Lost in transcription: Insights from students’ mishearings
Annie McDonald
Teacher, materials writer
hancockmcdonald.elt
United Kingdom
Talk
Room: TBA
Length: 45 minutes
Main Conference Strand
ABSTRACT
Students’ transcriptions of listening texts are a rich source of information, revealing the listening processes each individual has used to understand what has been said. In this practical session, we’ll look at some classroom data, that is various examples of mishearings and identify possible causes. Finally, we’ll exchange ideas on how such insights could help us develop students’ listening skills.
BIOGRAPHY
Annie has taught EFL/ESP/EAP to secondary/university/adult students for 30+ years in Turkey, Brazil, Spain and England. She holds an MSc in Teaching English from Aston University, is former president of TESOL-Spain, has co-authored English Result (OUP, 4 levels), Authentic Listening Resource Pack (Delta, 2015), and co-founded www.hancockmcdonald.com, with Mark Hancock. She currently teaches at the University of Chester, England.
