LOTE Listening Skills Flashcards

What listening skill involves identifying whether two spoken LOTE sounds are the same or different?

Answer: Phonemic discrimination

Phonemic discrimination is the ability to distinguish between minimal sound differences in the target language, critical for accurate listening comprehension.

What type of LOTE assessment asks students to listen and complete a task such as filling in a form or drawing a route on a map?

Answer: Task-based listening assessment

Task-based listening assessments require students to demonstrate comprehension by completing a real-world task based on what they heard.

What is 'speech rate' and why does it challenge LOTE listeners?

Answer: The speed at which a native speaker talks; it challenges learners who need more processing time than natural speech allows

Native speakers often talk very fast with reduced sounds and connected speech, making it hard for LOTE learners who need processing time.

What is 'connected speech' in LOTE listening instruction?

Answer: The way sounds in natural speech blend, reduce, or change when words are spoken together in a continuous flow

Connected speech refers to natural phonological processes like linking, reduction, and elision that make real speech sound different from isolated word pronunciation.

What listening comprehension strategy involves predicting what a speaker will say next based on context and prior knowledge?

Answer: Anticipatory listening

Anticipatory listening uses context, topic knowledge, and discourse patterns to predict what information is likely to follow in a spoken text.

In LOTE classrooms, what is 'dictogloss'?

Answer: A listening activity where students hear a text read at natural speed, take notes, then reconstruct it collaboratively

Dictogloss is a listening activity where students hear a text, take brief notes, and then work together to reconstruct the passage, focusing on both meaning and form.