Listen and learn

The communities located adjacent to and around the Airport City are composed of diverse interests and cultures that often have little to do with the airport and its global service functions. Yet, as most airport managers know, these communities can have a significant impact on airport operations and land use. Community engagement is an essential element to airport planning and management that is often underplayed and given only a token effort. In order for Airport Cities to realize their full potential in global and national markets as well as assume an appropriate level of corporate responsibility there needs to be a strong and enduring connections to local and regional communities. Through a series of nationally held workshops throughout Australia and internationally, we have reviewed the complex relationship between airports and their surrounding communities. We argue the following engagement elements improve both communication and relationships with local communities and must be actively nurtured, developed and pursued by airport managers: connectivity, collaboration and citizenry.

Listen To Me

The artwork I created is to depict missing of face-to-face communication in this digital and information era. It can be seen that social network technologies have enhanced people-to-people communications and enriched their interactions. Yet, these inundated communication mediums have changed people’s preferences for communication through visual-driven interface. This has reduced people’s capabilities of communication skills including listening. Surprisingly, it was reported that 70 percent of young generations are non-auditory learners, influenced by the visual nature of communication (McCrindle, 2006). As a result, they are defined as a pragmatic generation focussed on outcomes and not processes. This serious and societal issue was drawn with a somewhat violent and aggressive form, yet its pop art style should enable audience to approach to the theme with a satirical and light way.

Let's talk (listen feel think act) : communication for health professionals

This book is designed with undergraduate university students in mind, with the aim of teaching you the importance of being an effective communicator.

Instructing foreign language learners how to listen through metacognitive strategies : an empirical study

This study uses a mixed method approach to investigate the impact of metacognitive strategies instruction on listening comprehension. An experimental group (N = 30) of university students are guided through a process-approach pedagogy over one semester (10 weeks) in Iran. IELTS listening tests are used to track development of listening comprehension in participants who are then asked to complete a Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ). The questionnaire examines students’ employment of metacognitive strategies in listening comprehension. Finally, interviews are used to explore students’ use of strategies in listening. Results indicate that participants develop listening comprehension, but no metacognitive awareness in listening. Students reported in the interviews that they use multiple strategies (cognitive and metacognitive) to approach listening comprehension.

Listen and do.

Recurso para que los maestros puedan llevar a cabo actividades tanto dentro como fuera del aula, para animar a los niños a escuchar y responder en inglés. Escuchar las instrucciones para realizar las actividades ayuda a los alumnos a desarrollar su comprensión auditiva, activar la memoria y proporciona la oportunidad de una respuesta física. Estimulan a los estudiantes a hacer cosas, así que la motivación debe ser elevada para completar cada actividad. El método se centra en el papel positivo desempeñado por el movimiento, juegos o cualquier otro tipo de reacción psicomotora que puede seguir como respuesta a las instrucciones impartidas a los alumnos. Fomenta el aprendizaje cooperativo ya que muchas actividades deben realizarse en grupo. Las ilustraciones ayudan a los profesores a comprender la forma en que debe realizarse la actividad.

Listen here! : intermediate listening activities with key.

Libro dirigido a estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera de nivel intermedio-bajo o intermedio, que quieran mejorar sus habilidades de compresión auditiva. Adecuado para su uso en clase como complemento de cualquier libro de texto, por cuenta propia o para preparar el examen Cambridge PET (Preliminary English Test). Está estructurado en 28 lecciones con temas y situaciones variadas, con diferentes pronunciaciones y acentos (inglés normativo y regional, americano y australiano), y ejercicios adicionales de pronunciación y expresión oral. Contiene las soluciones al final del libro.

The voice of the consumer speaks forcefully in brand identity: user-generated content forces smart marketers to listen

User-generated content (UGC) is attracting a great deal of interest - some of it effective, some misguided. This article reviews the marketing-related factors that gave rise to UGC, tracing the relevant development of market orientation, social interaction, word of mouth, brand relationships, consumer creativity, co-creation, and customization, largely through the pages of the Journal of Advertising Research over the last 40 (or so) of its 50 years. The authors then discuss the characteristic features of UGC and how they differ from (and are similar to) these concepts. The insights thus gained will help practitioners and researchers understand what UGC is (and is not) and how it should (and should not) be used.