2017 Program
2017 Action Research Program participants: (back) Geoff Larsen, Ashley Carmody, Julia Gibbons, Ramesh Presser, Penny Podimatopoulos, Sharn Hammond, An Sneyers; (front) Melissa Oldroyd, Professor Anne Burns (key reference person), Sophie O'Keefe (English Australia) and Keren Stead Bomfim
Research Theme
The Action Research in ELICOS Program research theme for 2017 was teaching, learning and assessing listening.
The 2017 program was interested in identifying effective classroom interaction practices that enhance and integrate listening skills development and take into account the assessment of learner progress and/or achievement.
Click here to read a summary of the six research projects from 2017.
In 2017, nine participants from six different colleges were selected to participate in the program:
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Name |
College |
Project Focus |
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Melissa Oldroyd & An Sneyers |
Monash College |
Using active listening skills to improve listening comprehension in 8 expository discussions |
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Penny Podimatopoulos & Sharn Hammond |
University of Wollongong College |
SIP and Listen: How does raising awareness of stress and intonation, and pausing, affect students’ listening skills?
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Ramesh Presser & Ashley Carmody |
La Trobe Melbourne |
How mobile based technologies influence the teaching of listening and student engagement in listening tasks |
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Keren Stead Bomfim |
Centre for English Teaching, The University of Sydney |
How can teaching phonemic awareness impact on students’ listening (& note-taking) skills? |
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Geoff Larsen
|
Kaplan International English, Sydney |
Exploring the effects of metacognitive and grammatical awareness on students' listening of short bursts of speech |
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Julia Gibbons
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UTS:INSEARCH |
Comparing the outcomes of student controlled and teacher controlled micro-listening tasks |
To find out more, please contact the English Australia PD Manager, Sophie O'Keefe at sophieokeefe@englishaustralia.com.au or phone (02) 9264 4700.
