Rate of delivery when teaching listening?

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ginawirth
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Rate of delivery when teaching listening?

Post by ginawirth » Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:27 pm

After reviewing information on rate of delivery issues when teaching listening, I had a question with regard to Jack Richards (1983) points." One of his points was that the number and length of pauses used by a speaker are more crucial to listening comprehension than speed". When teaching listening to students (especially younger students) What is exactly meant by "number and length of pauses"? How can a teacher of primary school age students utilize and apply this in class?

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