LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 6 June 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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The Vitality of Computer Aided Listening


B. Arokia Lawrence Vijay M.A., M.Phil.

1. Focus of This Paper

Listening strengthens the quality of communication, interpersonal relations, human relations, emotional intelligence, conflict management and team management. The more one listens the better one can speak. Listening acts as a basic tool for the development of one’s language. Improvement in fluency of language involves some degree of listening.

Unfortunately, majority of the learners of English as a second language are not able to succeed in their communication. One of the major reasons for this is poor listening habit. CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) serves as a better tool to solve this problem. Listening via computer can make a great difference in the development of the listening skill.

This paper focuses on CALL listening and argues that CALL listening helps achieve a better listening skill compared to the use of traditional method of teaching listening. In this study, students were exposed to both listening activities (CALL Listening and conventional Listening). The study showed that the learners are comfortable and were able to achieve the desired result by CALL Listening.

2. Listening and Its Importance for the Enhancement of Learning Language

One cannot speak without listening. Listening starts from day one when one enters the world of learning language. The first activity a child does is listening but interest in that activity gets reduced in school environment! Academic and business achievement requires good listening habits.

There is a real distinction between merely hearing to the words and really listening for the message. Through listening we tend to catch the meaning intended by the person who is talking to us, who is having conversation with us. Listening becomes very important for on- the-job as well as academic communication. Listening can improve academic and work quality and boost productivity. Poor listening leads to innumerable mistakes because of which letters have to be retyped and meetings rescheduled that lead to poor performance both in business and in academic work.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

B. Arokia Lawrence Vijay
Assistant Professor of English
Kumaraguru College of Technology
Coimbatore – 641 049
Tamilnadu, India
vijay44u@gmail.com


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