The Effectiveness of corpus based listening sessions for intermediate language learners
Keywords:
corpora, data driven learning, Artificial gapAbstract
Corpus‑based approaches reposition authentic spoken data as the primary resource for listening instruction, arguing that learners develop stronger active listening skills when they encounter real usage patterns rather than contrived textbook examples. By making recurrent lexical bundles, discourse markers, prosodic tendencies, and interactional routines visible, corpora enable teachers and learners to focus on the forms and functions that actually shape comprehension in natural speech. This orientation reduces the artificial gap between classroom input and real‑world listening demands and foregrounds the processes—prediction, noticing, mapping form to function, and strategic response—that underpin effective active listening.
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