting material that can be listened for

its own interest while being exposed to English.

What interferes with listening comprehension?Unfamiliar

vocabularyGrammarText too longSeveral people

talkingUnfamiliar ContextLots of detailsTopic not interestingTheme not clear

AccentSpeedIdiomatic speech Task too difficultUnprepared for the

discussionNot prepared for the

formatA lack of background

information

The Concept of Teaching Listening Pre-listening Listening Post-listening

Processes in listening for

comprehension:

bottom-up top-down

Procedure1. Prepare the MP3 files for whilst listening

activities.2. Students get enough information during pre

listening activities from teacher.3. Listening activities 4. Students replay the MP3 file 5. Doing the tasks prepared6. Discussion

ConclusionMP3 players are the ideal tools to promote second

language acquisition and awareness of the target

culture.

The probabilities for being used are high because they

are short, interesting, accessible, and portable.

Mp3 players are ideal tools to supplement textbooks

and to make our courses to fit our needs better.

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