Helping learners with bottom-up processing of non-fiction videos LSA2: Listening Sergey Alferov The ELT Hub, Strasbourg FR023 27 March 2018 Word Count (2500 words) Contents Page Number 1. Introduction 1 2. Analysis of Features 1 3. Learning Problems and Suggestions for Teaching 3.1.1. Dealing with challenging accents 3 3.1.2. Solution: focus on intonation and work on ambiguity tolerance 3 3.2.1. Problem: lexical segmentation 3.2.2. Solution: bottom-up processing 3.2.3. Problem: phonetic transformations in connected speech 3.2.4. Solution: focus on phonology 3.3.1. Problems with lexis and syntax 3.3.2. Solutions: pre- and post-listening focus on language 4 4 5 5 6 6 4. Conclusion 7 Bibliography 8 Appendices I-VI 9